HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
A Sudden Country
A story of survival, A Sudden Country is a fictionalized chronicle of real events on the 1847 Oregon migration. Former…
City of Shadows
Ariana Franklin has written an intriguing, fast-paced thriller based on the life of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to…
The Book about Blanche and Marie
Editors' choice
Set in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this quiet novel is a work of art. With…
The Truth About Sascha Knisch
Set in the oppressively hot summer of 1928 Berlin, this is a fascinating, though often obscure novel. The eponymous Sascha…
A Strange Death: Espionage, Betrayal and Vengeance in a Village in Old Palestine
This book may be non-fiction, but it is far from being your usual history book. It is a murder-mystery set…
Rifling Paradise
Charles Redbourne, middle-aged dilettante, leaves his English country estate in disgrace after his callous treatment of a discarded male love…
In The Dark Streets Shining
This is a warm, enjoyable story of life in war-torn England. Rose has lost her beloved husband to the war,…
Fatal as a Fallen Woman
Second in the Diana Spaulding mystery series, the novel continues the adventures of that 19th-century journalist. She has quit her…
Born To Rule
This biography chronicles the tumultuous lives of the five granddaughters of Queen Victoria who became consorts to European ruling monarchs.…
The Pattern of her Heart
The plague strikes Jasmine Houston’s father and relatives, leaving her and her brother the sole owners of a southern plantation,…
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