HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
The Faerie Hills
Set in autumn 1373 on windswept Colonsay Isle in the Scottish Hebrides, The Faerie Hills picks up where A Mass…
The Crusade of Darkness
This novel I found confusing, the plot a bit of a muddle. The cover states that The Crusade of Darkness…
The Betrayal
This is Noble’s second book in her Brides of Gabriel series, which continues the story of Mary Rose and Gabriel…
The Killer of Pilgrims
This sixteenth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew takes place at Cambridge University in the winter of 1358. The traditional rivalry between…
An Unlikely Suitor
Bestselling author Nancy Moser takes us to a grand and intriguing time in American history: the Gilded Age. Lucy Scarpelli,…
Angels at War
Editors' choice
Rarely, in all my years of reviewing for the HNS, have I come across such a masterly historical romance with…
For Honour and Fame
The subtitle is Chivalry in England, 1066-1500, but this book deals with the reality, not the romantic image of colourful…
Brethren
Brethren is a new edition of Robyn Young’s best-seller first published in 2006, the first of her Brethren trilogy. The…
Nanjing Requiem
Many accounts have been previously written about this most horrendous historical event, better known as the Rape of Nanking, a…
The Devil’s Ribbon
Editors' choice
Following on the success of Devoured, this novel returns to the exploits of pioneering forensic pathologist Adolphus Hatton and his…
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