HNR Issue 43 (February 2008)
The Maytrees
Editors' choice
The novel opens in Provincetown, Massachusetts, just after the Second World War. Toby Maytree, a thirty-year-old poet and part-time…
Someone Knows My Name
Aminata Diallo is enslaved as a child in 1745 and lives through six decades by working in the indigo fields…
The Last Troubadour
The year is 1240, and Ramon Troubadour has returned to his beloved Carcassonne. The once beautiful town, a cultural center…
Coward on the Beach
Dick Coward might be a coward by name but not by nature. He is a bona fide hero; unfortunately, no…
The Chase
In 1950, Montana’s Flathead Lake gives up a dark secret: the remains of a steam locomotive (plus boxcar) and its…
Everlasting
If a serious historical novel is meat and potatoes, this romance is a sweet, fluffy dessert. Just don’t expect historical…
All for Love
Elyot has written three fictional memoirs about women whose passions ruled their lives. Like Helen of Troy (The Memoirs of…
Whitethorn
Editors' choice
Do not be misled by the blurb on the back cover of Bryce Courtenay’s new novel. The Second World War…
Standard of Honor
Standard of Honor is the second volume of Jack Whyte’s Templar trilogy. The story opens in 1187 with a small…
Mistress of the Revolution
Editors' choice
Though Gabrielle de Montserrat was born into the minor aristocracy of France’s Auvergne region and convent-educated, she is less concerned…
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