H I S T O R IC A L
NOV EL S REVIEW ISSN 1471-7492
Issue 95, February 2021 | © 2021 The Historical Novel Society
PUBLISHER Richard Lee
Marine Cottage, The Strand, Starcross, Devon EX6 8NY UK <richard@historicalnovelsociety.org>
EDITORIAL BOARD
Managing Editor: Bethany Latham
Linda Sever
<LSever@uclan.ac.uk> Publisher Coverage: All UK children’s historicals
Karen Warren
<worldwidewriteruk@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Birlinn/Polygon; Bloomsbury; Duckworth Overlook; Faber & Faber; Granta; HarperCollins UK; Hamish Hamilton; Pan Macmillan; Penguin Random House UK (Michael Joseph, Penguin General, Penguin Press, and their imprints); Short Books; Simon & Schuster UK
REVIEWS EDITORS, USA Rebecca Cochran
<CochranR95@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Amazon Publishing; Hachette; Hyperion; Pegasus; and WW Norton
Bryan Dumas
<bryanpgdumas@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Algonquin; Kensington; Other Press; Overlook; Sourcebooks; Tyndale; and other US/Canadian small presses
Houston Cole Library, Jacksonville State University 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602 USA <blatham@jsu.edu>
Sarah Hendess
Book Review Editor: Sarah Johnson
Xina Uhl
Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920 USA <sljohnson2@eiu.edu> Publisher Coverage: Bethany House; Five Star; HarperCollins; IPG; Penguin Random House (all imprints); Severn House; Skyhorse; Australian presses; university presses
Features Editor: Lucinda Byatt 13 Park Road, Edinburgh, EH6 4LE UK <textline13@gmail.com>
New Voices Column Editor: Myfanwy Cook 47 Old Exeter Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 OJE UK <myfanwyc@btinternet.com>
REVIEWS EDITORS, UK Alan Fisk
<alan.fisk@alanfisk.com> Publisher Coverage: Aardvark Bureau, Black and White, Bonnier Zaffre, Crooked Cat, Freight, Gallic, Honno, Impress, Karnac, Legend, Pushkin, Oldcastle, Quartet, Sandstone, Saraband, Seren, Serpent’s Tail
Edward James
<busywords_ed@yahoo.com> Publisher Coverage: Arcadia; Atlantic Books; Canongate; Head of Zeus; Glagoslav; Hodder Headline (inc. Coronet, Hodder & Stoughton, NEL, Sceptre); John Murray; Pen & Sword; Robert Hale; Alma; The History Press
Douglas Kemp
<douglaskemp62@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Allison & Busby; Little, Brown; Orion; Penguin Random House UK (Cornerstone, Ebury, Transworld, Vintage, and their imprints); Quercus
<clark1103@yahoo.com> Publisher Coverage: US/Canadian children’s publishers <xuwriter@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Simon & Schuster (all imprints); Soho; and Poisoned Pen Press
Larry Zuckerman
<boyonaraft64@gmail.com> Publisher Coverage: Bloomsbury; Macmillan (all imprints); and Grove/Atlantic
REVIEWS EDITOR, INDIE Misty Urban
<misty@historicalnovelsociety.org> Publisher Coverage: all self- and subsidy-published novels
EDITORIAL POLICY & COPYRIGHT Reviews, articles, and letters may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, and grammatical correctness. We will endeavour to reflect the authors’ intent as closely as possible, and will contact the authors for approval of any major change. We welcome ideas for articles, but have specific requirements to consider. Before submitting material, please contact the editor to discuss whether the proposed article is appropriate for Historical Novels Review. In all cases, the copyright remains with the authors of the articles. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of the authors concerned.
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