HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
Lords of the North
This is the final book in the Saxon Chronicles trilogy. It begins in 878 AD, shortly after Alfred’s victory over…
Masque of the Gonzagas
This panoramic epic of the Italian Renaissance is set in the court of Vincenzo Gonzaga, 4th Duke of Mantua, who…
Dream of the Dragon Pool: A Daoist Quest
“There is another Reality – not of the human realm.” Shame and anguish haunt Li Bo, the famous Tang Dynasty…
A… My Name’s Amelia
At the age of twelve, Amelia Anne Polley, a victim of “brain fever,” lost her hearing. Her parents, unable to…
Sand Daughter
Editors' choice
In the late 12th century the Islamic world is in turmoil, torn apart by the Crusades, and the Holy Land…
Blessings in Disguise
When Nolan McKenna brings his sisters to Glasgow they are penniless. They pretend to be the long-lost relatives of Cissie…
The Social Outcast
Surrey, 1820: Eloise Hamilton, the 17-year-old illegitimate daughter of a wealthy banker, knows that she can never aspire to a…
The Devil’s Dance
Timothy Ryland stands accused by his father, Josh, and his father’s best friend, Nick Marriott, of a terrible deed. Nick’s…
A Mass for the Dead
In McDuffie’s first mystery, set in Scotland in 1373, the author looks deep into the glass of her own ancestry…
The Malice of Unnatural Death
Exeter, 1324. When the body of a local craftsman and a King’s Messenger are found murdered, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill,…
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