HNR Issue 60 (May 2012)
Pure
Editors' choice
Pure is a novel about the clearance of the cemetery at Les Innocents in Paris in 1785 and the transportation…
The Detour
Ernest Vogler is a young, overlooked artist working for the Third Reich’s Sonderprojekt when he is sent to Rome to…
The Gods of Gotham
Editors' choice
It’s 1845 and, until now, New York City has had no police force. Many citizens believe that government interference in…
Beyond the Ties of Blood
Being too warm is a small price to pay for Boston academic Eugenia Aldunate. She wears long sleeves at all…
The Fever Tree
1878. Orphaned by the death of her father, Frances Irvine faces a stark choice. Spurned by her mother’s grand relatives…
A Parliament of Spies
1368, in the reign of Richard II. Richard has summoned Parliament, and all the nobles must attend him at Westminster…
The Rose of Winslow Street
Editors' choice
On a hot humid night in late May 1879, spinster Libby Sawyer and her father are out on the lawn…
The Stolen Bride
Editors' choice
When Malgwyn accompanies King Arthur to help settle a dispute in Doged’s troubled lands, they arrive to find more than…
Into the Valley of Death
Editors' choice
The book opens in Meerut, 1853. Ensign Harry Standish returns home to find that his father has committed suicide, driven…
Glow
Meet four American narrators living through the years 1836 to 1941. Glow recounts the tale of the descendants of the…
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