HNR Issue 47 (February 2009)
The Tale of Briar Bank
This fifth entry in the mystery series featuring children’s author Beatrix Potter opens in December 1909, when a snowstorm brings…
Soldier’s Farewell
Smith Munro chronicles his experiences at a stagecoach station in New Mexico territory in a diary he receives for his…
The Islands of Divine Music
Rosari Cara, the daughter of a peasant barber whose wife left him, is constantly poring over books and newspapers while…
Traitor’s Kiss/Lover’s Kiss
Two Regency-era romantic suspense stories for the price of one! Members of the Pennistan family are the main characters of…
The Land Of Summer
1880s Massachusetts: ‘Poor’ Emmaline Nesbitt, being the eldest of four sisters, had always understood from her mother that she must…
The Matters At Mansfield
Fitzwilliam Darcy’s Aunt Catherine is up to her manipulative best, but Elizabeth Darcy is determined that Aunt Catherine’s daughter, Anne…
Until We Reach Home
Life’s vicissitudes have conspired to force Elin, Sofia and Kirsten Carlson to do the unimaginable, to leave the land they…
Mr Darcy’s Dream
Phoebe Hawkins, niece to Mr. Darcy, is twenty years old, handsome, and well-born, and she possesses a fortune of fifty…
The Slave Ship, A Human History
‘One of the recurrent sounds of a slave ship was song. The sailors sometimes played instruments and sang, but more…
Charge! The Interesting Bits of Military History
Charge! is a miscellany of curious snippets of military history culled from Ancient Egypt to WWII. Most of the entries…
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