HNR Issue 38 (November 2006)
Secretly Inside
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The first 26 pages of this novella consist of an introduction by Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor that sets the story in its historical context. This ...Read Review
Firebird
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Markovy, a land that resembles medieval Russia except for the presence of werewolves, troll-bears, ghouls, and various magical beings, is under a curse. ...Read Review
The Fetch
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The title comes from Nordic lore, which holds that everyone has a “fetch” or double, able to wander and shape-shift into an animal ...Read Review
Allen’s English Phrases
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This wonderful book offers, for the first time on such a scale, a scholarly and systematic treatment of thousands of idiomatic phrases used ...Read Review
The Plimsoll Sensation
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Samuel Plimsoll was a self-made Victorian who became an MP and, against considerable opposition, championed the introduction of what became known as the ...Read Review
Consuelo & Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Mother and Daughter in the Gilded Age
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This intriguing biography combines the stories of mother and daughter, allowing us to see how the one influenced the other. It opens with ...Read Review
One Step At A Time
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Amy Carter at 14 lived in rented rooms in Wapping, her mother suffering from TB and her father a merchant seaman often away at ...Read Review
Knights of the Cross
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In the author’s historical note at the back of the volume, he notes the “catalogue of greed, intrigue, treachery and extraordinary violence ...Read Review
The Boleyn Inheritance
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Gregory’s latest novel focuses on the lives of three women, all of whom bear witness to the Boleyn family’s legacy: Anne ...Read Review
A King’s Trade
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It’s 1799, and the Napoleonic Wars have just begun. Alan Lewrie, captain of the 32-gun British frigate HMS Proteus, is in trouble – again. ...Read Review
