HNR 100 (May 2022)
Death and Hard Cider (A Benjamin January Mystery, 19)
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Benjamin January, musician, surgeon, and free man of colour, lives in New Orleans in 1840. Political tensions run high when Henry Clay of the ...Read Review
The Language of Food (UK) / Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen (US)
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It’s not often you find a book that’s a real feast, but this is one of them. Annabel Abbs’ novel is ...Read Review
A Relentless Rake (Lords of the Armory, 4)
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Harrington pours on the sizzle in a dashing tale where fighting an underground criminal group brings together a deceptive earl and a schoolmistress ...Read Review
My Queen, My Love: A Novel of Henrietta Maria
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Henrietta Maria in this book’s subtitle was the daughter of Henri IV (1553-1610), France’s first Bourbon king, and his wife Marie (1575...Read Review
Incomparable World (Black Britain: Writing Back, 1)
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First published by Quartet in 1996, this is a rollicking account of Black lives in London and Middlesex during a specific period in the ...Read Review
The Huntsman’s Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries 3)
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Summer 1353. Oxford is empty of students, so Nicholas Elyot deems it the right time to return home to his family farm in the ...Read Review
Bride of the City Volume 1: Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu
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Bride of the City, the first English translation of a novel published in 1949, explores the Nagarvadhu tradition of ancient India in which women ...Read Review
The Truth Keepers
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In January of 1793, the French king loses his head during the country’s revolution. For young Amelia Nicolau, this is just the beginning, ...Read Review
Fierce Poison (A Barker & Llewelyn Novel, 13)
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London, 1893. Former barrister and now Member of Parliament Roland Fitzhugh suddenly dies while entering the offices of Private Enquiry partners Cyrus Barker and ...Read Review
Wild Labyrinth (Arrowsmith Trilogy)
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Watching their son Christopher receive a knighthood along with the Prince of Wales is a solemn event for Sir Richard and Lady Illesa ...Read Review