Articles
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Infectious Diseases in History Other Than Influenza
Everyone is reaching exhaustion point over dealing with Covid-19, but despite that, I want to offer the promised continuation of the series on ...Read Article
New books by Historical Novel Society members, November 2020
The HNS congratulates our author members on their new releases! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to ...Read Article
Black Life Richly Embroidered: Physical and Spiritual Colonisation in 19th-Century South Africa
WRITTEN BY WANDA WYPORSKA Marguerite Poland is a multi-award winning South African author, with a fine range of books for children, novels (including ...Read Article
Passion, Spirit & Humour: Kate Grenville’s A Room Made of Leaves
WRITTEN BY BETHANY LATHAM If we played word association and I said “Australia’s colonial period,” most responses might be “convict.” Yet there ...Read Article
History & Film: Women Doing What They Must: Female Strategizing in The White Princess
WRITTEN BY MISTY URBAN Much of Philippa Gregory’s royal fiction explores the ways women survive challenges and claim power. In the TV ...Read Article
New Voices: Mari Coates, Janice Hadlow, Denise Heinze, & Miranda Malins
WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOK Creating mosaics from history, literature, & art, Mari Coates, Janice Hadlow, Denise Heinze, & Miranda Malins incorporate intriguing characters ...Read Article
An Underground Threat: Robards’ Dramatic Use of Subplot in The Black Swan of Paris
WRITTEN BY KATIE STINE There is no lack of action in a novel set during Nazi-occupied Paris. Karen Robards’ new novel, The Black ...Read Article
Immortal in Music & Love: Jessica Duchen’s Compelling Epistolary Novel
WRITTEN BY LUCINDA BYATT In this 250th anniversary year, Beethoven’s music would have been celebrated in concert halls around the world had “...Read Article
A Risky Business: Irish Historical Fiction
WRITTEN BY NIAMH BOYCE It’s a good time for Irish historical fiction. Christine Dwyer Hickey won the eleventh Walter Scott Prize for ...Read Article
Re-Imagining New York: Gregory Maguire’s Novel, A Wild Winter Swan
WRITTEN BY KRISTEN MCDERMOTT Gregory Maguire is best known for his “Return to Oz” series, beginning with the massive 1995 bestseller Wicked, which inspired ...Read Article