HNR Issue 52 (May 2010)
Lovers’ Knot
Editors' choice
Lovers’ Knot, Donald Hardy’s beautifully rendered and entertaining historical romance, is set in Cornwall, England, in 1892 and 1906. It…
Band of Angels
As a child, Catherine Carreg is cared for by neighbors, as her own mother is often bedridden. Catherine and the…
The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
As a devoted reader of Henry James, I was drawn to this book by the Jamesian feel of even the…
Ravishing in Red
In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, England as a country is recovering even if their soldiers’ wounds won’t heal.…
Seeking the Cure: A History of Medicine in America
To tell the history of medicine in America is a Herculean task. How can the story possibly be told in…
Underground
This novel opens with the protagonist, Albert Fraser, a 16-year-old Canadian volunteer, at the front during the battle of the…
IF THE DEAD RISE NOT
Interwar Berlin police officer Bernie Gunther has had his share of troubles in Philip Kerr’s March Violets, A German Requiem,…
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
In this absorbing biography, Harriet Reisen examines the intriguing life of Louisa May Alcott. Written in an engaging narrative that…
The Education of Bet
Sixteen-year-old Bet yearns to go away to school like her friend Will, but in 19th-century England girls are barred from…
Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr
As Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife, Katherine Parr has often been relegated to a footnote in history, or caricatured…
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