HNR Issue 39 (February 2007)
The Weight of Smoke: A Novel of the Jamestown Colony
In 1607, the English founded the Jamestown colony in the New World, led by men who considered themselves gentlemen. Not…
The Winthrop Woman
A sprawling epic that covers the entire life of a woman whose vicissitudes and adventures formed a characteristic part of…
The Book of Samson
An angel announces to Samson’s barren mother that she will give birth to a son who will be remembered for…
The Seeds of Sin
After the death of Cromwell and the restoration of Charles Stuart to the throne of England, Sir Rupert Saunders returns…
The Three Musketeers
Originally published in 1844, the many incarnations of The Three Musketeers have embedded into our collective unconscious the image of…
The Red Chrysanthemum
Sano Ichiro, chamberlain to the shōgun, finds himself in the most difficult situation he’s ever faced (and he’s faced some—see…
Chaucer and the Doctor of Physic
Life for Chaucer in the 14th century would appear to have had its fair share of difficulties and intrigue. As…
Pinnick Kinnick Hill: An American Story
A first-person narrative written by the American-born son of an immigrant from Asturias, in the north of Spain, Pinnick Kinnick…
The Secret Magdalene
Mariamne and her father’s ward, Salome, are raised in wealthy comfort in Roman Jerusalem. Her father is a member of…
The Third Heaven Conspiracy
Florence, 1300. The city teeters on the edge of the Renaissance, and is trying to reinvent itself as a place…
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