HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)
Rashi’s Daughters, Book lll: Rachel
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Rachel is the third daughter of the 11th century French Talmud scholar Salomon ben Isaac, better known today as Rashi. Rachel’s story ...Read Review
The Queen’s Mistake: In the Court of Henry Vlll
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Catherine Howard is living as a poor relation in her grandmother’s house, passing the dull days in dalliance with Francis Dereham, when ...Read Review
Blacksnake’s Path
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
“Blacksnake” is William Wells, a boy from a Kentucky settlement who was captured by the Miami in 1784. He underwent initiation among them, and ...Read Review
Goddess of the Hunt
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Lucy Waltham grew up as one of the boys, tagging along with her brother Henry and his friends, and she is as skilled ...Read Review
The House of Special Purpose
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When Georgy Jachmenev inadvertently stops a bullet meant for the Tsar’s uncle, his life is changed forever. It is 1916 and the 17-year-old ...Read Review
Like Mayflies in a Stream
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Roberts retells ancient Mesopotamia’s Epic of Gilgamesh, the world’s first written tale. Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, oppresses his people until ...Read Review
Sand Daughter
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This is the first U.S. release of Sand Daughter, originally published in 2007 in the U.K. It is a sweeping tale carrying ...Read Review
Hue and Cry
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St. Andrews, Scotland, 1579. A young lawyer, Hew Cullen, returns home from France. His welcome home is lukewarm even from his family. He finds ...Read Review
To Desire a Devil
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Beatrice Corning, niece of the Earl of Blanchard, is secretly attracted to a handsome man depicted in a portrait that hangs in her ...Read Review
The Other Mr. Darcy
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Who would have thought that the sneering, snobbish Caroline Bingley could become a thoughtful, helpful, sympathetic creature? Monica Fairview has undertaken this daunting ...Read Review
