HNR Issue 47 (February 2009)
River’s Reach
In 1887 Rose Adams, a schoolmistress in a village school, longs for a better life. She has exciting ideas for…
A Haunt of Murder
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales have been reworked by contemporary author P.C. Doherty, whose pilgrims want their tales told at night to…
The Grand Inquisitor’s Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God
Jonathan Kirsch does not mince words or cater to delicate sensibilities in this well-documented history of the Inquisition’s 600 year…
Envoy of the Black Pine
‘This is a very strange book,’ I was told after I had agreed to review it. It moves between the…
Cold War
This book was first published in 1998, having its origins in a TV series. Now reprinted, it has a new…
Hangman Blind
In the year 1382, England emerges from violent religious rebellion into precarious peace. It is during this time that Hildegard,…
Two Victorian Ladies on the Continent
In 1844, Miss W., a well-educated lady in her forties, with her teenage charge, Minnie, set out on a tour…
A Silent Ocean Away
In 1833 Richmond, Virginia, fifteen-year-old Charmaine Ryan leaves poverty behind when she takes a job as companion to wealthy Loretta…
The Fall of the Templars
In this novel, set in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, Will Campbell, a Knight Templar, returns to Europe…
1918: A Very British Victory
1918 is an account of the last year of the Great War on the Western Front, leading to the collapse…
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