HNR Issue 104 (May 2023)
How to Best A Marquess (The Widow Rules, 3)
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After the disaster of an illegal marriage to Meri, a ‘trigamist,’ Beth Howell vows never to marry again. Thus when her irresponsible brother ...Read Review
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus
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I remember hearing, as a young woman, the World Health Organisation’s announcement of the worldwide eradication of smallpox, and my mind going ...Read Review
That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, Book 1)
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Set in 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is one of the King’s Men: a group of actors under the patronage of King James ...Read Review
The Ascent
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This novel is part of the more recent trend towards what is called autofiction, in which writers incorporate elements of their own lives ...Read Review
Daughters of Nantucket
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Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, a turning point in the life of the island and its residents, was a historical catastrophe that’s ...Read Review
The Book Spy
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Based on the true stories of librarians who worked as spies during WWII, The Book Spy details the mission of Maria Alves to ...Read Review
Fyneshade
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I greatly enjoyed Griffin’s series of historical crime novels, Kitty Peck and The Music Hall Murders and its successors. Here the scale ...Read Review
Of White Ashes
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Inspired by true events in the authors’ family, Of White Ashes tells the story of Ruby, a 4th grader in Hawaii, and Koji, ...Read Review
Red Clay Ashes
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In 2005 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, young Bee’s mother, Hazel, dies. Hazel was a reporter in Vietnam during the war. Among Hazel’s books, Bee ...Read Review
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied (A Ming Dynasty Mystery)
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Late 14th-century Ming China is a rigidly stratified society where even the marginalised are organised and subsumed into the greater whole. Family loyalty, ...Read Review
