This is a lovely read about the little-known wife of a famous man. It’s also an illuminating portrait of their marriage, showing how a cl...

Fans of Gothic historical sagas should be drawn to this multi-generational novel about a family of Breton witches whose talents descend th...

In the politically roiled Irish city of Cork in 1923, Reverend Mother Aquinas’s latest investigation is tragically personal. An old childh...

One might say Susanna Moodie is to Canada what Laura Ingalls Wilder is to the United States: both were early pioneers who gained renown for ...

Crackling cauliflowers and suffering stockfish! The heroine of Amy Myers’ diverting new country house mystery is a feisty young woman know...

Which of the four Platas sisters of Alameda Street is Malena’s mother? Lorena Hughes’ debut novel is nonstop entertainment with a warmhear...

Historical atmosphere and characterization are top-notch in Dunmore’s ( Exposure , 2016) newest work of literary historical fiction. Altho...

Eminent 17th-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton never married, and he reportedly wasn’t romantically involved with anyone. What if that wa...

Despite one’s initial impression, this novel isn’t a seafaring yarn. The heroine of Jennifer Delamere’s Victorian inspirational romance is...

It's been reported that only three percent of all books published in the United States are works in translation. (The University of Roch...

The women laughed among themselves, a musical sound that seemed to tinkle on too long. ‘Words change the world,’ the mother said when they w...

Today novelist Anne Cleeland is contributing an essay about the type of historical novel she enjoys writing.  Read more below... ~ ...

Grammy-nominated singer and actress Silber’s fiction debut is a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof , a show whose characters she has interprete...

Following my review of The Velveteen Daughter  from last week, I'm happy to welcome Laurel Davis Huber to the blog today -- her publicat...

Debut novelist Huber brings psychological acuity and tender empathy to her portraits of Margery Williams, the English-American author of t...

Last Saturday, June 24th, I participated in a panel entitled Book Reviewers Tell All: Advice for Authors and Readers at the Historical Novel...

Today Charlene Ball, author of the debut novel Dark Lady, is stopping by with a post on the family background and heritage of her heroine...

In her contemplative first novel, Shimotakahara explores the long-lasting aftereffects of a disgraceful historical episode: the incarcerat...

In mid-ninth-century Norway, power was dispersed among many petty kingdoms, while sea-kings gained wealth and status through plunder. Chro...

“ Are you going to speak to me, signore, or merely gaze at me all evening as though I were a painting? I wondered crossly.” When Simone...