Julie Brooks, The Keepsake, Headline (dual-time novel, with a complex woman at its heart, and a wealth of twists, turns and secrets) Simon Brett, Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors’ Gold, Constable (humorous historical fiction mystery series) Rita Bradshaw, After the First Frost, Macmillan UK (20th-century romance) Peter Blauner, Picture in the Sand, Minotaur (intergenerational saga told through a grandfather’s eyes, illuminating the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt) Marie Benedict, The Mitford Affair, Sourcebooks Landmark (novel of history’s most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose either her country or her sisters)Īnya Bergman, The Witches of Vardø, Manilla Press (three women fight for survival in Norway, 1662)Įlizabeth Hutchison Bernard, Sisters of Castle Leod, Black Rose (story of two sisters torn apart by jealousy and superstition, and the impossible leap of faith that could finally bring them together) Brighton, book 3)Īmanda Barratt, Within These Walls of Sorrow, Kregel (a look at a little-known pharmacy in the midst of the Kraków Ghetto and the bravery of its employees who save the lives of the Jewish community) Arnold, Rawhide Jake: Westward Ho!, Five Star (the life and times of detective Jonas V. Rose Archer, The Timber Girls, Quercus (saga series set during the Second World War) Gina Apostol, La Tercera, Soho Press (pieces together a century and a half of Philippine history through the story of the Delgados of Leyte - a clan of “madmen and collaborators” loving and feuding through generations of colonization, war and catastrophe) Merryn Allingham, The Secrets of Summerhayes, Bookouture (WWII family saga in Summerhayes House series) Please see our guide to forthcoming historical novels for 2022 for previous releases. Other than short excerpts, please link to this page rather than copying the entries – thank you! Details are compiled by Fiona Sheppard (US, CAN, UK, AUS) and are based on publisher descriptions. The Historical Novel Society lists mainstream and small press historical titles for books set in eras up to the mid 1970s.

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