HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Daughter of Kura
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Over half a million years ago on the plains of Africa, the ancient ancestors of humans—the species known today as homo erectus—...Read Review
Scoundrel’s Kiss
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Ada of Keyworth is unusual for a medieval woman. Educated by her family, she’s adventurous, headstrong, and strikingly beautiful—but she’s ...Read Review
Savage Lands
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It is 1704. There are fewer than 200 people in Louisiana, the newest French colony. Craftsmen and soldiers have sent a request for virtuous, marriageable ...Read Review
Memory of Flames
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When Lieutenant Colonel Margont is ordered by Joseph Bonaparte to investigate the murder of a colonel charged with drawing up plans to defend ...Read Review
Desert Heritage
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This is a revision of Grey’s first Western novel, altered by the publisher when it was released in 1910 as Heritage of the ...Read Review
Two Gentlemen from London
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This light romantic novel is set during Regency times, with the appropriate flavouring of language, customs, etiquette and behaviour, but there is little ...Read Review
The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks
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This is the third and final instalment (the author died in 2007) of the 1930s Golden Age murder mystery series, all set in the 12...Read Review
Day After Night
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Welcome to Atlit. Meet Tedi, from Holland, who lost her sense of smell during the war, but who has regained it with a ...Read Review
The Messengers of Death
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If you missed the opportunity to spend a week in rural Provence during the 1960s, don’t despair. Instead, set a bottle of ...Read Review
The Tailor’s Needle
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Set in India in the 1930s, this novel follows the fortunes of Sir Saraswati and his three children, Yogendra, Maneka and Sita, who ...Read Review