HNR Issue 18 (November 2001)
Rewriting the Women of Camelot: Arthurian Popular Fiction and Feminism
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In this work, Howey’s mission is to “[examine] the intersection of popular fiction and feminism, using popular rewritings of the Arthurian legend ...Read Review
Aztec Blood
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A Gary Jennings novel is always a breathless, exotic and occasionally shocking ride, and this is no exception. Third in a trilogy of ...Read Review
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post
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It doesn’t pay to be a hypochondriac, as Oscar Daggett learns the hard way when he overhears his long-suffering doctor telling his ...Read Review
A Proper Affair
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Cassandra Abbott, the author of A Lady’s Guide to Proper Etiquette, follows her own advice to the letter. However, she has a ...Read Review
To Davy Jones Below
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Murder aboard a trans-Atlantic liner in 1923–what a perfect setting for a by-the-clues detective story! Daisy Dalrymple, in her ninth mystery adventure, has ...Read Review
The Biograph Girl
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Alternate HistoryBiographical Fiction
The best biographical novels compel us to delve more deeply into the true history behind the characters, and this is no exception. In 1910, ...Read Review
Morning
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I was only two pages into this rather lengthy novel about the early days of American television before I said to myself, “Dave ...Read Review
Madame de Pompadour
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As a child, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson went to a fortuneteller who told her that one day she would reign over the heart of a ...Read Review
The Root and the Flower
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The Root and the Flower was originally published between 1929 and 1935 as three separate novels. Set in late 16th century India during the reign ...Read Review
Conjuring Maud
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The lush, vibrant and often harsh landscape of colonial West Africa provides a stunning backdrop to this tale of offbeat characters and an ...Read Review
