HNR Issue 49 (August 2009)
Riding Vengeance with the James Gang
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In the preface to this novel about the notorious gang headed by Frank and Jesse James, Gilmore expresses how difficult it was to ...Read Review
The Last Dickens
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Charles Dickens has just died, and his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is unfinished. Boston publisher James R Osgood is expecting ...Read Review
A Love to Last Forever
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A Love to Last Forever, the second in the Brides of Gallatin County trilogy, focuses on Beth, the middle Gallatin sister. Beth is ...Read Review
All Other Nights
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The title to this brilliant and thought-provoking novel comes from a question asked to the youngest participant at a Passover seder: Why is ...Read Review
Shanghai Girls
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Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional Chinese parents, they ...Read Review
The Summer House
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Lady Helen Barstairs marries her soldier husband at her family’s request and regrets it almost instantly when she meets Oliver Donovan. Their ...Read Review
The Belly Dancer
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At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, young wife Dora Chambers hopes that her appointment as one of the Fair’s Lady Managers will ...Read Review
Remarkable Creatures
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In this novel, Tracy Chevalier turns her novelist’s eye to the life of Mary Anning who, although reasonably well known as a ...Read Review
My Cousin Caroline
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This is, before you rush out and buy it, book six in a ten-book series following on from the events in Pride and ...Read Review
Loving Mr. Darcy
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My idea of good company is that of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation. But, I fear Loving Mr. ...Read Review
