HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)

Knife Edge (The Royal Marines Saga #5)

By Douglas Reeman - Published 2005 (US)Published 2006 (UK)

Genres:

Military

Towards the end of the 20th century Lieutenant Ross Blackwood contemplates the bleak future of the Royal Marines as they are compelled to ...Read Review

Hearing By Jael

By Joyce Elbrecht & Lydia Fakundiny - Published 2005

Genres:

In 1860, fifteen-year-old Frances Boullet received a forty-volume diary set. Over the years, she recorded the history of her family and her observations of ...Read Review

He Will Go Fearless

By Laurie Lawlor - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Fifteen-year-old Billy needs to go fearless to make it through the adventures that are in store for him—and he does! This young ...Read Review

The First American Army: the Remarkable Story of George Washington and the Men behind America’s Fight for Freedom

By Bruce Chadwick - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

Through their letters, memoirs and verses, the author presents the lesser-known actors in the American Revolution—teenaged volunteers, raw young officers, doctors, chaplains, ...Read Review

American Legend: The Real Life Adventures of David Crockett

By Buddy Levy - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

This biography of David Crockett provides a very pedestrian view of the adventures of this historical legend. The author highlights the hardships and ...Read Review

The Unwilling Bride

By Margaret Moore - Published 2005

Genres:

Romance

After suffering for years under the care of “Wicked William,” the Lord of Tregellas, Lady Constance expects little better of his estranged son, ...Read Review

Wings of Morning

By Kathleen Morgan - Published 2006

Genres:

Romance

Regan MacLaren loves her husband, but an argument on their wedding night results in his departure, and the next day she finds herself ...Read Review

Death du Jour

By Lou Jane Temple - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

What a great idea, a mystery series during the French Revolution when restaurants began, chefs to the aristocrats finding themselves suddenly without employers. ...Read Review

Courage on Little Round Top

By Thomas M. Eischen - Published 2005

Genres:

Military

The struggle for Little Round Top during the second day of the climactic Battle of Gettysburg has captured readers’ attention ever since Michael ...Read Review

Forgotten Faces

By Jeannie Johnson - Published 2006

Genres:

Saga

This is the third volume in a thoroughly enjoyable saga in which the story of the Strong family is told against the background ...Read Review