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Historical Novels Review - Table of Contents
February 2006
 

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Features this issue:

Editorials
The Forum
Miss Bridget Jane's Diary - Amanda Grange
Brava! Brava!
In Memoriam: Pamela Cleaver
Legal History: Ruth Ginarlis talks to Geoffrey Robertson, author of The Tyrannicide Brief (cover story)
Acts of Faith: Adelaida de Lucena Lower Reflects on the Art of Reading in Translation
The Sword of Truth - or The Trowel of Damocles? Ruth Downie on Letting Sleeping Eagles Lie (Or Not)
Obsessions: Sarah Cuthbertson on Rosemary Sutcliff's The Mark of the Horse Lord
Audio Reviews - Geraldine Perriam

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

  • Ackroyd, Peter - Shakespeare: The Biography

  • Albert, Susan Wittig - The Tale of Holly How

  • Alexander, Robert - Rasputin's Daughter

  • Alexander, Tasha - And Only to Deceive

  • Ammerman, Mark - The Rain from God

  • Ammerman, Mark - Ransom

  • Andrews, Beth - St. George and the Dragon

  • Archer, Zoe - Lady X's Cowboy

  • Austin, Lynn - The Strength of His Hand

  • Baldwin, William - A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death

  • Balfour, Sandy - Vulnerable in Hearts

  • Balogh, Mary - The Secret Pearl

  • Banning, Lynna - The Ranger and the Redhead

  • Barker, Juliet - Wordsworth: A Life

  • Barker, Juliet - Agincourt

  • Bartoy, Mitchell - The Devil's Own Rag Doll

  • Baumgold, Julie - The Diamond

  • Beevor, Antony - The Mystery of Olga Chekhova

  • Blacklaws, Troy - Karoo Boy

  • Blair, Margaret Whitman - The Sand Castle

  • Blue, Lucy - The Devil's Knight

  • Blythe, Ronald - Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village (audio)

  • Boggs, Johnny D. - Camp Ford

  • Boggs, Johnny D. - Ghost Legion

  • Bondurant, Matt - The Third Translation

  • Booth, Carolyn Rawls - Bandeaux Creek

  • Booth, Martin - Coyote Moon

  • Boyne, John - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

  • Bradshaw, Mel - Quarrel with the Foe

  • Brando, Marlon, and Donald Cammell - Fan Tan

  • Broadbent, Tony - Spectres in the Smoke

  • Bruchac, Joseph - Pocahontas

  • Buchanan, Juliet, et al - Gunpowder Plots

  • Bunn, T. Davis and Isabella - The Noble Fugitive

  • Burgh, Anita - The Heart's Citadel

  • Burton, Ann - Rahab's Story

  • Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien - Madeleine is Sleeping

  • Byrne, Paula - Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson (audio)

  • Carlyle, Liz - Two Little Lies

  • Carlyle, Liz - One Little Sin

  • Cavanaugh, Jack - Dear Enemy

  • Ceely, Jonatha - Bread and Dreams: Mina in America

  • Chadwick, Bruce - The First American Army

  • Chadwick, Elizabeth - The Greatest Knight

  • Ciment, Jill - The Tattoo Artist

  • Clarke, Lindsay - The Return from Troy

  • Cleary, Rita - Calling the Wind

  • Coe, Marian - Rachel's Story

  • Coote, Stephen - Napoleon and the Hundred Days

  • Cornick, Nicola - One Night of Scandal

  • Cornwell, Bernard - The Pale Horseman

  • Crowley, Roger - Constantinople: The Last Great Siege 1453

  • Darby, Preston - The Reluctant Assassin

  • Davies, Martin - The Conjurer's Bird

  • Dean, Debra - The Madonnas of Leningrad

  • Despres, Loraine - The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell

  • di Natale, Silvia - Kuraj

  • Dickason, Christie - The Firemaster's Mistress

  • Doel, Fran and Geoff - The Worlds of King Arthur

  • Doherty, Paul - The Cup of Ghosts

  • Doherty, Paul - The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303

  • Donahue, Peter - Madison House

  • Draper, Sharon - Copper Sun

  • Druett, Joan - Shark Island

  • Duffy, James - Sand of the Arena

  • Dunn, Carola - Fall of a Philanderer

  • Erdrich, Louise - The Painted Drum

  • Essex, Karen - Leonardo's Swans

  • Evans, Max - Faraway Blue

  • Faulks, Sebastian - Human Traces

  • Feather, Jane - Almost a Lady

  • Fergus, Jim - The Wild Girl

  • Finnis, Jane - A Bitter Chill

  • Foran, Max - The Madonna List

  • Francis, Richard - Judge Sewall's Apology

  • Fraser, George MacDonald - Flashman on the March

  • Frazer, Margaret - The Outlaw's Tale

  • Frei, Pierre - Berlin

  • Friedman, D. Dina - Escaping Into the Night

  • Fullerton, Alexander - Non-Combatants

  • Fulmer, David - Rampart Street

  • Gabaldon, Diana - A Breath of Snow and Ashes

  • Gale, Iain - Four Days in June

  • Garcia, Ricardo - Coal Camp Justice

  • Gardiner, Juliet - Wartime: Britain 1939-1945

  • Garlock, Dorothy - Train from Marietta

  • Geagley, Brad - Day of the False King

  • George, Dana - Waiting for the Rainbow

  • Geras, Adele - Ithaka

  • Giff, Patricia Reilly - Willow Run

  • Gindlesperger, James - Fire on the Water: The USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama

  • Goldberg, Myla - Wickett's Remedy

  • Golshiri, Hushan - The Prince

  • Gopnik, Adam - The King in the Window

  • Goyer, Tricia - Dawn of a Thousand Nights

  • Graeme-Evans, Posie - The Exiled

  • Grange, Amanda - Darcy's Diary

  • Gray, John MacLachlan - A White Stone Day

  • Grayling, A.C. - Descartes

  • Greenwood, Kerry - Urn Burial

  • Gregory, Philippa - The Constant Princess

  • Grey, Zane - Cabin Gulch

  • Grimes, Nikki - Dark Sons

  • Guerin, Gene - Cottonwood Saints

  • Hall, Russ - Bent Red Moon

  • Hamilton, Ruth - Dorothy's War

  • Hammond, Melinda - Dance for a Diamond

  • Hanson, Neil - The Unknown Soldier

  • Harris, C.S. - What Angels Fear

  • Harris, Rosie - The Cobbler's Kids

  • Hart, Jillian - Rocky Mountain Widow

  • Hatcher, Robin Lee - The Victory Club

  • Hickman, Tom - Churchill's Bodyguard

  • Holeman, Linda - The Moonlit Cage

  • Holland, David - The Devil's Game

  • Holmes, Rupert - Swing

  • Holub, Josef - An Innocent Soldier

  • Horsley, Kate - Black Elk in Paris

  • Hughes, Molly - A London Child of the 1870s

  • Humble, Nicola - Culinary Pleasures

  • Huong, Duong Thu - No Man's Land

  • Iggulden, Conn - Emperor: The Gods of War

  • Ihle, Sharon - Dear Penelope

  • Ingold, Jeanette - Hitch

  • Jakober, Marie - Sons of Liberty

  • Jecks, Michael - A Friar's Bloodfeud

  • Jenkins, Bob - My Story: Waterloo

  • John, Brian - On Angel Mountain

  • Johnson, Sophia - Risk Everything

  • Kent, Alexander - Band of Brothers

  • Kent, Princess Michael of - Cupid and the King

  • Kidd, Ronald - Monkey Town

  • King, Kevin - All the Stars Came Out That Night

  • Kirkman, Helen - A Fragile Trust

  • Klause, Annette Curtis - Freaks: Alive, on the Inside!

  • Kloester, Jennifer - Georgette Heyer's Regency World

  • Knight, Alanna - The Stuart Sapphire

  • Kraft, Bridget - Fields of Gold

  • Krahn, Betina - The Book of the Seven Delights

  • Lackey, Mercedes - The Wizard of London

  • Landale, James - Duel

  • Landon, Juliet - The Bought Bride

  • Landry, Sandra - The Last Bride

  • Langton, Jane - Steeplechase

  • Lasky, Kathryn - Portraits: Dancing Through Fire

  • Laurens, Stephanie - A Season for Scandal

  • Lawrence, Caroline - The Colossus of Rhodes

  • Leigh, Ana - The Lawman Said

  • Lightfoot, Freda - The Woman from Heartbreak House

  • Lindbergh, Judith - The Thrall's Tale

  • Lodge, David - Author, Author

  • Lyon, Suzanne - A Heart for Any Fate

  • Marillier, Juliet - The Dark Mirror

  • Martin, Kat - The Devil's Necklace

  • May, Stephen J. - Michener: A Writer's Journey

  • McAleer, John, and Billy Dickson - Unit Pride

  • McCabe, Amanda - Lady Midnight

  • McCusker, Paul - A Season of Shadows

  • McGee, James - Ratcatcher

  • McLaird, James D. - Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

  • McMahon, Katharine - The Alchemist's Daughter

  • Meek, James - The People's Act of Love

  • Merridale, Catherine - Ivan's War: The Red Army 1939-45

  • Mestern, Pat Mattaini - No Choice But Freedom

  • Meyer, L.A. - Curse of the Blue Tattoo

  • Michael, Livi - The Whispering Road

  • Miller, Fenella-Jane - The Unconventional Miss Walters

  • Mills, Magnus - Explorers of the New Century

  • Morris, Gilbert - By Way of the Wilderness

  • Mortimer, Gavin  - The Longest Night: Voices from the London Blitz

  • Nevin, David - Dream West

  • Newbury, Linda - Polly's March

  • O'Faolain, Nuala - The Story of Chicago May

  • Oliver, Marina - Writing Historical Fiction: Creating the Historical Blockbuster

  • Overall, Sonia - The Realm of Shells

  • Parker, I.J. - The Dragon Scroll

  • Parshall, Craig & Janet - Crown of Fire

  • Perry, Anne - A Christmas Guest

  • Perry, Anne - Angels in the Gloom

  • Phillips, Michael - Dream of Freedom

  • Piercy, Marge - Sex Wars

  • Pollard, Justin - Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England

  • Reed, Mary, and Eric Mayer - Six for Gold

  • Rhodes, Jewell Parker - Voodoo Season

  • Rice, Patricia - Much Ado About Magic

  • Roberts, David - A Grave Man

  • Robertson, Wendy - No Rest for the Wicked

  • Rosburg, Helen - The Dream Thief

  • Rosen, Nicolle - Mrs. Freud

  • Rowell, Patricia Frances - A Treacherous Proposition

  • Royal, Priscilla - Sorrow Without End

  • Salisbury, Graham - Eyes of the Emperor

  • Savage, Les, Jr. - Doniphan's Thousand

  • Scott, Joanna - Liberation

  • See, Lisa - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

  • Sielgelson, Kim L. - Honey Bea

  • Silver, Eve - Dark Desires

  • Simmons, Marc - Teddy's Cattle Drive

  • Smith, Anne Easter - A Rose for the Crown

  • Smith, David James - Supper with the Crippens

  • Smith, Joan - Dame Durden's Daughter

  • Smith, Shirley - Tangled Destiny

  • Spinrad, Norman - Mexica

  • St. Aubin de Teran, Lisa - Swallowing Stones

  • Stefaniak, Mary Helen - The Turk and My Mother

  • Steinbacher, Sybille - Auschwitz: A History

  • Steinmeyer, Jim - Hiding the Elephant

  • Stephenson, Lynda - Dancing with Elvis

  • Stockwin, Julian - Tenacious

  • Sullivan, Faith - Gardenias

  • Summers, Julie - The Colonel of Tamarkan

  • Sundell, Joanne - Matchmaker, Matchmaker

  • Terrell, Whitney - The King of Kings County

  • Thomas, Donald - Villains' Paradise: Britain's Underworld from the Spivs to the Krays

  • Thomas, Janet - Maid of the Sea

  • Thomas, Sharon Lee - New Beginnings

  • Thompson, E.V. - The Vagrant King

  • Tomlinson, Theresa - Wolf Girl

  • Tomson, Janet Mary - One Small Candle

  • Townshend, Charles - Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion

  • Tripp, Dawn Clifton - The Season of Open Water

  • Tuten, Frederic - The Adventures of Mao on the Long March

  • Urban, Mark - Generals: Ten British Commanders Who Shaped the World

  • Vern, Sarah - The Witching Woman

  • Vincent, Isabel - Bodies and Souls

  • Waite, Elizabeth - Wheeling and Dealing

  • Wangerin, Walter - Jesus: A Novel

  • Webb, Jacqueline - The Scarlet Queen

  • Welfonder, Sue-Ellen - Only for a Knight

  • White, Jenny - The Sultan's Seal

  • Whiteside, Diane - The River Devil

  • Wilkinson, Carole - Dragon & Keeper

  • Willig, Lauren - The Masque of the Black Tulip

  • Wolf, Joan - To the Castle

  • Wood, Valerie - The Songbird

  • Woods, Janet - The Stonecutter's Daughter

  • Woolmar, Christian - The Subterranean Railway

  • Wyman, Willard - High Country

  • Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn - States of Grace

  • Zimler, Richard - Guardian of the Dawn

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