HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
Götz and Meyer
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It is rare that a slim book can wield such emotional impact, but Götz and Meyer is small in page-length alone; the ...Read Review
Lipshitz Six, Or Two Angry Blondes
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“How do you lose a child?” is the opening line of this unusual and intriguing novel. Reuven Lipshitz, the young, blond son of ...Read Review
Dope
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Dope is a taut mystery set in New York in the 1950s: not the New York of glittering nightclubs and Broadway shows, but ...Read Review
The High Calling, 1940
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Gilbert Morris is a prolific writer of Christian fiction, and this latest volume in the House of Winslow series is set in the 1940...Read Review
War & Pieces
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The author joined the Royal New Zealand Navy, aged eighteen, in 1941, and I suspect that this novel is based on real incidents in ...Read Review
Murder, Ancient and Modern
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In this uneven collection of short stories, Marston explores murder throughout the ages, from ancient Roman provinces to contemporary England. Perhaps Marston, who ...Read Review
Ship’s Angel
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Bridget Crowley has yet again dazzled us with another brilliant story – the sequel of the critically acclaimed Feast of Fools. We still remain ...Read Review
Medievalism and Orientalism
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At last year’s HNS Conference I remember being forcibly struck by Anne Harries’ references to ‘the magic realism of history’. In this ...Read Review
The Goodman of Paris: Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris
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This book of instruction by an older man for his young wife was written around 1393, and Eileen Power’s excellent translation, both clear ...Read Review
