HNR Issue 62 (November 2012)
Brave Music of a Distant Drum
In the early 19th century, Zacharias is introduced to his mother in Portuguese Brazil. The two have not met for many years…
The Receptionist
During the Fifties, Janet Groth came from the Midwest to the “Big City” of New York straight out of college.…
Quarantine
Set in 1796 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a young man comes of age during an age of pestilence, loss and grief.…
Death in the Floating City
In Tasha Alexander’s most recent addition to her Lady Emily mystery series, we find the delightful Lady Emily Hargreaves accompanied…
A Place of Confinement
Editors' choice
There is a man interested in marrying impoverished spinster Dido Kent; unfortunately, he is the pompous clergyman Dr Proudlee. He…
San Miguel
In 1888, Marantha and Will Waters sail to one of California’s Channel Islands, San Miguel, to operate a sheep ranch.…
Beguiling the Beauty
Venetia is a London widow who, rumors say, caused her first husband’s death and married her second, an older man…
Roman Games
Rome, 96 AD. The city’s labyrinthine politics have brought the Emperor Domitian to the final stages of paranoia, manifest in…
Tower: An Epic History
This is a fascinating look at the infamous Tower of London, from its beginnings as a motte-and-bailey castle built by…
Walter Tull’s Scrapbook
This is the true story of Walter Tull (1888-1918), the first professional Black footballer in the UK, who joined the…
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