HNR Issue 41 (August 2007)
The Sixth Wife
Plaidy’s retelling of the story of Katharine Parr is masterly. Those who know little more of Katharine than that she…
The Whale Road
This is Robert Low’s first part of a Viking trilogy, and his first novel. Robert Low has been a writer…
Dispensation of Death
Editors' choice
1325: the reign of Edward II.England is in the grip of tyranny. Not so much from the reigning king, who…
Farewell Britannia
In this collection of linked short stories, Simon Young revisits the territory he occupied so beguilingly in A.D. 500, not…
The Master of Verona
How much of life is determined by the stars? How much by the choices of men? How far will a…
No Mortal Reason
After reuniting with her estranged mother in Fatal as a Fallen Woman, reporter Diana Spaulding is determined to meet the…
Devil Water
Through a youthful misalliance, Charles Radcliffe, brother to the Earl of Derwentwater, is forced to marry a pregnant Northumbrian lass.…
Roma
Steven Saylor, the award-winning mystery writer of the Roma Sub Rosa series, undertakes the multigenerational historical saga in his latest…
The Lark’s Lament
Editors' choice
The Lark’s Lament is the sixth of Alan Gordon’s Fools’ Guild mysteries. Theophilus the Fool now shares the stage with…
Never Lie to a Lady
Lord Nash, notorious for his dark, dashing elegance and the string of women he’s left broken-hearted, comes to Town in…
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