HNR Issue 62 (November 2012)
The King’s Spy
Even in a quiet backwater like Romsey, pacifist bookseller and mathematician Thomas Hill cannot entirely avoid the lawlessness and disruption of…
Splendors and Glooms
The title of this upper-middle-grade novel derives from Percy Shelley’s poem “Adonais”: “And others came … Desires and Adorations, /…
Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune, Serving the Emperor 1788-1791
Christoph Wolff is an eminent scholar, and in this nonfiction work offers new insights into the last four years of…
The Sacrifice
Editors' choice
In the hot Australian summer of 1939, young factory manager Robert Wells and his friends are still trying to work…
Aztec Revenge
Hernan Cortez arrived and conquered the Aztec empire, treating former rulers as slaves and workhorses. Now in 1569, Juan the…
Shooting Victoria
Shooting Victoria is not just another biography of the illustrious queen or a history about the eponymous era she generated.…
The Spy Lover
The Spy Lover is a refreshing story of the journey of people of mixed ancestry through the American Civil War.…
Fatal Induction
I don’t mind starting a series late in the game. If I like the book, that means I’ve got earlier…
The House of Jasmine
This book is set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the Sadat era and is essentially a snapshot of Egyptian life and…
Fell the Angels: The Case of the Priory Murder
The title implies a case of murder, but is it murder or suicide? We don’t know, as the notorious death…
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