HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
Fall of Frost
Robert Frost, the beloved American poet, was born into a long and sorrow-ridden life in 1874. High infant mortality made…
In the Heroic Age of Basil ll : Emperor of Byzantium
Set at the end of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th, this story is about two…
A Kingdom for the Brave
A Kingdom for the Brave is the story of a disparate group of people struggling for survival in the early…
Battle Fleet : Trafalgar — 1805
(1) In this third Sam Witchall adventure, Sam and his friend Richard have to work their passage home from Sydney…
A Vengeful Longing
This is the sequel to the highly acclaimed A Gentle Axe, the first of Morris’s books to feature the investigating…
Edmund Bertram’s Diary
Edmund Bertram is fond of his gentle cousin, Fanny Price, who has been taken in by his wealthy parents as…
Bewitching Season
Editors' choice
This delightful debut by Marissa Doyle bodes well for her career as a writer of young adult novels. Set…
The Darcys Give a Ball : A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Style
Queen Victoria is on the throne, and the children of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice are…
Quest
Quest is the story of the fourth of Henry Hudson’s voyages to try to discover the Northwest Passage to…
Compromised
In 1829, having recently returned to London, the two Alton sisters are preparing for the Season. Beautiful, demure Evangeline is…
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