HNR Issue 37 (August 2006)
Our Lady of Pain
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The fourth installment in this post-Edwardian mystery series finds Lady Rose Summer and Captain Harry Cathcart still pretending to be engaged to spare ...Read Review
In the City of Dark Waters
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In 1908 Revel Callender, an English lawyer, is living in Venice, taking time off to see all that Italy has to offer. An ...Read Review
The Witness of St. Ansgar’s
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The witness of the title is Mario, a young altar boy at St. Ansgar’s German Catholic Church on Manhattan’s Lower ...Read Review
Sunshine After Rain
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It is April 1912, and sisters Connie and Jenny Dalton wave their father off on his ocean voyage to America. Shortly afterwards comes ...Read Review
Gideon the Cutpurse
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Scriptwriter Linda Buckley-Archer makes a promising debut with Gideon the Cutpurse, the first in a trilogy of young adult time-travel novels. Twelve-year-old ...Read Review
Ophelia
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In a perfect accompaniment to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lisa Klein has fleshed out the story of Ophelia for those of us who ...Read Review
The Grand Tour, or The Purloined Coronation Regalia
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This is a sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia and tells the further adventures of cousins Kate and Cecelia. The setting is England, ...Read Review
Read On… Historical Fiction : Reading Lists for Every Taste
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This guide is intended to serve as a resource for librarians who are asked to recommend historical fiction titles or for readers ...Read Review
Jael’s Story
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Jael, called “most blessed among women” by the Old Testament prophetess, Deborah, is given a full treatment in Burton’s third entry ...Read Review
On a Highland Shore
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In 13th century Scotland, Margaret MacDonald, the laird’s daughter, prepares to wed Lachlan, a cousin of the king. When Lachlan betrays ...Read Review