HNR Issue 21 (August 2002)
Cleopatra’s Heir
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This latest tale of adventure by one of our finest historical novelists begins with the premise that Caesarion survived an attempted execution by ...Read Review
Day Of Wrath
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In her first historical crime novel, Iris Collier focuses on two seemingly discrete events: the murder of protagonist Nicholas Peverell’s loyal steward ...Read Review
Kiss The Bride
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It is May 1833, in the Shetland Isles village of Faires, and it is raining. Emma Van Court Chesterton is having a very bad ...Read Review
The Piano Tuner
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Edgar Drake, Piano Tuner, Erards-a-Specialty, receives an urgent request for service in the name of Her Majesty. He reports to the War Office ...Read Review
The Floating City
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The central metaphor of The Floating City is that of a whale that stayed on the surface so long that trees and plants ...Read Review
The Seal Wife
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Kathryn Harrison is best known for her memoir, The Kiss, detailing the incestuous relationship she had with her father. It is no surprise, ...Read Review
Carnival Of Rainbows
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Barbara Soper’s novel opens with an intriguing premise–the introduction of execution by electrocution juxtaposed with an exhibition celebrating the marvel of ...Read Review
Hope: Adventures Of A Diamond
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Written in a light, entertaining style yet containing a wealth of detail, Fowler’s latest nonfiction work charts the history of the notorious ...Read Review
The Eye of Cybele
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This novel is set in Athens, roughly 430 BCE. The plot revolves around the hero, Alcibiades, a stuttering, physically beautiful general whose Olympic and ...Read Review
Face Down Across The Western Sea
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In this, the seventh Susanna, Lady Appleton mystery, Emerson involves her characters in a convoluted plot by England to prove its claim to ...Read Review