HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)

My Splendid Concubine

By Lloyd Lofthouse - Published 2007

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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

By Richard Blake - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureMystery/Crime

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

By Candace Robb - Published 2008

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Mystery/Crime

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

By Jamie Carie - Published 2008

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

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

By Jo Beverley - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

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

By Brian Hall - Published 2008

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

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

By Ana Siljak - Published 2008

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Nonfiction

  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

By Jennie Walters - Published 2007

Genres:

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

By Marissa Doyle - Published 2008

Genres:

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

By David Gibbins - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

  1st century CE: the lame Claudius, not yet Emperor of Rome, travels to Galilee where he meets a charismatic young carpenter, Joshua ...Read Review

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