HNR Issue 41 (August 2007)
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt: Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
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Go figure. Just when you think you know the rules of historical fiction—pitfalls to avoid such as anachronisms, being moralistic, or threading ...Read Review
St. Mungo’s Robin
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This is the fourth book featuring Gil Cunningham, a notary, working and living in Glasgow in 1493. Suddenly, the warden of the local almshouse ...Read Review
The Thistle and the Rose
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Plaidy’s eighth Tudor novel vividly reconstructs the dramatic life of Margaret Tudor, from the time of her early marriage to King James ...Read Review
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
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Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels showcasing famous historical ...Read Review
The Snake Stone
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This is the second novel in the series featuring Yashim the Eunuch. Goodwin has written non-fiction about the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul and ...Read Review
The Rose of Sebastopol
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Mariella Lingwood is a typical Victorian young lady. She is quiet, dutiful, unadventurous, shy and modest. She helps her mother in her charitable ...Read Review
Keeping the House
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A two-family saga spanning 1896 to 1950, Keeping the House explores what making a home actually means, and the sacrifices both men and women have ...Read Review
The Welsh Girl
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This first novel by Peter Ho Davies, named one of Britain’s best young novelists, chronicles the life of young Esther Evans as ...Read Review
A Fete Worse than Death
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A summer’s day in 1922, a village fete being enjoyed by Jack Haldean, crime writer and ex-Royal Flying Corps pilot, then is spoilt ...Read Review
Sea of Lost Love
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The choice of two picturesque coastal situations—the Cornish ancestral home of the Montague family and a former Italian convent turned guest house—...Read Review