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Historical Novels Review - Table of Contents
February 2010

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From the Editor, Bethany Latham
Historical Fiction Market News, Sarah Johnson
A Brief History of Enchantment: Magic Goes Mainstream (cover story), by Mary Sharratt
History & Film: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, Hannah Sternberg
New Voices: Jane Borodale, Christine Trent, James McCreet, and Katharine Beutner talk to Myfanwy Cook
Ten Handy Tips for Handling Reviews, Susan Higginbotham
Jane Austen and the Gothic Novel, Amanda Grange
Murder, Music, Psychoanalysis, and Pastries: Interview with Frank Tallis, Linda Kennedy and Myfanwy Cook
Romance & Faith: Interview with Janette Oke, Mary F. Burns
Breaking New Ground: Interview with Jacqueline Wilson, Myfanwy Cook
Satisfying Stories, Transatlantic Appeal: Profile of Severn House, Myfanwy Cook

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

  • Alexander, Tasha - Tears of Pearl

  • Altman, Marsha - Mr Darcy's Great Escape

  • Anderson, James - The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks

  • Arruda, Suzanne - Treasure of the Golden Cheetah

  • Austin, Debra - Daughter of Kura

  • Austin, Lynn - Though Waters Roar

  • Barbour, Anne - A Dedicated Scoundrel

  • Bell, Madison Smartt - Devil's Dream

  • Bender, Christine Echeverria - The Whaler's Forge

  • Benedict, Helen - The Edge of Eden

  • Benjamin, Melanie - Alice I Have Been

  • Bergin, Bob - Spies in the Garden

  • Beutner, Katharine - Alcestis

  • Beverley, Jo - Lady Notorious

  • Blake, Sarah - The Postmistress

  • Borodale, Jane - The Book of Fires

  • Bowen, Rhys - The Last Illusion: A Molly Murphy Mystery

  • Brendan, Maggie - The Jewel of His Heart

  • Brown, Sandra - Rainwater

  • Bundrick, Sheramy - Sunflowers

  • Burkard, Linore Rose - The Country House Courtship

  • Cabasson, Armand - Memory of Flames

  • Caldwell, Wayne - Requiem by Fire

  • Campbell, Anna - Captive of Sin

  • Caputo, Philip - Crossers

  • Carroll, Leslie - Notorious Royal Marriages

  • Carter, Betsy - The Puzzle King

  • Chacel, Rosa - Dream of Reason

  • Chadwick, Elizabeth - The Greatest Knight

  • Challis, Joanna - Murder on the Cliffs

  • Chance, Megan - Prima Donna

  • Charyn, Jerome - The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson

  • Chase-Riboud, Barbara - The President's Daughter

  • Chevalier, Tracy - Remarkable Creatures

  • Clark, Clare - Savage Lands

  • Collins, Rebecca Ann - Postscript from Pemberley

  • Collins, Rebecca Ann - Recollections of Rosings

  • Crichton, Michael - Pirate Latitudes

  • Davis, Anna - The Jewel Box

  • de Groot, Jerome - The Historical Novel

  • Dean, Anna - Bellfield Hall

  • Delaney, Frank - Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show

  • Dexter, Pete - Spooner

  • Diamant, Anita - Day After Night

  • Dickinson, Patti - Coach Tommy Thompson and the Boys of Sequoyah

  • Dickstein, Morris - Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression

  • Doctorow, E.L. - Homer & Langley

  • Doherty, P.C. - The Spies of Sobeck

  • Doherty, Paul - The Templar Magician

  • Donachie, David - An Ill Wind

  • Donaldson, Joan - On Viney's Mountain

  • Donati, Sara - The Endless Forest

  • Donoghue, Emma - The Sealed Letter

  • Drake, Shannon - Emerald Embrace

  • Dunn, Carola - Black Ship

  • Eccles, Marjorie - Last Nocturne

  • Edgerton, Clyde - The Bible Salesman

  • Edwards, Martin - Dancing for the Hangman

  • Elliott, Patricia - Assassin

  • Ellroy, James - Blood's a Rover

  • Estleman, Loren D. - The Book of Murdock

  • Fackler, Elizabeth - My Eyes Have a Cold Nose

  • Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe - 1492: The Year the World Began

  • Finger, Anne - Call Me Ahab

  • Finlay, C.C. - The Demon Redcoat

  • Fleming, Barbara - Journeying

  • Forester, Amanda - The Highlander's Sword

  • Fox, Robin Lane - Travelling Heroes

  • Fry, Helen - Churchill's German Army

  • Gardam, Jane - The Man in the Wooden Hat

  • Gardner, Mark Lee - To Hell on a Fast Horse

  • Garwood, W.R. - Roy Bean's Gold

  • Glancy, Diane - Pushing the Bear: After the Trail of Tears

  • Gleitzman, Morris - Once & Then

  • Goold, Madeline - Mr Langshaw's Square Piano

  • Gordon, Alan - The Parisian Prodigal

  • Gould, Alan - The Lakewoman

  • Goyer, Tricia, and Mike Yorkey - The Swiss Courier

  • Grey, Zane - Desert Heritage

  • Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Sent: The Missing, Book 2

  • Hake, Cathy Marie - That Certain Spark

  • Hammond, Victoria - The Devil and Maria d'Avalos

  • Harper, Karen - The Queen's Governess

  • Harrison, Cora - I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend

  • Heath, Sandra - A Country Cotillion

  • Hendrickson, Emily - The Roguish Miss Penn

  • Hendrickson, Emily - The Debonair Duke

  • Herring, Peg - Her Highness's First Murder

  • Hewson, David - The Cemetery of Secrets

  • Holeman, Linda - The Saffron Gate

  • Hooper, Mary - The Betrayal 

  • House, Silas - Eli the Good

  • Howard, Ellen - The Crimson Cap

  • Hozy, S.P. - A Cold Season in Shanghai

  • Hubbard, Christy - Sage Cane's House of Grace and Favor

  • Hume, M.K. - King Arthur: Warrior of the West

  • Izner, Claude - The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise

  • Jackson, Jeffrey - Paris Under Water

  • James, Eloisa - When the Duke Returns

  • Jecks, Michael - No Law in the Land

  • Johnson, Emily - Lord Dancy's Delight

  • Jones, J. Sydney - Requiem in Vienna

  • Jones, Jan - Fortunate Wager

  • Jones, Sadie - Small Wars

  • Keneally, Thomas - The People's Train

  • Kingsolver, Barbara - The Lacuna

  • Kinsale, Laura - Lessons in French

  • Klein, Lisa - Lady Macbeth's Daughter

  • Kostova, Elizabeth - The Swan Thieves

  • Kurland, Michael, ed. - Sherlock Holmes, The American Years

  • Lackey, Mercedes - Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit

  • Lamb, Harold - Swords from the Desert

  • Landman, Tanya - The Goldsmith's Daughter

  • Landon, Michael, Jr., and Cindy Kelley - The Silent Gift

  • Lawrence, Caroline - The Prophet from Ephesus

  • Lee, Julianne - Her Mother's Daughter

  • Lindler, Cat - Starlight & Promises

  • Lofty, Carrie - Scoundrel's Kiss

  • Lovesey, Peter - A Case of Spirits

  • Lovesey, Peter - The Tick of Death

  • Low, Robert - The White Raven

  • Ludlow, Jack - Warriors

  • Magnan, Pierre - The Murdered House

  • Magnan, Pierre - The Messengers of Death

  • Mahfouz, Naguib - Cairo Modern

  • Malouf, David - Ransom

  • Manfredi, Valerio Massimo - The Ides of March

  • Mantel, Hilary - Wolf Hall

  • Markovits, Benjamin - A Quiet Adjustment

  • Marston, Edward - Drums of War

  • Marston, Edward - Fire and Sword

  • Matthews, Linda H. - Middling Folk

  • Maxwell, Robin - O, Juliet

  • McCaig, Donald - Jacob's Ladder

  • McCuaig, Catriona - Snares and Nets

  • McCullough, Colleen - Too Many Murders

  • McDonald, Craig - Print the Legend

  • McGraw, Erin - The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard

  • McMahon, Katharine - The Crimson Rooms

  • Meyer, G.J. - The Tudors

  • Miller, Fenella Jane - Two Gentlemen from London

  • Miller, Judith - The Carousel Painter

  • Milner, Victoria - The Promise of Rain

  • Moorat, A.E. - Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter

  • Moring, Marcel - In a Dark Wood

  • Mortimer, Ian - Henry V's Year of Glory

  • Moynahan, Brian - Jungle Soldier

  • Muir, Margaret - The Condor's Feather

  • Muirden, Sallie - A Woman of Seville

  • Mullen, Thomas - The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers

  • Myers, Anna - Time of the Witches

  • Myers, Beverle Graves - Her Deadly Mischief

  • Myers, Tamar - The Witch Doctor's Wife

  • Nemirovsky, Irene - The Dogs and the Wolves

  • Norato, Lisa - Where Eagles Fly

  • Nowak, Pamela - Choices

  • Panella, Vincent - Cutter's Island: Caesar in Captivity

  • Parker, I.J. - The Convict's Sword

  • Pattison, Eliot - Eye of the Raven

  • Pattrick, Jenny - Catching the Current

  • Perkins-Valdez, Dolen - Wench

  • Peterson, Tracie - Dawn's Prelude

  • Pietroni, Anna Lawrence - Ruby's Spoon

  • Prifti, Naum - Grinding of the Soul

  • Purdy, Brandy - The Boleyn Wife

  • Putney, Mary Jo - Fallen Angel

  • Rice, Anne - Angel Time

  • Roberts, John Maddox - SPQR XIII: The Year of Confusion

  • Robinson, Jane - Bluestockings

  • Rogers, Martha - Becoming Lucy

  • Rowland, Laura Joh - The Fire Kimono

  • Roy, Katie - Tassie and the Black Baron

  • Russell, Sheldon - The Yard Dog

  • Sawyer, Kim Vogel - Fields of Grace

  • Scott, M.C. - Rome, The Emperor's Spy

  • Shaara, Jeff - No Less Than Victory

  • Sharma, Lakshmi Raj - The Tailor's Needle

  • Simonsen, Mary Lydon - Searching for Pemberley

  • Sington, Philip - The Einstein Girl

  • Sinnett, Mark - The Carnivore

  • Smith, Jill Eileen - Abigail

  • Smith, Joan - Bath Belles

  • Smolens, John - The Anarchist

  • Snelling, Lauraine - A Measure of Mercy

  • Stanley, Kelli - City of Dragons

  • Stark, Rodney - God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades

  • Stinebeck, David, and Scannell Gill - A Civil General

  • Stirling, Jessica - The Fields of Fortune

  • Sundell, Joanne - Meggie's Remains

  • Sundin, Sarah - A Distant Melody

  • Swann, S.A. - Wolfbreed

  • Talbot, Bryan - Grandville

  • Tallis, Frank - Deadly Communion

  • Taylor, D.J. - At the Chime of a City Clock

  • Terrell, Heather - Brigid of Kildare

  • Thompson, E.V. - Churchyard and Hawke

  • Thornton, Margaret - Until We Meet Again

  • Tinti, Hannah - The Good Thief

  • Tobin, Betsy - Ice Land

  • Todd, Charles - A Duty to the Dead

  • Trent, Christine - The Queen's Dollmaker

  • Turnbull, Ann - Alice in Love and War

  • Warren, Tracy Anne - Seduced by His Touch

  • Waters, Jimmy C. - New Bern: 1710 in the Carolinas

  • Weir, Alison - The Lady in the Tower

  • Weston, Julie Whitesel - The Good Times Are All Gone Now

  • White, Jenny - The Winter Thief

  • Wilcken, Hugo - Colony

  • Willig, Lauren - The Betrayal of the Blood Lily

  • Wilson, Derek - Peter the Great

  • Wood, Val - Rich Girl-Poor Girl

  • Wright, Thomas - Oscar's Books

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