New Contest #1: Win a Free Book!

Michael Joseph/Penguin UK has provided the Historical Novel Society with five new hardback copies of Warrior of Rome: Fire in the East, written by Oxford academic Harry Sidebottom.  Called "a bold, dramatic and unforgettable tale of honour, bravery and bloodthirsty battle in the best-selling historical adventure tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden," Fire in the East is the first instalment in an immense grand narrative – the Warrior of Rome series.  More details via the Penguin catalogue.

To enter, send an email to contest@historicalnovelsociety.org with your name, mailing address, and your response to the following question: 
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Five winners will be randomly selected from among the correct entries.  Deadline is 31 August 2008.  This contest is open to current HNS members from the United Kingdom.

If you love historical fiction, please JOIN the society today.  You won't be sorry.

'I've just read Solander - it's a triumph!'  - Bernard Cornwell.