HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
My Splendid Concubine
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When Robert Hart escapes his conservative English family for China, he’s hoping to change his life for the better. Raised with traditional ...Read Review
Conspiracies of Rome
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608 AD. Young Englishman Aelric is interpreter and secretary to Maximin, a priest, who is part of the Roman mission to convert England to ...Read Review
A Vigil of Spies
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The time is September 1373 and the Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, is dying in his palace at Bishopsthorpe. Princess Joan, the fair Maid ...Read Review
The Duchess and the Dragon
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The Duchess and the Dragon is an inspirational romance set in the mid-18th century. His father’s shocking new will denies Drake ...Read Review
Lovers and Ladies
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Two classic stories by beloved Regency author Jo Beverley are brought together in this single volume, creating a delectable book filled with all ...Read Review
Fall of Frost
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Robert Frost, the beloved American poet, was born into a long and sorrow-ridden life in 1874. High infant mortality made parents show little or ...Read Review
Angel of Vengeance : The ‘Girl Assassin’, the Governor of St Petersburg, and Russia’s Revolutionary World
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This volume focuses on the life of a woman revolutionary in Tsarist Russia, Vera Zasulich, who in 1878 shot the governor of St. ...Read Review
Shelter From the Storm
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Children/Young AdultMystery/CrimeSaga
This final instalment of Jennie Walters’ Swallowcliffe Hall trilogy tells the story of Isobel, the daughter of Grace from the second book, ...Read Review
Bewitching Season
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
This delightful debut by Marissa Doyle bodes well for her career as a writer of young adult novels. Set during the months ...Read Review
The Last Gospel
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1st century CE: the lame Claudius, not yet Emperor of Rome, travels to Galilee where he meets a charismatic young carpenter, Joshua ...Read Review