HNR Issue 63 (February 2013)
Capital Crimes: Seven Centuries of London Life and Murder
London, as one of the world’s principal cities for many years, has been the focus for incalculable crimes and misdemeanours,…
Return of a King
In the spring of 1839, British forces invaded Afghanistan for the first time, ostensibly to re-establish Shah Shuja ul-Malik on…
Island: How Islands Transform the World
Island is a compact but dense study of ocean islands from cultural, biological, geological, literary, and historical perspectives. There is…
Royal Romances
The goings-on of history’s royal families are of perennial interest to those not lucky enough to born a prince or…
Foundation: The History of England from its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
This volume is the first in an anticipated six-volume history Ackroyd is writing following England from its first inhabitants to…
The Curse of the Body Snatchers
Jack Moon is a 12-year-old boy living on the streets in 1850s London. His friend has died, and Jack buries…
Sailor Twain: Or, The Mermaid in the Hudson
Set in New York at the turn of the century, Sailor Twain evokes the Gilded Age steamboat era on the…
Liberty’s Christmas
Main cast of characters: Liberty Justice Jones, recently expelled from high school; draft horse Quiller, and Rudy García, young hobo.…
Timber Wolf
When young Jack Byrne wakes alone in the snow, he can’t even remember his name. He is badly injured, lost deep…
Watching Jimmy
Editors' choice
It’s 1958, and Canada doesn’t yet have universal health care. That’s bad news for Jimmy, who was brain-damaged by his…
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