HNR Issue 52 (May 2010)
Baroque
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Inspired by real events and people in early 17th-century Rome, this novel follows the exploits of young painter Mario Minitti, temptress Fillide Meladrone, ...Read Review
Calico Palace
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Two women meet in a village of 900 people in 1848 California. Kendra reluctantly accompanies her stepfather, who is an army officer assigned to what ...Read Review
The Silent Governess
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In mid-19th century Britain, an imminent threat causes Olivia Keene to flee her home, separating her from the mother she loves and ...Read Review
The Promise of Morning
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The title has a double meaning. In frontier Illinois, Ellie Craig is having a difficult time mourning the deaths of no less than ...Read Review
Wildflowers of Terezin
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In Denmark in 1943, Pastor Steffen Peterson, riding his cherished bicycle to visit a parishioner, instead ends up in the middle of a street ...Read Review
The Hand That First Held Mine
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Lexie Sinclair’s passions run deep; we meet her at her parent’s home near Cornwall, England, just after the end of World ...Read Review
Homecomings
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Rona McPherson, having failed with her bookshop and failed in her marriage, returns to her hometown and moves into the house which used ...Read Review
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Magic Head
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Children/Young AdultFantasyShort Stories
In this, the second of Lucy Coats’ re-telling of Greek myths and legends, she begins with stories of the gods and goddesses: how ...Read Review
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Despite its gimmicky-sounding subtitle, The Bad Queen is a straightforward tale of Marie Antoinette from the time shortly before her marriage to the ...Read Review
Choose Your Weapons
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This book, which was co-written with historian Edward Young, though he is not credited on the cover, is, perhaps, a less daunting prospect ...Read Review