HNR Issue 42 (November 2007)
The Red Queen’s Daughter
Often a cover initially draws us to a book, but as we all know you “can’t judge a book by…
Lady of Lincoln
Lady of Lincoln revolves around life in the close of Lincoln Cathedral, and although I could find no specific date…
Red Thunder
After British dragoons led by the notorious Colonel Banastre Tarleton destroyed his family’s farm, stole all their cows, and wounded…
Web of Love
The Battle of Waterloo prominently features in this tale of grief and love as young Ellen Simpson helps her husband’s…
A Slave No More: Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
John Washington, a 24-year-old Virginia slave, escaped to Union army lines in 1862. Seventeen-year-old Wallace Turnage ran away five times…
The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe & the Birth of Modern Warfare
World War I was not, according to David Bell, the first total war. During the age of Napoleon wars devastated…
The Falconer’s Knot
Editors' choice
Silvano’s dagger is found in the body of a man whose wife he had been serenading. He seeks sanctuary with…
Where Soldiers Lie
In this coming-of-age novel set during the Mutiny of 1857, John Wilson gives the reader an unblinking look at a…
Orphan Of The Sun
This story is set in the village of the tomb builders in the Valley of the Kings in Ancient Egypt,…
Uprising
Editors' choice
Set in New York City in 1910-1911, Uprising tells the story of three young women from different walks of life…
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