HNR Issue 30 (November 2004)
Hidden Honor
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This enormously engaging romance is set during the reign of King John. Elizabeth of Bredon is to travel to the Convent of St. ...Read Review
Into the Prairie
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This is the third installment in Bittner’s Westward America series, which follows the fortunes of the fictitious Wilde family. Reading the first ...Read Review
War at Fire Creek
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Two brothers who fought on opposite sides during the American Civil War have united in a quest to find their long lost Uncle ...Read Review
Some Danger Involved
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This engaging mystery takes place in Victorian London, and marks the debut of Cyrus Barker, inquiry agent, and his new apprentice, Thomas Llewelyn. ...Read Review
Joshua’s Bible
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In the midst of the Depression, Joshua Clay, a young minister and college student, receives a rare opportunity to become a missionary to ...Read Review
In the Hope of Rising Again
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Part One, The Father, begins with “Epithalamium” (nuptial song). The ethereal narrative voice describes a young couple, Charles and Regina, settling into a ...Read Review
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
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It’s the year 1807, and magic is virtually dead in England. Self-taught scholars study theory, but no one actually practices the art anymore. ...Read Review
The Vanishing Point
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
This fictionalized biography recounts a year in the life of Renaissance painter Lavinia Fontana. Teenager Vini is an only child, her mother having ...Read Review
Teetoncey
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Harcourt has reissued the Cape Hatteras Trilogy, first published in the 1970s. Set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at the end ...Read Review
The Siren Queen
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This is the eighth installment in the Ursula Blanchard mystery series featuring the half-sister of, and sometime lady-in-waiting to, Queen Elizabeth I. Ursula ...Read Review