HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
Valley Forge: A Novel of the American Revolution
British Army Captain Jamie Skoyles marches on in author David Garland’s successor novel to Saratoga. Captain Skoyles had been taken…
Burning Bright
The novel takes its title from what is probably William Blake’s most famous poem, and its premise is the contrasting,…
The Boar Stone
This is the third book in Jules Watson’s Dalriada trilogy. AD 366: Britain is ruled by the Romans. Minna, a…
The Mesmerist
Editors' choice
As Queen Victoria comes to the throne, the mysterious Mrs. Cordelia du Pont begins her meteoric rise to fame and…
The Gentle Wind’s Caress
Orphaned Isabelle will do anything to escape her Halifax, Yorkshire workhouse, where she is harassed by Neville, the matron’s son.…
Too Great a Lady
Elyot (the pseudonym used by actress-novelist Leslie Carroll for her historical novels) presents a sweeping, emotionally intense portrait of Emma,…
The Water Thief
The Water Thief is a puzzle within a conundrum – an academic mystery turned deadly. In 304 C.E. Aelius Spartianus,…
A Treasury of Regret
When investigator Aristide Ravel enters the office of his local police commissariat, he’s met by Laurence Dupont, a young woman…
Napolean’s Pyramids
American expatriate Ethan Gage wins an ancient and possibly cursed medallion in a card game in revolutionary France. Threatened by…
The Winter Prince
Sawyer delivers up a broad canvas of love and war set against the backdrop of the early years of England’s…
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