HNR Issue 43 (February 2008)
Frankenstein’s Bride
London, 1826. Jonathan Goodall, a young linguist, befriends a brilliant but pensive scientist named Victor Frankenstein. Together they attempt to…
The Reluctant Queen
Richard III is possibly the most maligned of English kings. If for no other reason than that, Jean Plaidy’s alternate…
Not Yet Drown’d
Editors' choice
Catherine MacDonald, a young Scottish widow who has temporarily settled into the Edinburgh home of her older brother, finds her…
A Proper Pursuit
In 1893, after returning home to Illinois from finishing school, 20-year-old high-spirited Violet Hayes discovers that her mother was not…
The Bloody Tower
Intrepid freelance writer Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, a viscount’s daughter married to a Scotland Yard officer, ventures into the garrison of…
The Nicholas Feast
This is the second book in the Gil Cunningham series and begins, ‘Gil Cunningham said later that if he had…
Fashion’s Lady
On the death of her mother, Susannah Garland goes to live with her uncle, Lord Devereux, and cousin, Miles, at…
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
Imagine for a moment being an impassioned writer who is young but mature for your age. You have abundant skill…
The Bloodstone Papers
Editors' choice
This story about an Anglo-Indian family, and the bloodstone ring that was stolen from them during the last days of…
Under Enemy Colors
It is 1793, and the French revolutionary wars are just getting underway. France and England battle for control of the…
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