HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
The Angel Makers
In 1914, Sari is an intelligent young woman living in a rural Hungarian village; but like many others, she finds…
The Story of Che Guevara
One might initially question the need for another biography of Che Guevara, whose doomed and beautiful face adorns posters, t…
Sea of Troubles
We have, in the first pages, a host of people of varying social position with confusing names, firmly in the…
The Days of the King
In 1866 Prussia, dentist Joseph Strauss is invited by one of his patients, Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig, to move…
The Eloquence of Blood
The Eloquence of Blood opens on Christmas Eve in Paris of 1686. Against a backdrop of a harsh winter, ex-soldier…
The Sword of Damascus
Jarrow in the Dark Ages. Also the cold and wet ages, a particularly wearing combination for Brother Aelric, aged 94.…
The Pilgrim
Young Charles Wentworth, motherless from infancy, is raised by his beloved Puritan minister father to lead a pious life in…
A Burial at Sea
Charles Lenox, a member of Parliament with an unlikely background as a detective, is charged with a secret diplomatic mission…
Daughters of War (Leonora Trilogy)
Leonora Malham Brown is a fashionable young woman living with her grandmother in upscale London. She is bored, as probably…
The Rake’s Challenge
The novel opens with alternate chapters depicting the very different lives of the two main characters. First we have the…
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