HNR Issue 54 (November 2010)
Tiberius Julius Alexander
Tiberius Julius Alexander was a real historical figure, born a Jew in the city of Alexandria in the first century…
Come Again No More
The second volume in Todd’s planned memoir-turned-fiction trilogy (after Sun Going Down), Come Again No More can also easily stand…
The Princess of Nowhere
Pauline Bonaparte, younger sister of Napoleon, loses her first husband to yellow fever. She returns to Paris from Saint Dominique,…
The Seeker
Charlotte Vance has a plan for her future, but in April 1861, her plan seems to be falling apart. The…
A Stranger in Mayfair
Changes are intruding fast and furious into Charles Lenox’s formerly well-ordered life. First there is his marriage to Lady Jane…
The Rhetoric of Death
Editors' choice
Rock’s impressive debut takes place in a Paris monastery school in 1686, one with close connections to the court of Louis…
Magdeburg
Richardson’s first novel takes as its backdrop the Siege of Magdeburg in 1631, one of the more brutal passages of…
Pirates of the Levant
The sixth novel in the Captain Alatriste series is a rousing sea adventure that takes place in the Mediterranean and…
Atilla: The Judgment
It is 449 AD, and the Roman Empire is in danger of being overrun by barbarians. An army of Huns,…
C
Set in the opening quarter of the 20th century, this is not a novel easy to summarise or capture in…
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