HNR Issue 110 (November 2024)
The Schoolmaster
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The schoolmaster, or preceptor as they were commonly known at the time, is Peter Young who, along with George Buchanan, was tutor to ...Read Review
Eyes on the Ice
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In 1963 Soviet-controlled Prague, three brothers play hockey on a frozen pond with makeshift equipment while their father cheers them on, until they are ...Read Review
Betrayal at Blackthorn Park (Evelyne Redfern, 2)
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In November of 1940, Blackthorn Park is anticipating a visit from Prime Minister Winston Churchill, which means everything must be ship-shape. But the Special ...Read Review
The Children of Lingfield House
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This is a true story – one almost too devastating to tell, but Marrone pulls it off with clarity and compassion. Twenty-five Jewish children ...Read Review
In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter
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This book is memoir, travelogue, and biography altogether. Bostridge follows the path of Adele Hugo (1830-1915), the youngest child of Victor Hugo. The ...Read Review
Grimm Curiosities
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Lizzie Grimm understands loneliness. With her father dead and her mother no longer communicating or engaging, she toils alone in their antiques and ...Read Review
Death in the Mayfair Hotel (A Cressida Fawcett Mystery)
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Christmas Eve, 1925—glittering snowflakes envelop the world in pristine white brilliance; diamonds twinkle from the women’s décolletage at the swanky Mayfair ...Read Review
Escape to Ponti
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In the late Middle Ages in northern Italy, fourteen-year-old Bec must fend for himself without any family. Animals take to him, and he ...Read Review
A Scandal in Mayfair (A Lily Adler Mystery)
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This fifth book in the Lily Adler series takes place over several days in London of 1817. Smart and beautiful high-society Lily, widowed for ...Read Review
Catan: The Novel (The Catan series)
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Based upon the popular board game, Catan is an epic filled with action, romance, duels, and rumors of magic. In Norway in the ...Read Review
