HNR Issue 39 (February 2007)
The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
London, 1670. In a tremendous opening scene, 15-year-old Eliza, starving and desperate, is thrown into the notorious Clink Prison. From…
Leonardo’s Shadow, Or My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant
The ongoing popularity of Leonardo da Vinci in fiction often obscures his preeminent place as the Renaissance’s most gifted and…
Hearts of Stone
Editors' choice
Fifteen-year-old Hannah finds herself the head of her family when her Cumberland Mountain home is torn asunder by the ravages…
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Editors' choice
Iris Lockhart is a stubbornly independent young woman in modern Edinburgh. Her only real connections with the past are Kitty,…
The View from Castle Rock
In this collection of stories, Alice Munro picks through her family tree – as far back as 18th century Scotland…
Cold Rock River
In Vietnam-era rural Georgia, insecure Adie falls in love with the most popular boy in high school. She is thrilled…
Bull by the Tale
This book is an anthology of eight short stories about the American West from Spanish colonial days to the present.…
The Book Thief
Editors' choice
1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel Meminger, the daughter of a communist, is the eponymous Book Thief, and her story is told…
La Dame d’Esprit: A Biography of the Marquise Du Châtelet
Gabrielle Emelie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet (1706-1749) was indeed a woman of ésprit, a bright star among…
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
This biography with a twist follows the life of Marie Antoinette from her childhood in Austria to her execution in…
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