HNR Issue 58 (November 2011)
Lionheart
Editors' choice
The title of Sharon Kay Penman’s highly anticipated new novel, Lionheart, says it all. This is the story of Richard…
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra
This is Gilbert’s third Sherlock Holmes mystery, though the first I’ve read. The premise of this story is a throwaway…
Escape from Germany
The stories of escapes from POW camps in the Second World War are familiar, but how many know of the…
A Bedlam of Bones
This mystery is the latest in a series, Bones in the Belfry, A Load of Old Bones, Bone Idle, and…
Richard III and the Murder in the Tower
For centuries, Richard III has been analyzed, villianized, apologized and more by historians, psychologists, novelists, and playwrights. The Ricardian and…
Lord and Lady Spy
With Napoleon defeated and in exile (1815) and the British secret spy network downsizing, the agents known as Saint and…
Kearny’s March
The subtitle of Kearny’s March is “The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847.” For a reader who is weak…
Fires of Winter
Fires of Winter is a journey through 12th-century England as seen from the perspective of Bruno, the son of the…
Last Train from Liguria
Spinster Bella Stuart, at the insistence of her cold-hearted father, leaves London for Italy in 1933 to become a governess…
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
This meticulously-researched and documented biography is far more than the story of Eva Braun, Hitler’s longtime mistress and, very briefly,…
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