HNR Issue 54 (November 2010)
The Elephant’s Journey
Editors' choice
It is hard to know which sentiment dominated my reading of this book: sadness at the passing of such a…
Heartstone
1545, and England is at war with France; the war is going badly wrong for both king and country. A…
The Nine Lives of Kit Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, scholar, playwright, roustabout, and spy for the Queen, is considered a traitor by her spymaster William Cecil. To…
The Reluctant Queen
In 1578, Henry, King of Navarre, is reunited with his bride, Queen Margot, daughter of Catherine de Medici. Their political…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Flying Horse
These little story books for ages 7-9 are very visual with bright colourful pictures and largish print. As the storyteller,…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Harp of Death
The eighth volume of this series contains tales of devotion and tragedy, trickery and punishment in seven more Greek myths.…
Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Silver Chariot
This is the seventh in the series, keeping the same format as before. The reader is told the story of…
Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
Mercy Lewis is an orphan of the French and Indian War, beautiful but doomed to servitude in the Putnams’ Puritan…
Daughter of Winter
Twelve-year-old Addie is alone. Her father has gone off to California with the Forty-Niners and her mother and brother have…
Death by Water: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
Phryne Fisher finds herself rather bored with the state of affairs at her home, so she’s thrilled when P&O Lines…
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