HNR Issue 42 (November 2007)
The Poisoner of Ptah
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Thebes, 1479 BC. Hatusu is the Pharaoh Queen of Egypt. In the Hall of Two Truths, and with great ceremonial, a peace treaty is ...Read Review
The Betrayed: A novel of the Gifted
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Daria d’Angelo has several devoted followers, including a few who share her God-given gifts of healing and foresight. Ministering to lepers and ...Read Review
The Witch’s Trinity
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Mailman’s second historical novel, set in the small German town of Tierkinddorf between 1507 and 1510, explores the horror of superstition, the inexplicable fear ...Read Review
An Accomplished Woman
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Jude Morgan follows up his tragic and haunting novel Symphony with this witty, Jane-Austen-inspired comedy of errors. Ten years ago Lydia Templeton spurned ...Read Review
The Courtesan’s Daughter
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Caroline Trevelyan, daughter of Sophia, Countess of Dalby, finds fitting into London society in 1802 difficult at best. Much of this difficulty arises from ...Read Review
Lessons of Desire
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Phaedra Blair is the beautiful, eccentric heroine of this Regency romp. The illegitimate offspring of a woman whose philosophy espoused free love and ...Read Review
Bachelor’s Puzzle
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Zach Hartley has been on the run ever since he fled an abusive stepfather at the age of twelve, but now (1882) that he ...Read Review
The Air We Breathe
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The First World War looms in the background of this intimate novel, which borrows slightly in themes and setting from Mann’s The ...Read Review
The War Against Miss Winter
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In 1943, even in New York City, the heart of American theatre, acting jobs are scarce, so struggling actress Rose Winter works for private ...Read Review
Tokyo Year Zero
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Tokyo, August 1946: one year after Japan’s surrender and the extensive bombings of its capital. The murdered bodies of two women are found ...Read Review