In Dori Jones Yang's Daughter of Xanadu , an exciting blend of cross-cultural exploration and female adventure, a resolute young woman’s...

With a name like Azuba Galloway, one would expect the heroine of Beth Powning's The Sea Captain's Wife to be anything but ordinary....

I'm happy to welcome historical novelist C.W. Gortner back to the blog today.  He's written an enlightening guest post about the Eli...

Although it features an adolescent heroine, Stephanie Dray’s riveting Lily of the Nile is less about coming of age than it is about coming ...

Today Chris Bradford, author of the Young Samurai series of young adult novels set in 17th-century Japan, is stopping by with an informative...

James McGee’s gritty and intrigue-filled Rebellion sees former soldier and Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood plunging confidently into his...

Sadly, the historical fiction world has lost two well-known authors during the last week. Diana Norman, who also wrote historical thriller...

Just before she dies, Irma Vitale’s mother warns her, “Don’t die with strangers.” Pamela Schoenewaldt’s debut novel imagines a rich yet tra...

I've been neglectful in announcing the winners of the two latest contests, so I drew the numbers this evening with the help of Random.or...

A confession, to start off this review of a new historical mystery: This is my first time reading a Charles Todd novel, but it won’t be the ...

Today Julie Rose, a regular blog visitor, is dropping by with a guest post about the power of place in historical fiction.  Her debut novel ...

The Langum Charitable Trust has just announced the winner and other highly commended novels for the 2010 Langum Prize in American Historica...

If you’re wary of reading yet another mystery that leads you through the gas-lit lanes of Victorian England on the trail of a nasty criminal...

A number of literary awards were announced at the American Library Association's Midwinter meeting in San Diego this past weekend.  Tho...

Hope you've been enjoying a relaxing Sunday.  It's been a quiet weekend - the cats are all sleeping, and I've been getting lots ...

And with this post we come to the end of Historical Tapestry's Alphabet in Historical Fiction challenge .  It's been fun choosing an...

Please help me welcome Katharine McMahon to Reading the Past today.  She has contributed a wonderful, thought-provoking essay on the power o...

Evelyn Gifford is a trailblazer and an anomaly. In 1924, as one of the first female lawyers in England, she has finally found a position as...

Happy New Year, everyone!  Here's to much more good reading in 2011. I've spent only a few days at work over the last two weeks, s...

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