HNR Issue 42 (November 2007)
The Historical Epic And Contemporary Hollywood: From Dances With Wolves to Gladiator
This book, by a British film studies lecturer, tries to accomplish many things in its examination of the contemporary epic…
Voyage
This young adult novel, first published in 1983, follows the lives of a number of mostly Jewish immigrants who are…
Fire Bell in the Night
Editors' choice
New York Tribune reporter John Sharp arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1850 to cover a trial that will prove…
The Land Of The Silver Apples
This sequel to Newbery Honor author Nancy Farmer’s The Sea of Trolls finds the children of that book going underground…
Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles, 1910-1939
Uncommon Arrangements describes the marriages of several famous writers as works in progress. These husbands and wives struggled valiantly with…
The Pirate’s Daughter
Errol Flynn’s unexpected appearance in Jamaica is a dream come true for thirteen-year-old Ida Joseph, but three years pass before…
Star-Crossed
Set in the 1750s, Star-Crossed is the story of Patricia, born illegitimate in the West Indies. Initially, she is a…
Rogue Officer
This is the fifth book in the ‘Fancy Jack’ Crossman series, following the adventures of a British soldier through the…
Dizzy City
Benedict Cramb is a young Londoner born into poverty who learned to use his cunning and wits to claw his…
Lost in Austen
This book, the latest attempt to capitalize on Jane Austen’s recent popularity, is an interactive novel where you, the reader,…
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