HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
Historical Fiction for Teens: A Genre Guide
Melissa Rabey aptly describes the task of defining teen historical fiction as “like nailing Jell-O to a wall.” Can historical…
A Young Wife
Minke van Aisma was born and raised in a small Dutch town where the old ways of life have yet…
The Young Victoria
This reprint of the 1981 classic is sure to please readers old and new. A short book written in a…
Blood on the Line
Set in Victorian England, the eighth in Edward Marston’s Railway Detective series opens with the wily Jeremy Oxley – conman,…
A Deadly Injustice
Nick Zuliani from Venice is now serving as the official Investigator of Crimes for the Mongol Emperor in the year…
Mozart’s Last Aria
Cross-genre novels used to be considered unpublishable, but no more. Mozart’s Last Aria could be defined as historical mystery laced…
Beyond All Measure
In 1871, penniless Ada Wentworth journeys from her home in Boston to Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, to take up a position…
The Young Elizabeth
With excellent excavation of the facts and an engaging style of writing, Plowden explores what life was like for Elizabeth…
Catching the Tide
This is certainly ‘a good read’ at almost 600 pages. I found it quite a challenge, as there is no…
Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue
It is 1829, and Heather Cynster, aged 25 and in her fourth Season, is about to be put on the…
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