HNR Issue 57 (August 2011)
1861: The Civil War Awakening
The 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is certain to contribute an avalanche of histories and biographies to bookshelves…
The Crimean War: A History
When asked about the Crimean War, many readers may be able to recall only the barest of details, such as…
Behind the Palace Doors
“Five centuries of sex, adventure, vice, treachery, and folly from royal Britain.” The tribulations of the Tudors are well known,…
Venetian Navigators: The Voyages of the Zen Brothers to the Far North
Strands of serendipity weave through the various levels on which this book is written: to start with di Robilant’s chance…
The Perfect Nazi
Throughout his childhood, television producer Martin Davidson thought his grandfather was simply a retired German dentist, a dominant and sometimes…
The Omnipotent Magician: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown 1716-1783
The author has written an impressive number of books on gardening in England, and she now turns to look at…
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
One of the underappreciated joys of studying history lies in tapping into the lives and times of some of the…
The Rock Hole
In 1964, ten-year-old Top arrives in a small Texas town to live with his grandfather, the county constable. Tagging after…
The Price of Escape
Samuel Berkow’s life has been completely overturned. Once a successful businessman in Hamburg, middle-aged Samuel flees to Guatemala to escape…
Bright Young Things
1929 New York. Prohibition and the Jazz Age are in full swing, and three young girls meet. Eighteen-year-old Cordelia longs…
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