HNR Issue 17 (August 2001)
The Raid: A Dramatic Retelling of Ireland’s Epic Tale
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Eickhoff has taken on the mammoth task of “dramatically” retelling the story of Ireland, the Tain Bo Cualigne, in several books being published ...Read Review
The Twylight Tower
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
The Twylight Tower is Karen Harper’s third Elizabeth I Mystery, in which she sets out to solve one of the greatest historical ...Read Review
Raven Mocker
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The twenty-ninth entry in Coldsmith’s Spanish Bit Saga, Raven Mocker follows the story of Snakewater, a conjurer (healer) of the Cherokee people ...Read Review
Boone’s Lick
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Boone’s Lick is the small settlement in Missouri where 15- year-old Shay Cecil (who narrates the story) grew up in the 1860s, ...Read Review
A Legacy
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The intelligent voice utters profound truths while unmasking secrets of the family and by extension, the German psyche. The persecution of cadet Johannes ...Read Review
A Bicycle Built For Murder
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This first book in a new series by the author of the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries introduces Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh, the impoverished owner of ...Read Review
Killing Gifts
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During the Depression, Americans often found themselves poor and hungry. The fortunate who lived near the Hancock Shaker Village outside of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ...Read Review
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, And The Everlasting Dead
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Pringle is a frequent contributor to Discover magazine, and if you like easy-to-read articles of that publication’s type, you will definitely enjoy ...Read Review
The Horus Road
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The concluding volume in the Lords of the Two Lands trilogy, this novel is Gedge’s fictional recreation of the times and struggles ...Read Review
Virgin: Prelude To The Throne
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Maxwell, in her third novel of the Virgin Queen, illustrates in detail a frequently glossed-over episode in the life of the Tudor monarch: ...Read Review