HNR Issue 27 (February 2004)
Cupid and the Silent Goddess
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In 1544, Duke Cosimo de’ Medici of Florence commissioned the artist Bronzino to paint a gift for King François I of France. The ...Read Review
An Antic Disposition
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In the Black Forest in 1204, members of the Fool’s Guild are in hiding from the Pope, who wants to stop their meddling ...Read Review
The Rose Without a Thorn
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Katherine Howard is beautiful but clueless. Her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk, who worships the memory of Katherine’s clever cousin Anne Boleyn, ...Read Review
The Empire of Shadows
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It is August, 1889. In his second historical novel after Suspension, Crabbe revisits the lives of Police Captain Tom Braddock and his son, Mike. ...Read Review
A Christmas Journey
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Readers of Perry’s Pitt series will be familiar with Aunt Vespasia, one of my favorite Perry characters. This novella takes place prior ...Read Review
Snobbery with Violence
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This is the debut novel in veteran author Chesney’s new Edwardian mystery series. At its center is the detective duo of Lady ...Read Review
Me and Orson Welles
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Only 35 pages into this lyrical and magical one-week interlude in 17-year-old Richard Samuel’s life, even he recognizes the fact that he’s “...Read Review
Moon Tide
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If you enjoy reading stories of a place rather than of people, then this first novel is for you. But it is melancholy, ...Read Review
House of War
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Alternate HistoryHistorical Fantasy
This is the second installment in Tarr’s historical fantasy series set in Jerusalem with Richard the Lionheart and his half-sister, Sioned, the ...Read Review
The Snow Fox
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Schaeffer was inspired by the film “The Seven Samurai” to research medieval Japan, according to her web site. This book is one of ...Read Review
