HNR Issue 29 (August 2004)
The Hunter’s Tale
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Thirteenth in Margaret Frazer’s Dame Frevisse series, The Hunter’s Tale, set in 1448, is the best yet. As expected, the mystery is ...Read Review
Other Sorrows, Other Joys
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I must admit to having been completely ignorant about Catherine Boucher Blake, William Blake’s wife, until I read this book. I’m ...Read Review
Voices Over Water
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In this contrived and clunky novel, Herlong-Bodman tells the story of Sarah Edings, a South Carolina planter’s daughter and Confederate spy who ...Read Review
The Paid Companion
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Elenora Lodge is in need of an immediate position. As a paid companion, she is having trouble finding an employer who is not ...Read Review
Divine Sarah
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Set in 1906 California, Divine Sarah depicts the controversial fin-de-siècle actress, Sarah Bernhardt, not as a firebrand but as a weary diva struggling ...Read Review
Right as Rain
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Mississippi-born Bev Marshall has crafted a memorable and evocative tale revolving around three families. Set in the mid/late 20th century American South, ...Read Review
This Scepter’d Isle
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This intriguing historical fantasy blends elfish lore with the mortals of King Henry VIII’s court. Lackey (Valdemar Series), renowned for her fantasy ...Read Review
Cleopatra Dismounts
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Biographical FictionHistorical Fantasy
Three long sections narrated by Cleopatra are framed by briefer sections told by her scribe Diomedes. In the first narrative, Antony has just ...Read Review
Scholarium
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The Toby Press is an independent publisher whose purpose is to produce fine literary and commercial fiction and, in addition, to bring works ...Read Review
My Old True Love
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The Appalachian Mountains around Marshall, North Carolina, in the mid-19th century is the setting of this narrative. Like the ancient ballads brought ...Read Review
