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The Kashmiri Shawl
Dobson, the author of a well-regarded series of murder mysteries, turns to historical fiction in her latest book, the action…
Her Promised Road
“I love [America] for all her great strides and aspirations,” says Devorah Abramson, the central character in Efrat Israeli’s new…
The Fat Badger Society
When Lady Drusilla Davanish is summoned to Downing Street, she is warned that John Hamerton, the proposed guest at her…
That Nation Might Live
Jeff Oppenheimer’s historical fiction debut takes the form of a “deposition” made by Abraham Lincoln’s best friend and erstwhile law…
The Banneret’s Blade: Trouble Brewing
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Sir Roger de Bohun, the main character in Rothschild’s gripping and well-told novel, is a “banneret” (“a knight entitled to…
Rogues’ Nest
Rogues’ Nest is a pirate-based adventure with all the ingredients of a swashbuckling read. First mate, the Englishman, Ormes, joins…
The Captive Queen: A Novel of Mary Stuart
In his historical fiction debut, Danny Saunders takes his readers to 16th-century Scotland and the storied reign of Mary Queen…
In the Shadow of the Gods
In a rousing tale, James Bicheno takes us back to Norway in the late 8th and early 9th centuries when…
When I Was Boudicca
“Nothing I do to Rome mitigates what they have done to us” – so thinks famed Iceni warrior queen Boudicca…
Fatal Forgery
Given the present-day banking scandals that regularly hit the headlines, Fatal Forgery does what all good historical fiction should do…
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Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
