HNS Book Reviews

The Historical Novel Society has been a great help to me as a writer and reader; to give something back, I contribute reviews to Historical Novels Review magazine and HNR Online. If you enjoy historical fiction (and nonfiction), I recommend giving the HNS a look—it's a wonderful resource and a nice bunch of people.

Each quarter's reviews are archived on their own page. I also review books on my own from time to time; those reviews can be found at my Livejournal.

[November 2010]
Wolf's Cross by S.A. Swann [medieval dark fantasy]
The Raven and the Wolf by Christopher Spellman [10th c. adventure]

August 2010
Attila: The Gathering of the Storm by William Napier [5th c. biofiction]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith [historical fantasy/horror]

May 2010
The Edge of Ruin by Irene Fleming [early 20th c. mystery]
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisin [nonfiction]
No Will But His by Sarah A. Hoyt [Tudor biofiction]
Seduced by a Rogue by Amanda Scott [medieval Scottish romance]

February 2010
Daughter of Kura by Debra Austin [prehistoric adventure]
Wolf Breed by S.A. Swann [medieval dark fantasy]

November 2009
Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham [medieval biofiction]
The Myth of Bloody Mary by Linda Porter [nonfiction biography]
The Secret Wife of Louis XIV by Veronica Buckley [nonfiction biography]
This Time: A Novel of Richard III by Joan Szechtman [time-slip fantasy]

May 2009
The Conqueror by Georgette Heyer [medieval biofiction]
The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham [medieval biofiction]
The Wild Knight by Geoffrey Humphrys [15th c. biofiction]
Those Who Dream by Day by Linda & Gary Cargill [WWI adventure]

February 2009
The Butcher's Cleaver by W. Patrick Lang [American Civil War intrigue]
Germania by Brendan McNally [World War II literary fiction]
Mistress of the Monarchy by Alison Weir [nonfiction biography]
Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead [Robin Hood mythic adventure]
The Treasure by Iris Johansen [medieval adventure/romance]

November 2008
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran [Ancient Egyptian biofiction]
The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts [Tudor England biofiction]
The Queen's Tale by D.J. Birmingham [Irish historical fantasy]

August 2008
Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft [Age-of-Sail gay romance]
Class 1902 by Ernst Glaeser [autobiographical novel]
Relief by L.E. Butler [lesbian romantic fiction]
Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley [Ancient inspirational adventure]

May 2008
Song of the North by Jules Watson [Romano-British fantasy/adventure]
Voyage of the Short Serpent by Bernard du Boucheron [literary fiction]

February 2008
The Confession of Piers Gaveston by Brandy Purdy [biofiction/romance]
Frankenstein's Bride by Hilary Bailey [gothic suspense]
Najila by C.J. Illinik [Byzantine inspirational fiction]
Ti Marie by Valerie Belgrave [colonial Caribbean romance]
Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest During Ancient Egypt's Late 18th Dynasty by John Coleman Darnell & Colleen Manassa [nonfiction]
Warrior's Bride by Gerri Russell [medieval Scottish romance]

November 2007
Bride for a Knight by Sue-Ellen Welfonder [medieval Scottish romance]
Cappawhite by Gerald R. Tate [20th c. supernatural horror]