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HNR Issue 65 (August 2013)

August 1, 2013 12:00 am

This issue contains:

Cover Story, The Obscure War: Historical Fiction and the War of 1812 | by Cindy Vallar
Historical Fiction Market News, a column with the latest book deals and publications in historical fiction | by Sarah Johnson
New Voices, a column focusing on debut novelists Anne Cleeland, Joanna Hickson, Carol McGrath & George Willis Tate | by Myfanwy Cook
History & Film, Gangs? Hookers? 1864? We’re in. : BBC America’s Copper series | by Bethany Latham
Interviews with novelists David Downing (by Myfanwy Cook), Rosemary Goring (by Margaret Skea), and Beverly Swerling (by Claire Morris)
Features on historical fiction in translation (by Lucinda Byatt), the “what ifs” of history (by C.W. Gortner), and HNS 2013 US Conference coverage (by Christopher M. Cevasco, Audra Friend, Julie Rose & Marie Parsons)
Reviews of almost 300 of the latest and greatest books in historical fiction and nonfiction, including Editors’ Choice titles