HNR Issue 18 (November 2001)
Drinker of Blood
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In Robinson’s fifth Lord Meren mystery, Meren continues his surreptitious efforts to find the killer of his friend and queen, the beloved ...Read Review
Slammerkin
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The title is drawn from 18th century slang for a loose dress, and by extension the loose woman who wears it. Inspired by ...Read Review
The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
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The name Arthur Conan Doyle is inextricably linked with Sherlock Holmes, yet Doyle created another character who, while not as polished and insightful ...Read Review
Servant of the Law
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This novel of the American Old West has a severe case of split personality. On one side is the Coyote Kid, a born ...Read Review
The Red Heifer
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Told from the point of view of a first-generation Jewish immigrant, only five when the story begins, this work deals with the trials ...Read Review
Music of Falling Water
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Like the soft lap of waves on a shore, this tale of a family in early 20th century Alabama gives the reader a ...Read Review
The Merlin of the Oak Wood
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Biographical FictionHistorical Fantasy
The second in the Joan of Arc Tapestries series, Oak Wood is a well-researched novel in which Chamberlin masterfully interweaves elements of the ...Read Review
Gilgamesh
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Edith Clark lives in southwestern Australia with her mother and older sister, Frances. They are in possession of the dwindling farmland that the ...Read Review
A Thousand Ships: Age of Bronze, v. 1
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Originally serialized in the comic book series Age of Bronze, issues 1-9. An accursed family; a deadly oath; a fiery prophecy; a beautiful ...Read Review
Watch by Moonlight
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Alfred Noyes’s tragic, romantic poem “The Highwayman” is the basis of this imaginative and vivid novel. In 1763, Jason Quick of London, son ...Read Review
