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HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)

Wolf Hall

By Hilary Mantel - Published 2009

Genres:

The story of the courtship and marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is the stuff of legend. I could not imagine it ...Read Review

Tears of Pearl

By Tasha Alexander - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This fourth mystery starring Lady Emily Ashton begins in 1892, after her marriage to Colin Hargreaves. The newlyweds’ plan for a honeymoon trip to ...Read Review

The Endless Forest

By Sara Donati - Published 2010

Genres:

Saga

With The Endless Forest, Sara Donati’s sweeping saga of the Bonner family comes to a close, and what a magnificent ending it ...Read Review

Fortunate Wager

By Jan Jones - Published 2010

Genres:

Romance

Caroline Fortune is a spirited young lady who nevertheless knows that she has to live within the conventions of Newmarket society. Her brother, ...Read Review

Bath Belles

By Joan Smith - Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

Belle Haley travels with her mother and younger sister from Bath to London to inspect the house her murdered fiancé, Graham, left her ...Read Review

Crossers

By Philip Caputo - Published 2009

Genres:

Literary Saga

Crossers is a very satisfying read that follows three generations of a family while exposing the realities of border issues and the influence ...Read Review

Once & Then

By Morris Gleitzman - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Once & Then was originally two books, coming together for the first time in this edition. Initially, you feel it is a child’...Read Review

The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers

By Thomas Mullen - Published 2010

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Literary

The 1930s changed the lives of millions of Americans. Dreams and hope disappeared for the majority of the laid-off, financially ruined and starving ...Read Review

At the Chime of the City Clock

By D.J. Taylor - Published 2010

Genres:

Literary

In 1931 Britain is deep in financial crisis, and coming off the Gold Standard seems inevitable. That summer in a seedy part of London ...Read Review

Grandville

By Bryan Talbot - Published 2009

Genres:

Alternate History Historical Fantasy

This is a sumptuously illustrated graphic novel, by an author-artist who received wide acclaim for his 2007 book Alice in Sunderland. Grandville, according to ...Read Review