HNR Issue 29 (August 2004)

Sharpe’s Escape

By Bernard Cornwell - Published 2004

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

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

By Anne Perry - Published 2004

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Jerry Amernic - Published 2004

Genres:

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

By Keith Heller - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

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

By William Martin - Published 2003Published 2004

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeSaga

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

By Laura Kinsale - Published 2004

Genres:

Romance

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

By Gert Hoffman - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical FictionRomance

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

By David Donachie - Published 2001Published 2004

Genres:

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

By Judith Miller - By Tracie Peterson - Published 2004

Genres:

InspirationalRomanceSaga

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

By Sanora Babb - Published 2004

Genres:

Saga

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