HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
Chains of Folly
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Chains of Folly is the 4th Magdalene la Batarde mystery. Set in 1139 CE, the story plays out against the backdrop of civil war ...Read Review
The Spanish Bride
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In 1501, Catherine of Aragon journeys to England to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales. But when Arthur dies just a few months later, Catherine ...Read Review
Sparrowhawk Book Five: Revolution
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This fifth book of six in the series picks up in June of 1765 and follows the debate and turmoil surrounding the Stamp Act ...Read Review
Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose
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In this second in the series, Sherlock Holmes’s housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, finds herself once again helping that most logical of minds solve ...Read Review
Pride of Lancashire
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The dirt-poor Prestons have few prospects but many children. Carrie works tirelessly to feed and clothe her siblings, since her father is a ...Read Review
Lilac Spring
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Full-grown and fashionable after two years at school and her travels abroad, Cherish Winslow returns to her father’s shipbuilding business determined to ...Read Review
The Blighted Cliffs
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Poor Lieutenant Jerrold! For one who prefers a life of self-indulgence over danger, he does receive more than his share of hard knocks: ...Read Review
Arthur and George
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I should perhaps point out that as Julian Barnes is one of my favourite contemporary prose writers, I approached his new novel in ...Read Review
City of Shadows
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Ariana Franklin has written an intriguing, fast-paced thriller based on the life of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia, daughter ...Read Review
Murder in Byzantium
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Kristeva’s third mystery featuring French journalist Stephanie Delacour and chief detective Northrop Rilsky is set primarily in fictional Santa Varvara, somewhere in ...Read Review
