Over 5000 Historical Novels
Listed by Time and Place
Including more than 300 Reviews
Why do you read historical novels? Most of us read fiction for pleasure, but some of us gravitate especially to works about the past. People have enjoyed historical fiction since 800 BC when Homer wrote about the Trojan War in the Iliad. The worlds to which historical fiction carries us may seem utterly different from our own - but they really existed. A deep understanding of the past can help us understand our own time and our own motivations better. And by blending history and fiction, a novel lets us do more than simply read history: it lets us participate in the hopes, fears, passions, mistakes and triumphs of the people who lived it.
Over 300 book reviews are included, with more added on a regular basis. Don't miss the blog, which features author interviews, links to the newest reviews, and news about history and fiction.
An original historical novel is now appearing as a serial on the blog:
A World So Wide, set in medieval Germany, is about a young woman who becomes entangled in a murderous feud between a princess of Burgonden and the powerful lord who tries to prevent both women from marrying the men they love.
- Margaret Donsbach
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