HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)

The Stone Light

By Kai Meyer - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

This second volume in the Dark Reflections Trilogy begins as teenage Venetian orphan Merle, bearing the mysterious Flowing Queen—Venice’s protecting spirit—...Read Review

Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

By Nancy Goldstone - Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

Four Queens is the fascinating story of four 13th-century sisters, all destined to become royal: Marguerite, Queen of France; Eleanor, Queen of England; ...Read Review

Donne: The Reformed Soul

By John Stubbs - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

John Donne needs no introduction, yet this book reveals his life in such detail that I felt I had discovered a new man. ...Read Review

Dream of the Dragon Pool: A Daoist Quest

By Albert A. Dalia - Published 2007

Genres:

Literary

“There is another Reality – not of the human realm.” Shame and anguish haunt Li Bo, the famous Tang Dynasty poet. After he is ...Read Review

The Sun Over Breda

By Arturo Pérez-Reverte - Published 2007

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

This is the third in the adventures of Captain Alatriste in 17th century Spain, following Captain Alatriste and Purity of Blood. In 1625, Captain ...Read Review

The True Darcy Spirit

By Elizabeth Aston - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

LiteraryRomance

Cassandra Darcy is disgraced, penniless and an outcast from her family. She is determined to earn her living in Regency London by using ...Read Review

A Perfect Likeness

By Sandra Heath - Published 2006

Genres:

Romance

Sir Sebastian Sheringham agrees to marry Bryony St Charles after seeing a miniature portrait of her and to honour an ancient agreement made ...Read Review

The Mesalliance

By Fenella Jane Miller - Published 2007

Genres:

Romance

St Osyth Priory, 1811: Lady Allegra Humphrey is devastated when her father, the Earl of Witherton, shoots himself. 1812: terrible news is delivered at the ...Read Review

The Truth About Lou: A (Necessary) Fiction

By Angela von der Lippe - Published 2006

Genres:

Literary

In late 19th-century Germany, the passionate Louise “Lou” Salomé, writer, seeker, and friend to Nietzsche, Freud and Prague poet Rilke sought a utopian ...Read Review

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

By John Boyne - Published 2006Published 2007

Genres:

Literary

The story opens in Berlin during World War II and is told through the eyes of nine-year-old Bruno who lives with his parents ...Read Review