HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
The Third Circle
In Leona Hewitt’s desperation to get back the aurora stone, a crystal that was stolen from her mother, she dresses…
The Beggar of Volubilis
(1) March, 81 AD. The emperor Titus is desperate to find the lost emerald, known as Nero’s Eye. According to…
Valerie
This is a Regency romp first published in America in 1987 and now published in Britain. Valerie, the eponymous heroine…
A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist with a penchant for history. He also likes to re-examine all…
The Mutiny
India, 1857. Do not be misled by the gentle opening scene where Lady Blackstock entertains officers’ wives. They are about…
The Carstairs Conspiracy
As sole heir of the late Duke of Penrith, Abigail Carstairs is the target of many fortune hunters. But it…
Hallam’s War
The American Civil War looms and then bursts into flame during this debut novel. Initially set on the West Tennessee…
Another Country
In the year 1832, young widow Eleanor Crombie is forced to decide. Should she stay in Scotland to live…
The Ghost Map : A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks
THE GHOST MAP: A Street, A City, An Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban In 1854 a cholera epidemic…
The Disagreement
Framed by the gift of roses, everything in between this debut novel is haunted by the body- and soul-stealing…
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