HNR Issue 53 (August 2010)
My Lady Domino
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This frothily entertaining Regency romance features the beautiful Adele Russell, once rich and pampered, now penniless and forced to earn her own living ...Read Review
Silver and Gold
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In 1895, in the Yukon Territory, young Delin Wetherwax is a reclusive prospector known for his uncanny ability to find gold and silver. This ...Read Review
The House of Special Purpose
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In this so-called ‘novel of the Romanovs’, John Boyne does what he has done so successfully in his previous novels, The Boy in ...Read Review
Fall of Giants
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This ambitious novel, the first of a projected trilogy covering most of the 20th century, tells the story of five interrelated families—American, ...Read Review
Nights Beneath the Nation
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Told in the first person, this novel, part gay love story and part mystery, just misses being very good. It is beautifully, even ...Read Review
The More I Owe You
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American poet Elizabeth Bishop spent much of her life running from her demons. In 1951, while recovering from a particularly bad bout with alcohol, ...Read Review
We, the Drowned
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In 1848, war erupts in the Danish region of Schleswig-Holstein, and the coastal town of Marstal forms a land guard to do its part. ...Read Review
Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon
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1613, Japan. In his third adventure, young Jack Fletcher is continuing at the samurai training school, this time struggling to master the Two Heavens, ...Read Review
Time Train to the Blitz
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Using the device of time travel via a train that appears from nowhere Joe, Scarlett and Pippy the dog go where fate sends ...Read Review
The Sprig of Broom
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This book, the second in the Mantlemass series, was runner-up for the Guardian Award in 1972. It opens in 1506, in the reign of Henry ...Read Review