HNR Issue 32 (May 2005)
A Rare and Curious Gift
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The life of female painter Artemisia Gentileschi serves as inspiration for one of two central storylines in Pauline Holdstock’s richly-textured, multilayered novel ...Read Review
Suspense and Sensibility: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Clearly a sincere tribute by a devoted Janeite to ...Read Review
To Pleasure a Prince
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In this second installment of the Royal Brotherhood series, the socially adept Lady Regina Tremaine encounters Viscount Draker, the Prince Regent’s (fictional) ...Read Review
The Hidden Valley
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These novels, the first to appear from Spur-award winning author Jeanne Williams in six years, form the Beneath the Burning Ground trilogy: an ...Read Review
Carry Me Home
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Set in small-town Wisconsin in the years prior to, during, and after World War II, Carry Me Home is seen through the eyes ...Read Review
The Rock Orchard
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Rollicking, touching, laugh-out-loud funny, and extremely sensual, this book set in Leaper’s Fork, Tennessee, around the time of WWII is a delight. ...Read Review
Il Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence, and the David
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Books written about Michelangelo and the David are numerous, and with this offering, Gill doesn’t cover any new ground. He has, however, ...Read Review
Brooklyn Rose
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It is December 16, 1899, when Rose Frampton pens the opening entry in her birthday present, a gilt-edged journal. As she reflects upon describing her ...Read Review
Child of the Mist
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“Clan MacGregor might be nicknamed the ‘Children of the Mist,’ but one false step in the frequently impenetrable whiteness could still be dangerous, ...Read Review
The Stone That the Builder Refused
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This tome answers the question of how a former slave defeated Napoleon. The title is from scripture, “The stone that the builder refused ...Read Review