HNR Issue 56 (May 2011)

Bracelet of Bones

By Kevin Crossley-Holland - Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Kevin Crossley-Holland inverts the Viking stereotypes with this sparkling and poetic story. His Vikings lust for trade, not war. Their bravery is demonstrated ...Read Review

Put Out the Light

By Terry Deary - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1940. The Sheffield steel factories are working flat out for the war effort. So far they haven’t been bombed but there are a ...Read Review

The Daughter’s Walk

By Jane Kirkpatrick - Published 2011

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1896 Norwegian-American Helga Etsby accepts a challenge from the New York World and the fashion industry to walk 3500 miles from Spokane to New ...Read Review

The House of the Mosque

By Kader Abdollah - Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

Like a lovely dream turned nightmare, The House of the Mosque shakes us awake. The author, Kader Abdollah, a pseudonym, paints the picture ...Read Review

Bleakly Hall

By Elaine di Rollo - Published 2011

Genres:

Adventure

After reviewing and very much enjoying Ms di Rollo’s first novel, A Proper Education for Girls, I eagerly awaited this, her second ...Read Review

Mr. Chartwell

By Rebecca Hunt - Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

Esther Hammerhans, a young librarian with the House of Commons, is disturbed when she finds a prospective new lodger at her front door. ...Read Review

With Fire and Sword

By James L. Nelson - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

General Sir William Howe commanded a British assault force against a ragtag collection of ill-trained rebels at the Battle of Bunker Hill on ...Read Review

Eagle

By Jack Hight - Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

This exciting and interesting novel is the first installment of a planned trilogy following the life and fortunes of the great Salah ad-Din (...Read Review

Foreign Bodies

By Cynthia Ozick - Published 2010Published 2011

Genres:

Literary

I had never read any of Ozick’s work before this one. Being a diehard Henry James devotee, I was intrigued by the ...Read Review

The Perfect Mistress

By Victoria Alexander - Published 2011

Genres:

Romance

Proper Victorian Harrison, Lord Montdale, is distressed to discover a memoir on the point of publication detailing Lady Hermione Middlebury’s salacious affairs. ...Read Review

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