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The House of Velvet and Glass
When Sybil Allston lost her mother and sister when the Titanic sank, she assumed her mother’s habit of visiting a…
Arcadia
What is it really like to be raised in a commune, and what are the lifetime consequences? Those are the…
The Pleasures of Men
The year is 1840, and London is in the grip of economic depression. There are riots in the streets, and…
Impatient with Desire
It is hard to visit the Sierra Nevada Mountains and not think of the historic Donner Party. As your car…
The Day the Falls Stood Still
1915, Niagara Falls, Canada. This carefully crafted story illuminates both the pre-war status quo – a world where well-brought-up young…
The Day the Falls Stood Still
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Bess Heath is in her next to last year at the Loretto Academy in Niagara Falls in 1915 when her…
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Editors' choice
This is a story that’s easy to lose yourself in. It alternates between the early 1990s, when Connie Goodwin is…
The Monsters of Templeton
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Willie (Wilhelmina) Upton, a doctoral student in archaeology who has gotten a bit too involved with a married professor…
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Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
