HNR Issue 47 (February 2009)
Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cumming
In 1593, off the coast of Galloway, Scotland, a family of 48 people lived in a cave and practiced both…
Apology For The Woman Writing
Editors' choice
France in the 16th century. Marie de Gournay is a self-educated “difficult” child whose life is centred in her dead…
The Virgin Queen’s Daughter
Who is Elinor de Lacy, and why is she the protagonist of this novel? Chase takes us on a merry,…
The King’s Daughter
Sandra Worth deftly illuminates the violent and messy political complexities of 15th-century England through the eyes of Elizabeth of York,…
Portrait of a Lady
The year is 1483, and Leonardo da Vinci and his apprentice Dino are asked by Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of…
Germania
Germany, 1945: the final days of the Third Reich. As the Allies close in, the upper echelons of the Nazi…
Human Love
In a crude dwelling on the border of Angola and Zaire, two imprisoned men meet during a shocking night of…
Hold My Hand
Bridget Fletcher—make that Sweeney—is trying to free herself and her young daughter from a violent, stalker ex-husband and a life…
Courage
This spare literary novel set in the year 1950 follows the destinies of two ships which meet in the perilous…
The Vagrants
Editors' choice
“If you look at history, as no one in this country does anymore, a martyr has always served the purpose…
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