HNR Issue 61 (August 2012)
Too Tempting to Resist
This is the second novel in the Lords of Misrule trilogy. Lady Eliza Brentford is a young, impecunious widow whose…
Monster
When I watch Frankenstein, the misery and longing in Boris Karloff’s eyes make me ache for the mute monster. Though…
Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow
In this novel, the second in a planned trilogy, Juliet Grey picks up Marie Antoinette’s story from the beginning of…
The Tinsmith
At the battle of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest single-day battle of the American Civil War, Union surgeon Anson Baird gratefully…
Freedom’s Cap: The United States Capital and the Coming of the Civil War
Freedom’s Cap is a remarkable historical narrative about the building of the nation’s capitol with a simultaneous counterpoint to the…
Mission to Paris
While this novel opens dramatically with a murder in Bulgaria, its settings change rapidly, and finally the protagonist appears on…
Little People
This is a Gothic novel set in Australia. Unbelievable! –Australia must be the least Gothic country on earth, but here…
Scoundrel! The Secret Memoirs of General James Wilkinson
Historian Keith Thompson blends facts and fiction to tell a hilarious, riveting tale of James Wilkinson and the American Revolution.…
Comeback Love
Told through a series of past and present episodes, Comeback Love focuses on the theme of timeless love. Aspiring journalist…
Clair de Lune
What was life like for a 25-year-old female junior college professor in Missouri in 1941? America has not entered the…
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