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]