HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Brigid of Kildare
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Brigid is a king’s daughter and warrior-trained, but reading The Gospel of Mary the Mother influences her to reject the marriage her ...Read Review
Her Mother’s Daughter
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“Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary.” A children’s scary game recalls the history of the 16th-century queen, Mary Tudor. Daughter of Henry VIII and ...Read Review
New Bern: 1710 in the Carolinas
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This novel, dealing with the early settlers of New Bern in the Carolinas, some of whom include the author’s ancestors, is plainly ...Read Review
Bellfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent
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Spinster Dido Kent rushes to grand Bellfield Hall to help her niece solve the mystery of the latter’s fiancé, who has thrown ...Read Review
Requiem in Vienna
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In 1899 Vienna, the director of the Court Opera, conductor-composer Gustav Mahler, appears to be the intended victim of a series of accidents: first ...Read Review
Fields of Grace
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Kim Vogel Sawyer’s emotionally rich Fields of Grace begins with Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt preparing to travel to America. Lillian and her ...Read Review
Requiem by Fire
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Set in 1928 North Carolina, in Requiem by Fire Caldwell returns to the Appalachia of his first novel, Cataloochee. The National Park Commission needs ...Read Review
The Lakewoman
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Alec Dearborn, a thoroughly likeable Australian soldier in the British paratroopers, takes part in the Allied invasion of France. On the eve of ...Read Review
In a Dark Wood
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“The heart of the heart. The midst of the battle. Midway through our lives, when we find ourselves in a dark wood. In ...Read Review
Deadly Communion
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This is the fifth book in Frank Tallis’ detective series, set at the beginning of the 20th century. Someone is preying on women, ...Read Review