HNR Issue 45 (August 2008)
Billy Boy
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This is a fictionalized account inspired by the life of the true Billy Laird, the only American Civil War soldier from the state ...Read Review
A Place Beyond Courage
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John FitzGilbert is King’s Marshal to Henry I. His duties are many, including responsibility for the good administration of the court, organising ...Read Review
The Sun King Rises
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Orphaned Gabriel de Pontbriand has fled the stifling conformity of the country life his uncle has planned for him for the flesh pots ...Read Review
The Hawk
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Smalley has been hailed as the heir to those great writers of naval historical fiction, Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester. I ...Read Review
Your Scandalous Ways
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After her bitter and high-profile society divorce, Francesca Bonnard took revenge on her husband by making herself the most notorious and sought-after courtesan ...Read Review
Hardcastle’s Burglar
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This is a most enjoyable police procedural, fast paced and easy to follow, an expert piece with a clever subtlety reminiscent of Sherlock ...Read Review
Sister’s Choice
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It’s 1882, and Maggie Newcomb, just turned eighteen, is determined to win handsome Colby Stoddard for her husband—if, that is, she can ...Read Review
For a Sack of Bones
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Awarded the highest prize in Catalan letters, the Ramon Llull Prize, this somber novel, first published in Spain, tells a tale in the ...Read Review
The Red Scarf
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The Red Scarf is an epic tale of survival and hope in Stalinist Russia. It is 1933, and Sofia and Anna have already been ...Read Review
When the Heather Blooms
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This novel continues the Pringle family saga set within the farming community near Lockerbie in the Scottish Highlands. Every member of the clan ...Read Review