Few authors have fictionalized the Etruscan civilization, especially when compared with the many who write about Rome. Though separated fro...

For those readers near and far who are celebrating Christmas, I wish you and yours a very happy holiday.  NUC Christmas Tree @ Gleeson L...

As usual I'm a little late getting these posted, but here are some more upcoming titles to look forward to.  The good thing is you won...

Based on the cover and title, does this look like women's historical adventure fiction to you?  Me neither, and this dissuaded me from g...

“Two offenses ruined me,” wrote Ovid, “a poem and an error.” Using the technique of many successful historical novelists, Jane Alison take...

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for Deborah Swift's The Lady's Slipper.   I've enjoyed reading all of your comments,...

How much room is there for truth in a fictional memoir with an unreliable narrator? The answer to this complex question sits at the heart of...

Before I get into the main topic of today's post, I need to choose the winner of Anna Elliott's Dark Moon of Avalon .  Random.org ha...

The title of Deborah Swift's eloquent debut novel refers to two things: a beautiful orchid all too rarely found in England, and the deli...

Today Stephanie Dray, author of the forthcoming Lily of the Nile , is stopping by as part of her blog tour.  She offers a fascinating guest ...

Kenneth Wishnia's historical mystery takes place in late 16th-century Prague, a setting that has inspired several other novelists (Franc...

The theme of illusion versus truth is woven throughout Thaisa Frank's debut novel, which examines the Holocaust and its aftermath from a...

Here's the first of several visual previews of historical novels for winter/spring 2011.  These are some personal picks, with my usual e...

Good morning, everyone!  Anna Elliott is stopping by the blog today with a guest post about her heroine Isolde, Isolde's grandmother Mor...

I came across Siobhán Parkinson's Painted Ladies while browsing the historical fiction listings at Book Depository and purchased it on ...