HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
The Redheaded Princess
In this novel, young Princess Elizabeth tells the story of her life from about the time of Henry VIII’s…
Shelter From the Storm
This final instalment of Jennie Walters’ Swallowcliffe Hall trilogy tells the story of Isobel, the daughter of Grace from…
Digging up the Dead
This is a life of Sir Astley Cooper, whose accomplishments straddled the 18th and 19th centuries. He was Britain’s…
A Mending at the Edge
This is the final installment in a trilogy about the life of Emma Wagner Giesy, the first woman of the…
The Sparrowhawk Companion
This companion to Edward Cline’s six-volume Sparrowhawk series contains seven essays, by the author and others, which nicely round out…
Woman of Iron
Set in 1830, during the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Women of Iron depicts a story of poverty, deceit, and revenge.…
Lucia : A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon
Lucia, daughter of a Venetian diplomat, is married off at sixteen to nobleman Alvise Mocenigo. Lucia loves her husband,…
Silk and Steel
This novel is set in the mid-19th century, in a fictional South Riding, which is quite clearly, South Yorkshire, though…
The Queen’s Knight
Sir Howard Elphinstone distinguished himself as a hero of the Crimean War at the early age of 29 for…
Ride the Trail of Death
Kieser builds on his ancestors’ experiences in 1870s Dakota Territory for this Western. On the trail to Deadwood, teenager Birch…
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