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Launch: Dianna Rostad’s You Belong Here Now
INTERVIEW BY REBEKAH SIMMERS Dianna Rostad‘s new novel, You Belong Here Now, is published on 6 April 2021. If you hurry, you can enter ...Read Article
Assassinating Napoleon: The Eagle and the Viper by Loren D. Estleman
Loren D. Estleman’s latest, The Eagle and the Viper (Forge, 2021), is the story of an attempt to assassinate Napoleon. In fact, ...Read Article
Launch: Mim Eichmann’s Muskrat Ramble
INTERVIEW BY ANNE EASTER SMITH Mim Eichmann‘s new novel, Muskrat Ramble, is set in early 20th century New Orleans and Chicago ...Read Article
Launch: Patricia Bracewell’s The Steel Beneath the Silk
INTERVIEW BY ANNE EASTER SMITH Patricia Bracewell’s recent novel, The Steel Beneath The Silk, is the last in her trilogy about ...Read Article
Shake It Up: The HNS North America Conference 2021
The Historical Novel Society North America Conference takes place every other year, alternating with our sister conference in the UK. Our mission is ...Read Article
Historical Slang Print Resources for Novelists: Part One
Getting slang right for your time period and location is important for novelists. For historical slang, I found much more information in print ...Read Article
Tracking the Real Virginia: The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
Erika Robuck’s sixth novel The Invisible Woman (PenguinRandomHouse 2021), is something of a departure from her previous works. Robuck is best known for “...Read Article
Islanders and Invaders: The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat
Jenny Lecoat is perhaps currently better known as being an alternative comedian but her debut novel, The Girl from the Channel Islands (Graydon ...Read Article
New books by Historical Novel Society members, February 2021
Congratulations to our author members on their new book releases. If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to ...Read Article
Changing Perceptions of History: Elzbieta Cherezińska’s The Widow Queen
WRITTEN BY LISA REDMOND Dedicated to all women about whom history is silent Through the translation skills of Maya Zakrewska-Pim and an American ...Read Article