HNR Issue 52 (May 2010)
The Half-Slave
This novel, set in 476 AD, depicts the fighting for control between the warring Germanic Saxons and Franks as they…
Something Red
Gilmore’s second novel brings us a Beltway family in 1979-80 as they grapple with their collective and individual identities against…
Provocative in Pearls
In Madeline Hunter’s first novels, the vivid language, believable characters, and complex plots brought 14th-century England to life. By Arrangement,…
The Other Mr Darcy
This is yet another sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This one picks up after the wedding of Elizabeth…
Coming Home
This is a tightly plotted story set during the Peninsular War, with a heroine recovering from a vicious rape, and…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
The Darcy Cousins
Clarissa Darcy, cousin of the famous Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, has whirled into England from America…
Tommy’s World
Tommy Hopkins is born in the slums of Manchester in the late 19th century. Though the area is rough, he…
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…
In All Honour
Set in the Regency period, this is a sequel to The Wild Card, although you do not need to have…
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