HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O’Reilly is one of the more well-known conservative media personalities of the contemporary American scene. As such, a large…
Silk Road
The Knights Templar and the Mongol Empire have both been popular topics among historical novelists in recent years; this novel…
The Lantern
Editors' choice
The prologue to this novel leads you to believe that it may be a takeoff on Du Maurier’s Rebecca, but…
The Swansong of Wilbur McCrum
Picaresque novels about the Old West abound, and with good reason: the outlandish adventures and unlikely escapades of the genre…
Lion of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
This collection of brief accounts of ten “legends” of 18th and early 19th century America is a fine introduction to…
Cold Cruel Winter
This is the second novel about the crime-solving exploits of Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds in the 1730s, and follows…
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
James A. Garfield didn’t want to be president; he didn’t seek the nomination and didn’t campaign after being nominated against…
Secrets of the Heart
Dedicated to “everyone who has battled the twin demons of depression and doubt,” the author uses her background as a…
Love Child
Editors' choice
After her lawyer advises Bill to write her will, the beautiful, wealthy widow sets out to examine her life and…
Heartbreak Trail
Lucy Schneider’s new husband, Jacob, decides that they will follow his preacher brother, Abner, and leave Boston for the California…
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