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.

Andrea Bell

The Rogues’ Game

By Milton T. Burton - Published 2005

Genres:

Milton T. Burton knows Texas inside out, and one can only hope that this first novel will not be his last. The book’...Read Review

Two Trains Running

By Andrew Vachss - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

I was mildly disappointed with Andrew Vachss’ sprawling new novel; I had read several of the author’s well-known, gritty Burke series, and ...Read Review

Boone

By Cameron Judd - Published 2005

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction

Cameron Judd’s biographical novel of Daniel Boone is amusing, poignant, and gripping, and the author manages to provide a wealth of historical ...Read Review

Chloe

By Lyn Cote - Published 2005

Genres:

Saga

Chloe is the first of a four-book series spanning four generations of women in the same Maryland family. The reader meets wealthy young ...Read Review

Where the Rivers Flow North

By Howard Frank Mosher - Published 2004

Genres:

Short Stories

This reissue of Mosher’s 1978 story collection was my introduction to the author’s work; it deserves a much wider audience outside New ...Read Review

Sails of Fortune

By Christine Echeverria Bender - Published 2005

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction Nautical

Sails of Fortune opens on a September night in 1519, when Juan de Elcano fears that a Portuguese spy is about to attack him, ...Read Review

The Baron Honor

By Jory Sherman - Published 2005

Genres:

Western

In the latest installment of the Baron Ranch saga, Matteo Aguilar has just burned down the Barons’ Texas ranch in a land feud. ...Read Review

Crossing Bully Creek

By Margaret Erhart - Published 2005

Genres:

Literary Saga

Crossing Bully Creek is likely to be mentioned in the same breath with Faulkner because they share some commendable commonalities: a rich ...Read Review

A Rare and Curious Gift

By Pauline Holdstock - Published 2005

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The life of female painter Artemisia Gentileschi serves as inspiration for one of two central storylines in Pauline Holdstock’s richly-textured, multilayered novel ...Read Review

Ophelia’s Fan

By Christine Balint - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Ophelia’s Fan is an enjoyable novelization of the life of Harriet Smithson (1800-1854), the Irish-born actress who rose to fame playing Shakespeare ...Read Review

« Previous 1 2