HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
A Killing Season
Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal of the Order of Fontevraud and her companion arrive at a castle on the English coast…
The Sister Queens
Marguerite and Eleanor are sisters, Savoyards living in the 13th century. Each young Provençal girl is married off to a…
The Lion Wakes
For me, this was a book of two halves. Each scene is vividly told, with unusual phrasing and a knowledgeable…
Perdition
The last decade of the 13th century sees the Crusader city of Acre awaiting the final onslaught from an overwhelming…
Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan
Editors' choice
Conqueror is the story of the renowned scholar and warrior Kublai Khan, but it is also the tale of those…
A Deadly Penance: A Templar Knight Mystery
When Aubrey Tercel is found murdered on the grounds of Lincoln Castle – slain with a crossbow from the castle’s…
Hawk Quest
Editors' choice
England, AD 1072, and a Christian knight languishes in Anatolia, captive of Emir Suleyman. His ransom: four rare birds of…
Nine for the Devil
This is the ninth and latest entry in the John the Eunuch series, set in the time of Justinian, the…
The Dovekeepers
Editors' choice
A new book by Alice Hoffman is always cause to sit up and take note, and The Dovekeepers does not…
Hold on to Hope
This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and…
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