HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
The Night Journal
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“A noctuary,” a character explains to protagonist Meg Mabry toward the end of Elizabeth Crook’s third novel, “…it is a diary, like ...Read Review
The Buried Cross
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Glastonbury 1190. Fire has destroyed Glastonbury’s famous cathedral. Among those affected are Hereward and Gwyneth Mason, aged 12 and 13. Their father, innkeeper of the ...Read Review
Bestiary
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Bestiaries give a unique insight into the mediaeval mind, relating their primary function as natural history to giving moral examples (the busy bee, ...Read Review
Bury The Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery
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In 1787 a small group of men gathered in a London printing shop to discuss how they might be instrumental in abolishing slavery. Using ...Read Review
Desiree
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This novel is part of the Roselynde Chronicles. When both of Desiree of Exceat’s parents die, she is alone and vulnerable to ...Read Review
The Fatal Fashione
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The continued popularity of Elizabethan England as a topic of interest and an attractive setting for novels is thoroughly substantiated with this series. ...Read Review
Rebels, Turn Out Your Dead
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Salt, a Yankee hemp farmer, lives in New York with his wife, a teenage son and his Tory father-in-law. The American Revolution comes ...Read Review
The Little Balloonist
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In her imaginative and lyrical tale, Domm creates a fictional history and heritage for the first female aeronaut, whose true fame and fate ...Read Review
The Egyptian Coffin
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The Egyptian Coffin is the second book in Jane Jakeman’s mystery series set in the 1830s, featuring the enigmatic, reclusive Lord Ambrose ...Read Review
Sea Dust
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After the death of her child, Emma’s life is in ruins. In order to survive she must escape from her brutal husband ...Read Review
