HNR Issue 29 (August 2004)
Sharpe’s Escape
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Richard Sharpe and the venerated, dutiful Pat Harper return in a finely honed and sometimes satirical fashion in Cornwell’s twentieth Sharpe novel. ...Read Review
The Shifting Tide
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The fourteenth installment in Perry’s William Monk series is, once again, set in Victorian London – full of filth and disease, scoundrels and ...Read Review
Gift of the Bambino
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In Gift of the Bambino, Jerry Amernic pens a misty paean to baseball, Babe Ruth, and the hopes and dreams of a young ...Read Review
The Woman Who Knew Gandhi
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Exploring whether love between a man and a woman can exist outside of physical intimacy, this novel imagines a lifelong relationship between a ...Read Review
Harvard Yard
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If you love a story that revolves around a book, a little mystery, and historical elements, you’ll love Harvard Yard! After two ...Read Review
Shadowheart
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Set in the reign of Richard II, this is a sequel to Kinsale’s historical romance For My Lady’s Heart, and takes ...Read Review
Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl
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Translated from the German by the late author’s son, this fictional biography depicts an episode in the life of 18th century scholar ...Read Review
Tested by Fate
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Biographical FictionNauticalRomance
Second of a “trilogy-in-the-making,” this novel delves deeper into the lives of Horatio Nelson, one of England’s greatest naval heroes, and Emma ...Read Review
A Tapestry of Hope
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The opening scene depicts Jasmine Wainwright, a Southern belle complete with chiding mammy. Jasmine meets Bradley Houston and his brother Nolan. Bradley wants ...Read Review
Whose Names are Unknown
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Set in the Dust Bowl 1930s, Whose Names Are Unknown gets its poignant title from a legal eviction notice of the farm families ...Read Review