HNR Issue 54 (November 2010)
Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler’s Capital 1939-45
This is an absorbing account of what life was like for the ordinary Berliner during the six years of the…
Medic
The Royal Army Medical Corp has as their motto ‘In Arduis Fideles’; John Nicol and Tony Rennell show in Medic…
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
When Wayne B. Wheeler died in 1927, an obituary in the Washington Post stated, “No other private citizen of the…
The Empire Stops Here
This fascinating book follows the frontiers of the Roman Empire, and Philip Parker is an excellent guide: knowledgeable, accessible and…
The Man Who Never Returned
Fintan Dunne’s retirement life in sunny Florida has not proven very satisfying to the veteran of the NYPD and wartime…
Deception
In this many-layered story, Meehan (The Salt of Broken Tears) takes the reader from the Paris of the French Revolution…
A Most Improper Magic
A lively, fast-moving story with a high-spirited, adventurous heroine makes Stephanie Burgis’s book historical fiction’s answer to the ever-popular chick…
The House of Dust and Dreams
Evadne Timberlake first sees her husband Hugh’s dilapidated family house in the Cretan village of Panagia Sta Perivola in the…
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