HNR Issue 43 (February 2008)
SPQR Xl: Under Vesuvius
The author’s eleventh entry in the Decius Metellus SPQR series takes place in the difficult days of rivalry between Pompey…
The Most Glorified Strip of Bunting
In 1871, the United States North Polar Expedition set sail in the Polaris, a converted river tug. Under the command…
Antony and Cleopatra
Editors' choice
In this sprawling seventh novel, the latest in her Masters of Rome series, author McCullough recounts the gigantic power struggle…
Rhett Butler’s People
Donald McCaig’s prequel/sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s novel, Gone With the Wind covers the years from 1843 until 1874. Even though…
The Pillars of Rome
This is the first book in a trilogy from an author more usually known as David Donachie, writer of historical…
Song Yet Sung
Editors' choice
Written by the author of the bestselling memoir The Color of Water, this novel is set in the 1850s. Liz,…
Troy: Fall of Kings
David Gemmell’s untimely death in 2006 robbed the world of a master storyteller. His wife’s involvement in the Troy trilogy…
Hundred in the Hand
First in a series of novels about the American West from the Lakota perspective, Marshall tells the events leading up…
The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Originally published in England in 1984 under the title The Wild Girl, this is what has almost become a genre…
El Tigre
El Tigre is the tale of Johann Heinrich von Manfred, born of Prussian parents during the Napoleonic Wars in 1813.…
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