HNR Issue 46 (November 2008)
Canvey Island
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Canvey Island is a six-mile by three-mile piece of reclaimed land in the Thames estuary just off the south Essex coast. It was ...Read Review
The Ancient Ship
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Zhang Wei depicts a master plot in which the Chinese sense of community vies with individuals’ desire for wealth and leadership in China’...Read Review
Soul of Fire
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In a Victorian world in which magic exists and shapeshifters are executed, Peter Farewell has fled England to hide the fact that he’...Read Review
The Way of the Warrior
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16th century Japan: a period of feuding samurai warlords. Ten-year-old Jimmu is woken one night by his father’s samurai bodyguard, Nichiren. His ...Read Review
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
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Christian Europe’s fate in the struggle against an aggressive and powerful Ottoman Empire was settled in the Mediterranean between the fall of ...Read Review
Caligula: The Tyranny of Rome
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The third Roman emperor was the one they called Caligula, infamous in equal part for his cruelty and his insanity. He was ...Read Review
The Right Hand of the Sun
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What is the most dramatic and extraordinary adventure ever recorded? My vote must go to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico in 1521, when 500 Spaniards ...Read Review
The Wise Woman
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
In another reissue of her previously published work (this novel was originally released following the bestselling success of her Wideacre series), Ms. Gregory ...Read Review
To Seduce a Sinner
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Despite, or perhaps because of, being left at the altar twice, Jasper Renshaw, Lord Vale, jumped to accept Melisande Fleming’s proposal of ...Read Review
Twice Loved
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It is 1865 when Willow Madison arrives in Timber Creek, Texas, to marry a man of means thirty years her senior. She and her ...Read Review