HNR Issue 39 (February 2007)
Dawn of Empire
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On the eastern bank of the Tigris five thousand years ago, Orak grew into a rich and powerful village, settled by merchants, traders ...Read Review
Lord of Seduction
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In 11th century England, Lady Tanon Risande, goddaughter of William the Conqueror, unexpectedly finds herself betrothed to Gareth ap Owain, a dangerous Welsh ...Read Review
Inés of My Soul
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Doña Inés Suárez tells the epic story of her life and the conquest of Chile in this fictional biography. Iné...Read Review
Wolf’s Temptation
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It is 1776 and Ethan Gray, a spymaster called the Wolf, is on the hunt for a smuggler shipping arms to colonial rebels in ...Read Review
Jane and the Barque of Frailty
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Miss Jane Austen has left cozy Chawton for a month in London overseeing the printing of her first novel, Sense and Sensibility. Busy ...Read Review
Rose Alley
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Audrey Howard’s new book is classic Victorian melodrama. From the foetid Liverpool slum of the title, Queenie Logan and her improbably named ...Read Review
The Twisting Vine
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When Lord Farnley’s young daughter dies, her maid, Lucy Oldfield, is ordered to burn the child’s expensive French doll. Unable to ...Read Review
The Pure Land
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Closely based on historical fact, this is the story of Thomas Glover, the young Aberdeen merchant who became known as the Scottish samurai, ...Read Review
The Secret
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In 1944, when Jaime Gray is killed in an air raid, life is turned upside down for his wife, Ailsa, and their two children. ...Read Review
The Alibi Club
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It is the summer of 1940 in Paris, and the Germans are beginning their invasion. Sally King, an American model for the House of ...Read Review