HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
Augusta Locke
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Augusta Locke feels like a novel in two parts. Augusta (“Gussie”) is born to a Minnesota trapper in 1903, a wild creature who looks ...Read Review
Richard Temple
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The novel opens with the protagonist, Richard Temple, enduring repeated sessions of torture at the hands of Nazi interrogators. It is the Second ...Read Review
Ordinary Heroes
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Stewart Dubinsky’s father never spoke of his experiences during WWII. After his death Stewart sorts through his deceased father’s papers and ...Read Review
By A Lady: Being The Adventures of an Enlightened American in Jane Austen’s England
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This time travel novel tells the tale of C.J. Welles, a New York City actress who is transported back to 1801 England when ...Read Review
The Edge of the Cloud
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In this, the second of K.M. Peyton’s Flambards series, Will and Christina have eloped together, and arrive on Christina’s aunt’...Read Review
A Strange Death: Espionage, Betrayal and Vengeance in a Village in Old Palestine
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This book may be non-fiction, but it is far from being your usual history book. It is a murder-mystery set in a small ...Read Review
Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
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From abracadabra to superstitions surrounding the yew tree, this comprehensive work details many well known as well as the more obscure superstitions that ...Read Review
Empire of Dragons
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The book begins in Edessa, an outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire in 260 AD. Metellus and his men faithfully serve the emperor, Valerian, ...Read Review
The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny
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In this sequel to the gripping The Rose of York: Love and War, Worth does a beautiful, and succinct, job of retelling the ...Read Review
Passarola Rising
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Father Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a pioneer in 18th-century aviation. His flying ship, the Passarola, never succeeded in transporting humans, ...Read Review
