HNR Issue 45 (August 2008)
Class 1902
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The effects of war on ordinary citizens are illustrated with brutal and beautiful clarity in Class 1902, a biographical novel that found instant popularity ...Read Review
Ancient Highway
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“Hurrah!” Earl Holmes jubilantly whispers this word to his dying brother in 1925, symbolizing their shared belief in victory in all circumstances, even death. ...Read Review
The Ring: The Last Knight Templar’s Inheritance
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For her twenty-seventh birthday, New York lawyer Cristina Wilson receives a surprise gift from her late godfather, a ruby ring that sparks disturbing ...Read Review
The Medici Seal
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Italy 1502. A young gypsy boy, fleeing from a brigand, is rescued by Leonardo da Vinci, and becomes part of his household. He calls ...Read Review
Trimalchio’s Feast and Other Mini-mysteries
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Children/Young AdultMystery/CrimeShort Stories
Caroline Lawrence uses some of her readers’ questions, together with intriguing bits of her own research, as a basis for six stories about ...Read Review
Climbing the Stairs
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Fifteen-year-old Vidya lives in Bombay in British-occupied India. It is 1941, and while many other Brahmin girls are living cloistered, marriage-focused lives, Vidya has ...Read Review
Earls of Paradise
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This book explores the vision of Arcadia told through the life of a place and its inhabitants. The place is Wilton, in Wiltshire, ...Read Review
Alexander and Alestria
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Alexander the Great was crowned King of Macedonia in 336 BC and soon after began asserting his authority through his formidable army, squashing resistance ...Read Review
Cathedral of the Sea
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Set in 14th-century Catalonia, this novel has become a huge bestseller in Spain with translations sold in 32 countries to date. The story of ...Read Review
Buccaneer
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Tim Severin is the author of those splendid non-fiction accounts of classical voyages which have entertained us over the years. His first steps ...Read Review
