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HNR Issue 79 (February 2017)

February 1, 2017 12:00 am

This issue contains:

Cover Story, Untold Stories: What Didn’t Make the Cut? | by Tracey Warr
Historical Fiction Market News, a column with the latest book deals and publications in historical fiction | by Sarah Johnson
New Voices, a column focusing on debut novelists Janet Benton, Meredith Jaeger, Mark Noce & Susan Rivers | by Myfanwy Cook
History & Film, Victoria | by Jane Steen
Interviews with Sarah Dunant (Charlotte Wightwick), Ronald Wright (Claire Morris), & Cecilia Ekbäck (Sally Zigmond)
Features on mad Georgians (Lucinda Byatt), historical curve balls (Joanna Hickson) & Indie reviews changes (Richard Lee)
Reviews of more than 300 of the latest and greatest books in historical fiction and nonfiction, including Editors’ Choice titles