HNR Issue 38 (November 2006)
The Serpent’s Tooth
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Michelle Paver has written a very good book in The Serpent’s Tooth. It is the final part of her Eden trilogy but ...Read Review
Beneath Us The Stars
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Most wartime romances seem doomed, especially those between US servicemen and young British girls holding the home front. But when Mary Rice, a ...Read Review
Song Of Ireland
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Song of Ireland, Osborne-McKnight’s fourth novel, once again gives insight into all things Irish. Reaching back into Irish myth, she draws readers ...Read Review
The Witches’ Mark
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A fishing village in Fife at the time of Charles II. Pheemie is an old, lonely, deformed woman who lives in a little ...Read Review
Scarlett Rules: When Life Gives You Green Velvet Curtains, Make a Green Velvet Dress
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Advice books don’t really seem to have been Scarlett O’Hara’s thing. She never was all that good at taking advice, ...Read Review
Blackbeard
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While other pirates have faded from memory, Blackbeard still conjures up vivid imagery of pirates terrorizing people and shipping for about two years ...Read Review
The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life
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Could there be a new biography that reveals anything unexpected about the Founding Father? Possibly, but this isn’t it. Unger utilizes correspondence ...Read Review
Dark Hour
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Based on events related in 2 Chronicles 21-23, Dark Hour tells of Jezebel’s daughter Athaliah, who massacred all the heirs of the House ...Read Review
The Perfect Seduction
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Maguire writes a rich medieval tale about Kathryn de St. Marie, a young woman in 11th century England who lives a chaste life ...Read Review
Sovereign
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To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack ...Read Review