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Historical Novels Review - Table of Contents
November 2007

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Editorial: Brave New Worlds, Bethany Latham
Historical Fiction Market News, Sarah Johnson
History and Film: Historical Anime, Bethany Latham
Beyond Words: The Historical Graphic Novel, Sarah Bower (cover story)
In the Pink: Susan Higginbotham interviews Lauren Willig
Nicola Cornick on the 18th and 19th century "cult of celebrity"
All the Fun of the Fair: Myfanwy Cook looks at the themes of fair-related fiction
Twelve Simple Rules for Writing Ricardian Fiction, Susan Higginbotham
 

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

  • Adair, Suzanne - The Blacksmith's Daughter

  • Alexander, Tamera - Remembered

  • Amos, Diane - Outlaw Hearts

  • Ashley, Jennifer - The Queen's Handmaiden

  • Audeguy, Stéphane - The Theory of Clouds

  • Avi - The Traitor's Gate

  • Bailey, Margaret - Diamond in the Sky

  • Baker, Emerson W. - The Devil of Great Island:  Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England

  • Balogh, Mary - Web of Love

  • Barker, Ann - Lady of Lincoln

  • Barrett, Andrea - The Air We Breathe

  • Baxter, Stephen - Conqueror

  • Beard, G.S. - Lieutenant Fury

  • Bell, David A. - The First Total War

  • Bennett, Ronan - Zugzwang

  • Bergren, Lisa T. - The Betrayed

  • Beverley, Jo - Lady Beware

  • Biggins, John - Tomorrow the World

  • Blair, Emma - Sweethearts

  • Blight, David W. - A Slave No More

  • Bloom, Amy - Away

  • Bradbury, Jim - The Capetians: Kings of France, 987-1328

  • Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker - The Lacemaker and the Princess

  • Bradshaw, Gillian - Dark North

  • Brinton, Sybil J. - Old Friends and New Fancies

  • Brittney, L. - Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times

  • Brown, Nancy Marie - The Far Traveller: Voyages of a Viking Woman

  • Bryan, Helen - War Brides

  • Carlyle, Liz - Never Deceive a Duke

  • Carrell, Jennifer Lee - Interred With Their Bones

  • Cezair-Thompson, Margaret - The Pirate's Daughter

  • Charbonnier, Rita - Mozart's Sister

  • Chase, Loretta - Not Quite a Lady

  • Clare, Alys - Heart of Ice

  • Clarke, Mary Andrea - The Crimson Cavalier

  • Clarke, Susanna - The Ladies of Grace and Other Stories

  • Collison, Linda - Star Crossed

  • Cook, Gloria - Out of Shadows

  • Cooke, R. Cameron - Sink the Shigure

  • Cupp, Bob - The Edict: A Novel from the Beginnings of Golf

  • Cutler, Judith - The Keeping of Secrets

  • Dain, Claudia - The Courtesan's Daughter

  • Dalzell, Robert F., and Lee Baldwin Dalzell - The House the Rockefellers Built

  • Davis, Lindsey - Saturnalia

  • Dawkins, Jane - Letters from Pemberley

  • Delaney, Frank - Tipperary

  • Dennis, Mary Ellen - The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter

  • DePoy, Phillip - A Widow's Curse

  • Dodd, Christina - The Prince Kidnaps a Bride

  • Doherty, Kieran - Sea Venture:  Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of the First English Colony in the New World

  • Doherty, Paul - The Poisoner of Ptah

  • Doherty, Paul - The Poison Maiden

  • Donati, Sara - Queen of Swords

  • Duffy, James - The Fight for Rome

  • Eccles, Marjorie - Shadows & Lies

  • Edric, Robert - The Kingdom of Ashes

  • Edwards, Geoffrey S. - Fire Bell in the Night

  • Emerson, Kathy Lynn - Face Down O'er the Border

  • Erickson, Carolly - The Secret Life of Josephine

  • Farmer, Nancy - The Land of the Silver Apples

  • Fenby, Jonathan - Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Won One War and Began Another

  • Fenster, Julie M. - The Case of Abraham Lincoln

  • Flacco, Anthony - The Last Nightingale

  • Frazer, Margaret - A Play of Lords

  • Gabaldon, Diana - Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

  • Gabaldon, Diana - Lord John and the Hand of Devils

  • Gallagher, Stephen - The Kingdom of Bones

  • Galsworthy, John - The Man of Property

  • Gear, Kathleen O'Neal - It Dreams In Me

  • Gee, Sophie - The Scandal of the Season

  • George, Linda - Silver Lady

  • Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - The Sylph

  • Gilmour, David - The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

  • Gist, Deeanne - Courting Trouble

  • Givens, Kathleen - Rivals for the Crown

  • Gleeson, Janet - Privilege and Scandal

  • Glinert, Ed - West End Chronicles

  • Gloss, Molly - The Hearts of Horses

  • Godbersen, Anna - Luxe

  • Gold, August, and Joel Fotinos - The Prayer Chest

  • Gonzalez, Béa - The Mapmaker's Opera

  • Gower, Iris - Bargain Bride

  • Graham, Eliza - Playing with the Moon

  • Grange, Amanda - Captain Wentworth's Diary

  • Grant, K.M. - Blaze of Silver

  • Green, Hilary - They Also Serve

  • Gregorio, Michael - Days of Atonement

  • Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Uprising

  • Haines, Kathryn Miller - The War Against Miss Winter

  • Hammond, William C., III - A Matter of Honor

  • Harry, Lilian - Storm Over Burracombe

  • Harvey, Gill - Orphan of the Sun

  • Hearn, Lian - Heaven's Net Is Wide

  • Heath, Sandra - A Matter of Duty

  • Hislop, Victoria - The Island

  • Hitchcock, Tim - Down and Out in 18th Century London

  • Hoffman, Mary - The Falconer's Knot

  • Hopkins, TCF - Confrontation at Lepanto:  Christendom vs. Islam

  • Horan, Nancy - Loving Frank

  • Humphreys, CC - The Blooding of Jack Absolute

  • Hunter, John P. - Red Thunder

  • Hunter, Madeline - Lessons of Desire

  • Hunter, Stephen - The 47th Samurai

  • Jackson, John - Blood Rock

  • Jackson, L.M. - A Most Dangerous Woman

  • James, Eloisa - Pleasure for Pleasure

  • James, Eloisa - Desperate Duchesses

  • Jedamus, Julith - The Book of Loss

  • Jensen, Liz - My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time

  • Johnson, Denis - Tree of Smoke

  • Johnson, Jeannie - Secret Sins

  • Kaufmann, Paola - The Sister

  • Kelton, Elmer - Sandhills Boy: A Memoir

  • Kilworth, Garry Douglas - Rogue Officer

  • Kolosov, Jacqueline - The Red Queen's Daughter

  • Kuhlken, Ken - The Venus Deal

  • Laurens, Stephanie - Beyond Seduction

  • Lawrence, Caroline - The Slave Girl from Jerusalem

  • Leavitt, David - The Indian Clerk

  • Lee, Jade - Tempted Tigress

  • Lewis, Hilda - Wife to the Bastard

  • Lewis, Hilda - Harlot Queen

  • Limon, Martin - The Wandering Ghost

  • Lofts, Norah - The Concubine

  • Lofts, Norah - The King's Pleasure

  • Lofts, Norah - Eleanor the Queen

  • London, Julia - The Perils of Pursuing a Prince

  • MacKinnon, J.B. - Dead Man in Paradise

  • Madden, Kerry - Louisiana's Song

  • Mailer, Norris Church - Cheap Diamonds

  • Mailman, Erika - The Witch's Trinity

  • Marillier, Juliet - The Well of the Shades:  Book Three of the Bridei Chronicles

  • Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - Love in the Time of Cholera

  • Maxwell, Robin - Mademoiselle Boleyn

  • McAllister, Margaret - High Crag Linn

  • McCunn, Ruthanne Lum - God of Luck

  • McFarland, Philip - Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • McKade, Maureen - A Reason to Believe

  • McKinley, Tamara - Lands Beyond the Sea

  • McNamer, Deirdre - Red Rover

  • McPhee, Jenny - A Man of No Moon

  • Meyer, L.A. - Mississippi Jack

  • Miller, Fenella-Jane - Lord Thurston's Challenge

  • Miller, Sarah - Miss Spitfire

  • Mills, DiAnn - A Texas Legacy Christmas

  • Mitchell, Emily - The Last Summer of the World

  • Mitchell, Margaret - Gone with the Wind

  • Morgan, Jude - An Accomplished Woman

  • Morgan, Nicola - The Highwayman's Footsteps

  • Myers, Amy - Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner

  • Napoli, Donna Jo - Hush

  • Newbery, Linda - Set in Stone

  • Nichol, Jon, and Tony Rennel - Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe

  • Nicholson, Juliet - The Perfect Summer: Dancing Into Shadow in 1911

  • O'Donnell, Julia - The Mother's Story

  • Ohlsson, Bengt - Gregorius

  • Paisley, Janet - White Rose Rebel

  • Parker, I.J. - Island of Exiles

  • Parr, Delia - Refining Emma

  • Paxson, Diana L. - Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon

  • Peace, David - Tokyo Year Zero

  • Peacock, Louise - At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices

  • Pella, Judith - Bachelor's Puzzle

  • Pemberton, Margaret - The Last Goodbye

  • Pilkington, John - The Muscovy Chain

  • Powers, Kim - Capote in Kansas

  • Quick, Barbara - Vivaldi's Virgins

  • Reeve, Philip - Here Lies Arthur

  • Rigler, Laurie Viera - Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

  • Rinaldi, Ann - The Ever-After Bird

  • Robb, Candace - The Guilt of Innocents

  • Roberts, Judson - Dragons from the Sea

  • Roiphe, Katie - Uncommon Arrangements

  • Romano-Lax, Andromeda - The Spanish Bow

  • Rose, MJ - The Reincarnationist

  • Rowe, Rosemary - A Coin for the Ferryman

  • Royal, Priscilla - Justice for the Damned

  • Russell, James - The Historical Epic and Contemporary Hollywood

  • Sanders, Bonny Barry - Kiss Me Good-Bye

  • Scarrow, Simon - The Generals

  • Schatzing, Frank - Death and the Devil

  • Scheinmann, Danny - Random Acts of Heroic Love

  • Schlitz, Laura Amy - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

  • Sedgwick, Marcus - My Swordhand is Singing

  • Severin, Tim - Corsair

  • Shalev, Meir - A Pigeon and a Boy

  • Shaw, Catherine - The Riddle of the River

  • Shipman, Pat - Femme Fatale:  Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari

  • Simons, Paullina - The Summer Garden

  • Smith, Joan - Delsie

  • Stackhouse, Bill - Stream of Death

  • Starling, Belinda - The Journal of Dora Damage

  • Steffen, Kathy - First, There Is a River

  • Sternberg, Libby - The Case Against My Brother

  • Stockwin, Julian - The Admiral's Daughter

  • Summers, Rowena - Long Shadows

  • Thompson, Pamela - Every Past Thing

  • Thompson, Victoria - Murder in Chinatown

  • Thornton, Elizabeth - The Pleasure Trap

  • Todd, Marilyn - Blind Eye

  • Tsukiyama, Gail - The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

  • Vassanji, M.G. - The Assassin's Song

  • von Tunzelmann, Alex - Indian Summer

  • Wagenstein, Angel - Farewell, Shanghai

  • Walker, Robert W. - Shadows in the White City

  • Warren, Spring - Turpentine

  • Webster, Emma Campbell - Lost in Austen

  • Wein, Elizabeth E. - The Lion Hunter

  • Weis, Rene - Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding a Hidden Life

  • Welfonder, Sue-Ellen - Bride for a Knight

  • Wiggins, Marianne - The Shadow Catcher

  • Wilcox, John - The Diamond Frontier

  • Williams, Adam - The Dragon's Tail

  • Wilson, John - Where Soldiers Lie

  • Wiltshire, David - Enduring Passions

  • Wood, Barbara - Daughter of the Sun

  • Woods, Janet - The Coal Gatherer

  • Young, Michele Ann - No Regrets

  • Young, Robyn - Crusade

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