HNR Issue 38 (November 2006)
In The Belly Of The Bloodhound
In L.A. Meyer’s fourth installment of this swashbuckling series set in the early 1800s, street-wise Jacky Faber is once again…
Loving Will Shakespeare
Just before the plague returns to England, seven-year-old Agnes (Anne) Hathaway and her family are invited to a christening by…
Cyrano
McCaughrean’s version of Edmond Rostand’s celebrated and classic romantic tale is delightful. Readers of all ages will appreciate the author’s…
The Witches’ Mark
A fishing village in Fife at the time of Charles II. Pheemie is an old, lonely, deformed woman who lives…
The Blood Confession
This disturbingly dark young adult novel is based on the life of Countess Erzsébet Báthory, the notorious female Dracula who…
The Harsh Cry Of The Heron
In this engrossing fourth and final volume of Hearn’s Otori series (though a prequel series is in the works), the…
Firebird
Markovy, a land that resembles medieval Russia except for the presence of werewolves, troll-bears, ghouls, and various magical beings, is…
The Fugitive From Corinth
80 AD Corinth. This Caroline Lawrence’s tenth Roman mystery, and the young detectives, Nubia, Flavia, Lupus and Jonathan, are in…
The Book Of Fathers
Spanning four centuries of Hungarian history, from the solar eclipse of May 17th, 1706, to the one of August 11th,…
The Brushstroke Legacy
Ragni Clauson needs to get her life fixed – big time! Although she’s looking forward to an immensely needed vacation,…
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