Historical Novel Society

For historical fiction readers and writers everywhere. Sharing Editor's Choice reviews, historical finds, and more. In-person conference: Ireland in August 2026

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📗📖📘 A warm welcome to our feed to historical fiction readers, writers and publishers across the world.
Member benefits: 4 Historical Novels Review magazines a year, event discounts and access to member-only Facebook groups: https://t.co/G2SksYN5wR

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A behind-the-scenes peek into the novel Under Two Flags, following a young Jewish woman from Boston studying opera in Berlin during the 1910s: https://t.co/QDz7KN5F98

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How a lucky archival find sparked a new novel about a bustling Scottish port for the American colonies: https://t.co/kx0mExINwm #HistoricalFiction

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Combining fact with fiction to depict life under the Raj: https://t.co/2jDJOhSzxg #HistoricalFiction

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'A fast-moving story through pre-revolution France, Victorian London and the untamed bush of Van Diemen’s Land. Enjoyable, layered and well researched.'
#EditorsChoice: A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose, reviewer R. Hayes
https://t.co/oJrM9t5H9r

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Looking for free images? Digitized newspapers? Why not browse through this intriguing list of primary sources from history: https://t.co/8QsgAsYVkC

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Writing can be isolating. So why not meet up with your nearest HNS Chapter? We've author groups across the globe! Take a look at: https://t.co/enOGCKqSA8

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Historical Professions: Midwives – sources of research for your historical novel: https://t.co/eQb2rnjOf5

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'Witness the gradual destabilisation of the eastern Roman Empire. Vivid, harrowing and swiftly paced.'
Editor's Choice: The Farewell of the Gods by Q. V. Hunter, reviewer Keira Morgan
https://t.co/wVUnww6LOr

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Permission to step aboard! This magnificent ship — a replica of the first to ever circumnavigate the globe — moors up in London later this month https://t.co/ncBs7stzmr

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Challenging the ‘outsiders’ perception’ of the wealth of Pasadena through #HistoricalFiction : https://t.co/Xcv1yHuKae

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The discovery behind a new series about women from colonial America through the 20th century: https://t.co/ofXkcOFu6V

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Congratulations to our members on their new #HistoricalFiction releases! They span many eras, including the Northern Crusades in Livonia, 18th century London and WWI: https://t.co/mzgYM3TvyN

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@BeccaACarter It's our pleasure Rebecca! As an Editor's Choice, we'll be sharing the review on Twitter, Bluesky and Facebook in the coming months. Here's the full review online: https://t.co/S0gYRSPWac

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'Follows passengers on the doomed ship Lusitania in 1915. Fast-paced, action-packed and intrinsically suspenseful.'
Editor's Choice: An Inheritance of Lies by Rebecca A. Carter, reviewer Jinny Webber
https://t.co/S0gYRSQtZK

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Planning a trip to Britain's Royal Palaces this summer? From Holyrood House to the Archives at Windsor Castle, here's all the info about the residences - and the family that lives in them. https://t.co/YcmjtepFKT

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'In 1938 Warsaw, two unlikely young women meet. Brings Warsaw’s Jewish community to life beautifully. The characters feel real.'
Editor's Choice: The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion, reviewer Meg Wiviott
https://t.co/iO0UgzYoXY

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Roman tradition and early legal codes forbade parents from publicly mourning babies. But a new discovery adds to a growing body of evidence challenging the assumption that these were followed:

https://t.co/lO7FqbtM3F #Romans #RomanBritain

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Exploring split-narrative and dual timelines in The House of Hidden Letters: https://t.co/m5s3CCTG8z #HistoricalFiction

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Ian McGuire’s 18th-century foray into the Canadian wilderness: https://t.co/1r9ZCPozix #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #HF

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'Focuses on growing up Black and female in the 1950s Jim Crow South. Marvellous, fierce and extraordinary.'

Editor's Choice: Kin by Tayari Jones, reviewer Sarah Johnson

https://t.co/BWdFpGSXJx