HNR Issue 62 (November 2012)
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…
Sweet Tooth
For many members of the HNS, the early 1970s may not seem to be very historical. But Ian McEwan’s new…
The Tenants of the Hôtel Biron
Through a fictitious collection of manuscripts and letters, we learn of the famous artists that lived in Paris’s Hôtel Biron…
Istanbul Passage
If you enjoy Graham Greene or John le Carré espionage novels, then this is the book for you—bleak, deceitful, and…
Lady Louisa’s Christmas Knight
Though Lady Louisa Windham has suitors, she can’t imagine marrying any of them—especially Lionel Honiton, a dandy who seems more…
Laws in Conflict
The latest in the series The Burren Mysteries about Mara the “lady judge” (or the “brehon” in Gaelic) crackles with…
The Soledad Crucifixion
What novel that opens with the voluntary Good Friday crucifixion of a Catholic priest in the mountains of northern New…
Wedded to War
At the beginning of the Civil War, medical support for the troops was rudimentary at best. Several brilliant, heroic women…
Debutantes
1923, England. World War I is over and the country is partying. London is fizzing with new music, new fashions…
The Greatcoat
With rationing and housing shortages continuing in 1952 England, Dr. Philip Carey and his new wife, Isabel, make do with…
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