HNR Issue 116 (May 2026)
Pasiphae
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Too often, retellings of Greek myths aren’t nearly as exciting as the originals, but Pasiphaë is definitely worth the read. This princess ...Read Review
The Lost Diary of Lucrezia Borgia
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Teague blends historical fiction with elements of adventure, religious mystery, and Christian inspirational fiction, framing the narrative around the discovery of a lost ...Read Review
Daughter of the Rebellion
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In April of 402 AD, Rome captures young female Visigoth fighter Adelgard (called Adel) and sells her to one of several schools for gladiators. ...Read Review
The Scandinavian War Bride
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Set in pre- and post-WWII Denmark, this story examines family bonds, women’s resilience, and the cost of survival. Kirsten is one of ...Read Review
Whitman Days, Opium Nights
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New York City in 1857 comes to life in this novel, with its political corruption, racism, greed, wretchedness—and Walt Whitman, the self-celebrating poet ...Read Review
Wolf Worm
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It is the end of the 19th century, and Sonia Wilson arrives in Siler City, North Carolina, to start a new job as ...Read Review
Imagining Nefertiti
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I have only ever read one really good novel about Nefertiti and Akhenaten, and this isn’t it. Imagining Nefertiti is narrated in ...Read Review
Boudica’s Shadow
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Everybody knows the fierce redheaded queen who stood up to the Romans at the head of a confederation of British tribes in 61 CE. ...Read Review
The Yankee Sphinx: An FDR Novel
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The pivotal years of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s leadership in World War II as witnessed by Roosevelt’s correspondence secretary in Mark ...Read Review
The Gossip Columnist
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Our narrator, Bella, a journalist at the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung, is assigned as a gossip columnist to attend events, many at embassies ...Read Review
