HNR Issue 13 (August 2000)
Ashes of Britannia
“From the ashes of Britannia arose a legend,” and her name was Boadicea, Druid priestess and Queen of the Celtic…
The Sand-Reckoner
Gillian Bradshaw takes the title of her novel about Archimedes from one of the ancient thinker’s own works. It’s difficult…
The Hippopotamus March: Lord of the Two Lands, v.1
In ancient Egypt, “Lord of the Two Lands” was one of Pharaoh’s titles, and Pauline Gedge’s new series is the…
Unveiled
The first in her series of five ancestresses of Jesus, Unveiled is an easy-to-read tale of Tamar. Tamar, a Canaanite,…
The Year of Jubilo
Howard Bahr’s Civil War fiction has already earned praise from critics, casual readers, and the ever-growing number of Americans who…
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
In November 1864, General John Bell Hood ordered the army of Tennessee to perform a frontal assault against a secure…
Queenmaker
This Biblical historical focuses on a little known Queen: Michal, daughter of King Saul, wife to King David. At first…
No Great Mischief
On Cape Breton Island, the Gaelic stronghold of Nova Scotia — a land of windswept crags and rocky shores —…
Leaving Eden
Na’amah is Adam’s daughter by his first wife Lilith, a mother she barely remembers. Yet despite the absence of her…
The Waters Between: A Novel of the Dawn Land
The Waters Between is Joseph Bruchac’s third novel in the Dawn Land trilogy. Ten thousand years ago, the Abenaki Indians…
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