Ann Oughton
Patterns of Fashion 1540-1660
This illustrated work devoted to linen clothes of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods is the companion to the previous…
The Scandalous Life Of The Lawless Sisters: Criminally Illustrated With What Was To Hand
Using cartoon illustrations from Punch, January-December 1880, Philip Ardagh has concocted a rollicking tale involving a group of Victorian ladies…
Elizabeth in the Garden
The grand gardens of the Elizabethan era with their mazes, lakes and burgeoning flower beds were not imagined merely for…
The Queen’s Knight
Sir Howard Elphinstone distinguished himself as a hero of the Crimean War at the early age of 29 for…
The Ghost Map : A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks
THE GHOST MAP: A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban In 1854 a cholera epidemic…
A Wartime Marriage
It is 1918 and Captain Harry Phillips is a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital. When Major Carlsen tells…
Company of Liars: A Story of the Plague
Midsummer’s Day 1348, and the first victim of the pestilence dies in the English coastal town of Kilmington. Camelot, a…
The Last Bear
Editors' choice
Brigid is the last in a long line of medicine women; she lives alone in the forest since she has…
The Most Glorified Strip of Bunting
In 1871, the United States North Polar Expedition set sail in the Polaris, a converted river tug. Under the command…
Rhett Butler’s People
Donald McCaig’s prequel/sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s novel, Gone With the Wind covers the years from 1843 until 1874. Even though…
About our Reviews
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.
