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HNR Issue 16 (May 2001)

The Swan Maiden

By Susan King - Published 2001

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Highland Juliana, her castle under English attack, is saved by handsome, loyalty-torn Anglo-Scot Sir Gawain. He lets her go and she becomes the ...Read Review

Pale Truth

By Daniel Alef - Published 2000

Genres:

Adventure

This is the first in a projected series of three books the author is titling the California Chronicles. Covering 1829 to 1853 and taking the ...Read Review

The Guns of Valverde

By P.G. Nagle - Published 2000

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Military Romance

When you think of American Civil War battles, you probably think of the well-known ones which took place in Tennessee, Pennsylvania or Georgia. ...Read Review

Coney

By Amram Ducovny - Published 2000

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Harry Catzker is a Jewish boy growing into adulthood on Coney Island during the 1930s. His life is intertwined with a cast of ...Read Review

The Song And The Truth

By Helga Ruebsamen - By Paul Vincent (trans.) - Published 2000 Published 2000-10-19

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Literary

The Song and the Truth is told in the voice of a young child whose stories of dreams and reality are so intermingled ...Read Review

My Dream of You

By Nuala O'Faolain - Published 2001

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Literary Mystery/Crime

A beloved colleague’s abrupt death propels travel writer Kathleen de Burca into a quest for personal and historical truths in this debut ...Read Review

The Squire’s Tale

By Margaret Frazer - Published 2000

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Adventure Mystery/Crime

Robert Fenner, a landholder and former squire, attempts to settle a dispute between his lady wife Blaunche and her former in-laws. Believing that ...Read Review