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Historical Novels Review - Table of Contents
August 2009

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Editorial, Bethany Latham
Historical Fiction Market News, Sarah Johnson
Letters to the Editor
Cover Story: Sin-Eating and People-Trafficking, A Glimpse into Karen Maitland's Medieval World, interview by Myfanwy Cook
Weaving Legends: Ray Thompson interviews Anna Elliott
An Interview with Melinda Hammond, by jay Dixon
A 13th-Century Academic Detective, Sue Berry talks to Ian Morson about William Falconer of Oxford
Faith & Controversy: Kamran Pasha talks with Adelaida Lucena-Lower about Mother of the Believers
Roman Mysteries & Cornish Sagas: Edward James interviews Rosemary Rowe, aka Rosemary Aitken
Thoughts on the Historical Novel Society's 3rd North American Conference, by Mary Sharratt, Julianne Douglas, and Colleen Fliedner
Until We Meet Again & The Case Is Solved: 10 Detectives Who Might Not Crack the Case, humor by Susan Higginbotham

Books Reviewed:
(Hyperlinks indicate Editors' Choice novels for this issue)

  • Aalborg, G.K. - The Horse-Tamer's Challenge

  • Agarwal, Shilpa - Haunting Bombay

  • Airth, Rennie - The Dead of Winter

  • Alexander, Tamera - Beyond this Moment

  • Alfieri, Annamaria - City of Silver

  • Alleyn, Susanne - The Cavalier of the Apocalypse

  • Altman, Marsha - The Plight of the Darcy Brothers

  • Arnold, Gaynor - Girl in a Blue Dress

  • Arnott, Jake - The Devil's Paintbrush

  • Ash, Maureen - A Plague of Poison

  • Askew, Rilla - Strange Business

  • Aylmer, Janet - Julia and the Master of Morancourt

  • Balogh, Mary - Seducing an Angel

  • Barnes, Steven - Shadow Valley

  • Baruth, Philip - The Brothers Boswell

  • Beazley, Ben - Crooked Mile

  • Benn, James R. - Evil for Evil

  • Bennett, Maggie - The Carpenter's Children

  • Bennett, T.J. - The Promise

  • Blevins, Christine - The Tory Widow

  • Boggs, Johnny D. - Rio Chama

  • Bostridge, Mark - Florence Nightingale

  • Bowers, Phillipa - The Secrets of the Cave

  • Boyne, Walter J. - Hypersonic Thunder

  • Brackston, Paula - Book of Shadows

  • Bragg, Melvyn - Remember Me

  • Brandreth, Gyles - Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile

  • Brennert, Alan - Honolulu

  • Brittain, Vera - Testament of Youth

  • Brocklehurst, Judith - Darcy and Anne

  • Buchanan, Cathy Marie - The Day the Falls Stood Still

  • Burman, Carina - The Streets of Babylon

  • Busby, Sian - McNaughten

  • Byatt, A.S. - The Children's Book

  • Cameron, DeAnna - The Belly Dancer

  • Carie, Jamie - Love's First Light

  • Charles, Edward - Daughters of the Doge

  • Chase-Riboud, Barbara - Sally Hemings

  • Chaucer, Geoffrey / Ackroyd, Peter - The Canterbury Tales

  • Clark, Clara Gillow - Secrets of Greymoor

  • Clements, Rory - Martyr

  • Collins, Pat Lowery - Hidden Voices

  • Collins, Rebecca Ann - My Cousin Caroline

  • Cooper, Michelle - A Brief History of Montmaray

  • Copeland, Lori - Three Times Blessed

  • Crosse, Tania - Lily's Journey

  • Crouch, Blake - Abandon

  • Cuate, Melodie A. - Journey to Goliad

  • Dallas, Sandra - Prayers for Sale

  • Dash, Mike - The First Family

  • Day, Sallie - The Palace of Strange Girls

  • de Kat, Otto - Man on the Move

  • De Robertis, Carolina - The Invisible Mountain

  • Dean, Anna - A Gentleman of Fortune

  • Dean, Michael - The Crooked Cross

  • Delany, Vicki - Gold Digger

  • DiGuido, George - The Tuareg: Blue Man of the Sahara

  • Doherty, Paul - The Magician's Death

  • Drake, Nick - Tutankhamun

  • Dudgeon, Piers - Captivated: J.M. Barrie, Daphne du Maurier, and the Dark Secret of Neverland

  • Dull, Jonathan R. - The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650-1815

  • Dunant, Sarah - Sacred Hearts

  • Duncan, Alice - Angel's Flight

  • Egeland, Tom - The Guardians of the Covenant

  • Eisdorfer, Erica - The Wet Nurse's Tale

  • Fiddimore, David - The Hidden War

  • Finlay, C. C. - The Patriot Witch

  • Fiorato, Marina - The Glassblower of Murano

  • Fisher, Linda A., and Carrie Bowers - Agnes Lake Hickok

  • Fleming, James - Cold Blood

  • Ford, Michael - The Fire of Ares

  • Foulds, Adam - The Quickening Maze

  • Fraser, Flora - Pauline Bonaparte

  • Fry, Helen - Freud's War

  • Furnivall, Kate - The Girl from Junchow

  • Garlock, Dorothy - The Moon Looked Down

  • Gayford, Martin - Constable in Love

  • Geras, Adele - Dido

  • Gerlach, Rita - Surrender the Wind

  • Giardina, Denise - Emily's Ghost

  • Gibbins, David - The Tiger Warrior

  • Gill, Gillian - We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

  • Gilmore, Donald L. - Riding Vengeance with the James Gang

  • Godbersen, Anna - Envy

  • Gold, Glen David - Sunnyside

  • Goolrick, Robert - A Reliable Wife

  • Greenwood, Kerry - Murder on a Midsummer Night

  • Greenwood, Kerry - Murder in the Dark

  • Gregory, Philippa - The White Queen

  • Hahn, Mary Downing - Stepping on the Cracks

  • Haines, Kathryn Miller - Winter in June

  • Hanley, Catherine - The Sins of the Father

  • Harrison, Cora - The Sting of Justice

  • Hart, Robyn - Seduce Me

  • Healey, Judith Koll - The Rebel Princess

  • Heath, Rachel - The Finest Type of English Womanhood

  • Heath, Sandra - Cruel Lord Cranham

  • Heermann, Travis - Heart of the Ronin

  • Hendrickson, Emily - Miss Cheney's Charade

  • Hochstetler, J.M. - Wind of the Spirit

  • Holland, James - Darkest Hour

  • Horn, Dara - All Other Nights

  • Hough, John, Jr. - Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg

  • Hunter, Seth - The Tide of War

  • Jacobsen, Roy - The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles

  • James, Eloisa - Duchess By Night

  • James, Judith - Highland Rebel

  • James, Syrie - The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte

  • Jennings, Gary, Robert Gleason, and Junius Podrug - Apocalypse 2012

  • Johnson, Sarah - Historical Fiction II: A Guide to the Genre

  • Jonnes, Jill - Eiffel's Tower

  • Kalogridis, Jeanne - The Devil's Queen

  • Kean, Catherine - A Knight's Temptation

  • Keating, H.R.F. - Inspector Ghote's First Case

  • Kelly, Jacqueline - The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

  • King, Catherine - Without a Mother's Love

  • King, Laurie R. - The Language of Bees

  • Lathan, Sharon - Loving Mr. Darcy

  • Laurens, Stephanie - Mastered by Love

  • Law, Catherine - A Season of Leaves

  • Lawrence, Caroline - The Scribes from Alexandria

  • Le Guin, Ursula - Lavinia

  • Lent, Jeffrey - After You've Gone

  • Leon, Bonnie - Enduring Love

  • Lester, Julius - Pharaoh's Daughter

  • Liesche, Margit - Hollywood Buzz

  • Lieurance, Suzanne - The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

  • Liss, David - Devil's Company

  • Lofts, Norah - The Town House

  • Lofts, Norah - The House at Old Vine

  • Lofts, Norah - The House at Sunset

  • Lord, Elizabeth - Give Me Tomorrow

  • Ludlow, Jack - Mercenaries

  • Macomber, Robert N. - The Honored Dead

  • Mallory, Margaret - Knight of Desire

  • Marsden, Carolyn, and Philip Matzigkeit - Sahwira: An African Friendship

  • Martin, Andrew - Murder at Deviation Junction

  • Martin, Andrew - The Last Train to Scarborough

  • Masello, Robert - Blood & Ice

  • McGary, Loucinda - The Treasures of Venice

  • McGowen, Tom - Jesse Bowman: A Union Boy's Civil War Story

  • McIntosh, Pat - The Stolen Voice

  • McKenzie, Kirsten - The Chapel at the Edge of the World

  • McKenzie, Nancy - Guinevere's Gamble

  • McLeod, Cynthia - The Free Negress Elisabeth

  • McMullan, Margaret - When I Crossed No-Bob

  • Medieval Murderers, The - House of Shadows

  • Melikan, Rose - The Counterfeit Guest

  • Mercurio, Jed - American Adulterer

  • Meyer, Carolyn - The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

  • Meyerson, Daniel - In the Valley of the Kings

  • Mifflin, Margot - The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman

  • Mitchell, Shandi - Under This Unbroken Sky

  • Moran, Katy - Bloodline

  • Morris, Gilbert - Angel Train

  • Mountain, Fiona - Lady of the Butterflies

  • Nayland, Carla - Paths of Exile

  • Newman, Janis Cooke - Mrs Lincoln

  • Nichols, Mary - The Summer House

  • Osborne, Frances - The Bolter

  • O'Toole, G.J.A. - The Cosgrove Report

  • Paisley, Janet - Warrior Daughter

  • Parker, Ann - Leaden Skies

  • Parker, Robert B. - Brimstone

  • Pearl, Matthew - The Last Dickens

  • Peterson, Jerry - Early's Fall

  • Peterson, Tracie - A Love to Last Forever

  • Peyton, K.M. - Far from Home

  • Phillips, Christi - The Devlin Diary

  • Phillips, Jayne Anne - Lark and Termite

  • Pinon, Nelida - Voices of the Desert

  • Platt, Richard, and David Parkins - Roman Diary

  • Pryor, Bonnie - Hannah Pritchard: Pirate of the Revolution

  • Putney, Mary Jo - Loving a Lost Lord

  • Quick, Amanda - The Perfect Poison

  • Ramsay, Frederick - Stranger Room

  • Rance, Caroline - Kill-Grief

  • Rees, Celia - Sovay

  • Richards, Anna - Little Gods

  • Rigler, Laurie Viera - Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict

  • Robertson, Imogen - Instruments of Darkness

  • Rogerson, Barnaby - The Last Crusaders

  • Ryan, Robert - Death on the Ice

  • Sandom, J.G. - The God Machine

  • Scott, Amanda - Tamed by a Laird

  • Scott, Joanna Catherine - Child of the South

  • Scott, Susan Holloway - The French Mistress

  • See, Lisa - Shanghai Girls

  • Seraji, Mahbod - Rooftops of Tehran

  • Seton, Anya - The Turquoise

  • Severin, Tim - Sea Robber

  • Sharon, Rona - Royal Blood

  • Sheck, Laurie - A Monster's Notes

  • Sijie, Dai - Once on a Moonless Night

  • Smith, Craig - The Blood Lance

  • Smith, Jill Elaine - Michal

  • Smith, Tom Rob - The Secret Speech

  • Snow, Maya - Sisters of the Sword: The Warrior's Path

  • Stamos, Ann - Bitter Tide

  • Stockbridge, Sara - Hammer

  • Taylor, D.J. - Ask Alice

  • Taylor, Diana Wallis - Journey to the Well

  • Taylor, Patrick - An Irish Country Doctor

  • Teague, Loren - Ultimate Betrayal

  • Thompson, Victoria - Murder on Waverly Place

  • Thornton, Margaret - Remember Me

  • Troyanov, Iliya - The Collector of Worlds

  • Turnbull, Ann - The Wolf King

  • Turtledove, Harry - Give Me Back My Legions!

  • Vanderhaeghe, Guy - The Englishman's Boy

  • Venezia, Mariolina - Been Here a Thousand Years

  • Watanabe, Jun'ichi - Beyond the Blossoming Fields

  • Wells, Rosemary - Lincoln and His Boys

  • Westin, Jeane - The Virgin's Daughters

  • White, William H. - When Fortune Frowns

  • Whitfield, Russell - Gladiatrix

  • Whyte, Jack - Order in Chaos

  • Wilcox, John - Siege of Khartoum

  • Wilson, Laura - The Innocent Spy

  • Winspear, Jacqueline - Among the Mad

  • Wulf, Andrea - The Brother Gardeners

  • Wyche, Blonnie Bunn - Cecelia's Harvest

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