18th Century
I Was Jane Austen’s Best Friend
This is a very readable “journal” which covers the period from February to April 1791 as written by Jane Austen’s…
The Pale Assassin
Eugenie de Boncoeur is a typical 14-year-old aristocrat in France during its Revolution: unaware and frivolous. Although her portrayal is…
Peter the Great
Biographer and novelist Derek Wilson isn’t new to the game of whisking readers off to distant times to focus on…
New Bern: 1710 in the Carolinas
This novel, dealing with the early settlers of New Bern in the Carolinas, some of whom include the author’s ancestors,…
The Fire Kimono
Tokyo, March, 1700: a storm uproots a huge tree near a Shinto shrine, nearly injuring an elderly priest and uncovering…
The Time of Terror
This novel opens in 1793 with Nathaniel Peake, master and commander of the British brig sloop Nereus, patrolling the sea…
The Queen’s Dollmaker
Trent marries the story of a talented dollmaker to the fate of the French queen, Marie Antoinette, who will eventually…
The Fields of Fortune
The Fields of Fortune is the latest work of the prolific Jessica Stirling. The book’s theme is not uncommon, but…
Eye of the Raven
Editors' choice
In the second installment of his colonial mystery series, Edgar Award winner Pattison provides an absorbing tale firmly and effectively…
Her Deadly Mischief
Tito Amato is the primo uomo (first man) in the Venetian state opera house in the mid-1700s. In the middle…
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.
