St Martin's Griffin
The Venetian Bargain
It is the year 1576 on the Christian calendar, and the Ottoman Sultan means to take revenge on the Venetians…
The Secret Daughter of the Tsar
Laam’s book is a compelling speculative novel revolving around the doomed Romanov family. One of the more popular “wishful thinking”…
Once We Were Brothers
Elliot Rosenzweig is supposedly a survivor of Nazi persecution in Poland. He made it big after coming to America and,…
The Inquisitor’s Wife
In 1481, Queen Isabella, Dominican friar Torquemada, and the Spanish Inquisition arrive in Seville. Many Jewish families, as well as…
The Children of Wrath
This thriller, set in Depression-era Berlin, is the prequel to the action in The Sleepwalkers and features a younger Willi…
The Gilded Lily
Two teenage sisters, Ella and Sadie, escape from rural poverty to seek a living in Restoration London. We think we…
At the Mercy of the Queen
Margaret “Madge” Shelton of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn’s pretty 14-year-old cousin, becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, accompanied to court by…
The Raven’s Bride
We all know how sad and dreary Edgar Allan Poe’s life was, in real life and in his stories and…
The Daughter of Siena
According to legend, Sienese noblewoman Pia Tolomei is a descendant of Egypt’s Ptolemy line, her beauty inviting comparisons to Queen…
The Tudor Secret
Editors' choice
During the last days of King Edward VI, in the year 1553, Squire Brendan Prescott finds himself immersed in the…
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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.
