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HNR Issue 89 (August 2019)

August 1, 2019 1:00 am

This issue contains:

Cover Story, Dazzle with Delight: the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes | by Lucinda Byatt
Historical Fiction Market News, a column with the latest book deals and publications in historical fiction, including new books by HNS members | by Sarah Johnson
New Voices, a column focusing on debut novelists Colleen Adair Fliedner, Matt Gianni, Janet Hancock & Kip Wilson | by Myfanwy Cook
History & Film, Are You Not Entertained? The Historical Films of Ridley Scott | by Richard Lee
Interviews with Chris Formant (by Ilysa M. Magnus), Karen Brooks (by Sally Zigmond), Sofia Segovia (by Adelaida Lucena-Lower), and Jing-Jing Lee (by Alan Fisk)
Feature on historical fiction of the polar regions (by Edward James)
Reviews of more than 300 of the latest and greatest books in historical fiction and nonfiction, including Editors’ Choice titles

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