HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Jacob’s Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War
The American Civil War has always served as an irresistible magnet for fictional accounts of families struggling with questions of…
A Quiet Adjustment
In this deft and powerfully emotional novel set in early 19th-centuryEngland, Benjamin Markovits portrays Annabella Milbanke, the wife of the…
Ruby’s Spoon
Small, landlocked, and economically depressed in 1933, the English town of Cradle Cross isn’t a place one goes for an…
The Dogs and the Wolves
Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a Jewish banker. In 1918, the family fled the…
A Case of Spirits
Peter Lovesey richly deserves the many awards and honors bestowed upon him since his premier novel, the extravagantly titled Wobble…
The Witch Doctor’s Wife
Myers, known for her light contemporary mysteries, switches gears for this character-centered historical thriller based on her childhood experiences in…
The Tick of Death
Peter Lovesey richly deserves the many awards and honors bestowed upon him since his premier novel, the extravagantly titled Wobble…
Starlight and Promises
In 1891, British botanist Richard Colchester and his friend James Truett come across a smilodon (saber-tooth tiger) while visiting an…
Lessons in French
At age twenty-seven, having been jilted by three different fiancés, Callista Taillefaire believes her chances for love and marriage are…
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers
The 1930s changed the lives of millions of Americans. Dreams and hope disappeared for the majority of the laid-off, financially…
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