HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
The Winter Palace
When shy Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst arrives at the Russian court to marry Empress Elizabeth Petrovna’s nephew and heir, Peter,…
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter
This story, an action-packed, superbly written piece of historical fiction, takes place in Boston and covers the two months from…
The Good Hope
William Heinesen was a native of the Faeroe Islands – where this book is set – although he wrote in…
The Anatomist’s Apprentice
In 1781, when young Lord Crick dies of convulsions, his sister Lydia seeks the help of Dr. Silkstone to ascertain…
Sup with the Devil
Barbara Hamilton’s third book in the Abigail Adams Mystery series is set on the cusp of the American Revolution, and…
The Power and the Glory
The decade between the end of the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was a crucial challenge for the…
The Scottish Prisoner
I admit it – I am a major Diana Gabaldon fan and a particular devotee of her Lord John Grey…
The Danger of Desire
If a reader is looking for a sexy romance that has more than a thin wash of 1799 realism in…
The Turning of Anne Merrick
This sequel to The Tory Widow takes place in 1777. Widow Anne Merrick has infiltrated General Burgoyne’s British army as…
A Ship for the King
Having first gone to sea at the age of sixteen, spending the better part of forty years in various nautical…
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