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.

Multi-Period

Whispers Through Time

By Kim Murphy - Published 2008

Genres:

In this novel that slips between the 19th and 21st centuries, Chris, the bereaved wife of plantation heir Geoff Cameron, cannot bear the ...Read Review

The Memorist

By M.J. Rose - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Thriller Time-slip

Reincarnation themes are common in time-slip novels, yet The Memorist brings a new idea to the table: binaural tones, musical notes with the ...Read Review

Finding Fiona

By Mary Fremont Schoenecker - Published 2008

Genres:

Inspirational Romance Time-slip

Small-town social studies teacher Madeline Fontaine is looking to move out of the family home and change her life. Maddy is involved in ...Read Review

Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

By Albert Jack - Published 2008

Genres:

Nonfiction

Seemingly innocent, nonsensical children’s rhymes that we may think were merely intended to amuse were, in reality, anything but. Many of the ...Read Review

The Hakawati

By Rabih Alameddine - Published 2008

Genres:

Literary Short Stories

As young Osama travels back to war-torn Beirut to his father’s hospital bed, he reflects on the stories that his parents, sister, ...Read Review

The 19th Wife

By David Ebershoff - Published 2008 Published 2009

Genres:

Saga

If you are contemplating a polygamous lifestyle, this novel will talk you out of it. The author wants us to know that plural ...Read Review

In the Shadow of Lions

By Ginger Garrett - Published 2008

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

In the Shadow of Lions is the first in a planned trilogy from author Ginger Garrett. The story is divided amongst the perspectives ...Read Review

The Night Villa

By Carol Goodman - Published 2008

Genres:

Literary Mystery/Crime

Literary fiction set in the present day, with flashbacks to 79 AD. Sophie Chase is a classics professor who is seriously injured while witnessing ...Read Review

The Aviary Gate

By Katie Hickman - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

Genres:

Oxford researcher Elizabeth Staveley is intrigued to discover an ancient fragment stuck in a book. The fragment tells of a young Englishwoman in ...Read Review

Agamemnon’s Daughter

By David Bellos (trans.) - By Ismail Kadare - Published 2007 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

Genres:

Literary Short Stories

Tyranny is the theme of this absorbing novella and two short stories. Written by Albania’s best known novelist, who experienced totalitarianism firsthand, ...Read Review