Directory of Book Reviews
Looking for book reviews of historical novels? Here are 44, ranging in setting from ancient Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia to the World Wars of the twentieth century. Book reviews of literary classics like Pearl Buck's novel of China, The Good Earth, and Charles Dickens' novel of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities, are included along with mysteries like Steven Saylor's The Triumph of Caesar and modern bestsellers like Anita Diamant's The Red Tent and Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. Or you may discover a title completely new to you. No rating system is included, since historical novels beloved by some readers will usually be disliked by others and vice-versa. My book reviews are intended to describe the book accurately enough for you to determine, without a reviewing system, whether a novel will likely be to your taste. Click on the title to link to the review. Jump to:
Ancient History
Medieval Europe
The Renaissance
The Seventeenth Century
The Eighteenth Century
The Napoleonic Era
Nineteenth Century North America
Nineteenth Century Europe
Twentieth Century North America
Twentieth Century Europe
World War II
Asia
The Middle East
Australasia: Australia and New Zealand
Ancient History
Achilles by Elizabeth Cook
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Sarah by Marek Halter
Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
The Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff reviewed by Annis
Medieval Europe
The Proud Villeins by Valerie Anand reviewed by Susan Gillmor
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell reviewed by Annis
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
World Without End by Ken Follett
Legend of the Last Vikings: Taklamakan by John Halsted
Great Maria by Cecelia Holland
Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset reviewed by Susan Gillmor
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
The Renaissance
The House of Doctor Dee by Peter Ackroyd reviewed by Linda Proud
A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm reviewed by Annis
Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
Young Bess by Margaret Irwin
A Tabernacle for the Sun by Linda Proud
The Seventeenth Century
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
The Eighteenth Century
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Napoleonic Era
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland
Nineteenth Century North America
Prairie Avenue by Arthur Meeker
Hallam's War by Elisabeth Payne Rosen
Nineteenth Century Europe
Immortal Franz by Zsolt Harsanyi
The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Death at Glamis Castle by Robin Paige (Charles Sheridan mystery #9)
Twentieth Century North America
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan reviewed by Mudqueen
Twentieth Century Europe
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen reviewed by Susan Gillmor
World War II
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum reviewed by Susan Gillmor
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean reviewed by Susan Gillmor
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell reviewed by Susan Gillmor
Asia
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Saigon by Anthony Grey reviewed by Bill Bradley
The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison
The Middle East
Alamut by Vladimir Bartol
Australasia: Australia and New Zealand
The Gentleman's Garden by Catherine Jinks reviewed by Annis
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