HNR Issue 61 (August 2012)
Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us
Women (and some men) love shoes; they speak to us. In the last 100 years, certain shoes have become iconic,…
Catherine of Deepdale
In 1946, Catherine Jameson leaves Southampton for the Shetland Isles, home of her new husband, Robbie, anticipating an idyllic island…
The Khalifah’s Mirror
This is a sequel to The Father of Locks (HNR 48 , p. 24). Abu Nuwas the poet, also known…
Dorchester Terrace
In 1896, Thomas Pitt deals with the challenges of becoming chief of Scotland Yard’s Central Branch. With the support of…
The Horse Road
Kallisto is fourteen, the daughter of a horse-riding nomad from the mysterious northern plains, whom her Greek merchant father bought…
The Queen’s Head
This paperback is a reissue of the first of the Bracewell Elizabethan mysteries originally published in 1988. Nicholas Bracewell is…
The Red Chamber
Pauline Chen brings new life to the Chinese classic work of literature, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story…
Thirst
Venice in 1613 can be a brutal place. Captain Lorenzo Contarini witnesses a prime example when he sees a newborn…
The Age of Desire
Editors' choice
It’s the winter of 1907. Edith Wharton, already famous for her fiction, attends Comtesse Rosa’s glamorous Paris salon, as she…
The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo – and the Sacrifice that Forged a Nation
Donovan, who wrote A Terrible Glory, called the “definitive” history of Custer and the battle of Little Big Horn, has…
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