Nonfiction
The Queen’s Embroiderer: A True Story of Paris, Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis
What kind of man secures a royal decree to lock up his pregnant daughter and ship her to the colonies?…
Heroines of the Medieval World
As slightly more than half of the human population, women have always had an integral role in history. But that…
The Murderer of Warren Street
This is the true story of a 19th-century revolutionary, but if you didn’t know that at first glance, you would…
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family
July 17, 1918 is the day in Russian history when the assassination/murder of the Romanovs took place. The former Tsar…
Tynemouth & Wallsend at War 1939-45; From Normandy to Auschwitz; In Hitler’s Shadow: Post-War Germany and the Girls of the BDM; Escaping Has Ceased to Be a Sport: A Soldier’s Memoir of Captivity and Escape in Italy and Germany
These four books published together by Pen & Sword explore different aspects of WW2, using original documents. Two of them…
Apostles of Revolution: Jefferson, Paine, Monroe, and the Struggle Against the Old Order in America And Europe
Ferling’s new entry explores the vision of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe of an independent America and a…
Burke & Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia’s Most Famous Explorers
This is an account of the first successful crossing of Australia, south to north, from Melbourne to the Gulf of…
The King’s Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I
In 1603, when James VI of Scotland was crowned James I of England, it was customary for kings to have…
The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into the British Aristocracy
This non-fiction book reads more vividly than many novels. The husband hunters might appear to be wealthy American young women…
The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Sir Walter Raleigh is given a charter by Elizabeth I, and in 1587, 115 English colonists land on Roanoke Island…
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Over the last 20 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 15,000 historical fiction books.
