About
Book Reviews
- Our print magazine for members The Historical Novels Review has published reviews of 20,000+ books. Become a member to get exclusive early access to our latest reviews too!
  Browse our magazines
  
  Submit your novel for review
Articles
- Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. If you would like to contribute an article for the magazine and/or site, please contact us.
What's On
- Our worldwide membership loves to meet up. Many travel thousands of miles to do so. Discover more about our conferences, local chapters and more.
Member Directory
- Our online member directory allows visitors to view members’ profiles, their latest website/blog posts and links to their Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads accounts. It is also where our staff first look for news and features for the site.
Awards
- HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal. Our ARA and Saudi awards are amongst the most generous of all literary prizes.

HNR Issue 98 (November 2021)

Tenderness

By Alison MacLeod - Published 2021

Genres:

D.H. Lawrence, Jackie Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover might seem unlikely bedfellows, but in this wonderfully compelling novel, their stories are interwoven ...Read Review

Down a Dark River (An Inspector Corravan Mystery)

By Karen Odden - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in London in 1878, this mystery novel introduces a new Scotland Yard detective—Inspector Michael Corravan. Much of this novel serves as an ...Read Review

The House of Ashes

By Stuart Neville - Published 2021

Genres:

Thriller

Some secrets refuse to stay buried for a couple in Northern Ireland when a mysterious old woman shatters the fragility of their new ...Read Review

An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd

By Michael Burlingame - Published 2021

Genres:

Nonfiction

Michael Burlingame, author of the two-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A Life, turns his attention to Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. Burlingame is ...Read Review

Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II

By Adrian Tinniswood - Published 2021

Genres:

Nonfiction

The decline of the English country houses commenced with an accumulation of events beginning in the late 1890s. There was an agricultural depression ...Read Review

The Lost Wisdom of the Magi

By Susie Helme - Published 2020

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In this biographical historical novel set during the 1st century, Sophia is a Jew who loves exploring the royal archives as her father’...Read Review

The Witch Haven

By Sasha Peyton Smith - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy

Frances Hallowell is a 17-year-old seamstress working long hours in 1911 New York. Assaulted by her boss as she works late one evening, she ...Read Review

Lord Grantwell’s Christmas Wish (Captains of Waterloo, 2)

By Diane Gaston - Published 2021

Genres:

Romance

In her Regency romance featuring two estranged lovers, Gaston adds a dash of Christmas spice to a heartwarming story about the meaning of ...Read Review

The Stolen Lady: A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa

By Laura Morelli - Published 2021

Genres:

The Stolen Lady has dual timelines and three points of view. In 1939 France, Anne Giuchard, a young typist at the Louvre, is asked ...Read Review

Black Dragonfly

By Jean Pasley - Published 2021

Genres:

Literary

Using the main character’s own words extracted from letters, essays, and books, Pasley vividly recounts the life of wandering writer Lafcadio Hearn. ...Read Review