HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
Staff Publication: Elizabeth I in Film and Television: A Study of the Major Portrayals
Bethany Latham’s Elizabeth I in Film and Television takes a colorful promenade through the past hundred years of the silver…
The Ionia Sanction
Athens, 5th century B.C.: Nicolaos is an investigator for hire, which is not so strange considering this is the city…
Marathon: Freedom or Death
Sequel to the well-received Killer of Men, Marathon‘s publication commemorates the 2500th anniversary of this landmark Greek victory over the…
Death of Kings
King Alfred is dying, and Uhtred, his ill-rewarded war captain, is faced again with the choice of his life: will…
A Reluctant Queen: The Love Story of Esther
Fifteen-year-old Esther, raised by her uncle Mordecai, would like to marry her best friend’s brother someday but is no real…
The Twelfth Prophecy
Pregnant out of wedlock to her aged fifth husband, Samaritan Abigail is cast out and threatened with stoning. Years pass,…
Martha
During the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, a Jewish family lives a simple life near Jerusalem. The youngest, Mary,…
Egypt: The Book of Chaos
Editors' choice
Tutankhamun is dead and his queen, Ankhesenamun, has married Ay, who is now old and ailing and not likely to…
Troubled Bones
In 1385, disgraced knight Crispin Guest, known as the Tracker, an investigator of crimes, travels to Canterbury at the request…
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Throne
I have to admit that I found this novel very difficult to read. This had nothing to do with the…
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