HNR Issue 60 (May 2012)
The Académie
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Eliza Monroe, daughter of the future president of the United States, arrives at a French boarding school in 1799 ostensibly to learn conversation skills, ...Read Review
Dancing at the Chance
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Pepper MacClair, daughter of the seamstress, has grown up in the Chance Theater and is thrilled when she is given the opportunity to ...Read Review
A Parliament of Spies
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1368, in the reign of Richard II. Richard has summoned Parliament, and all the nobles must attend him at Westminster which includes the Archbishop ...Read Review
The Book of Madness and Cures
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That this is a book of madness is immediately obvious; Doctor Ernesto Mondini has become unhinged. His final letter arrives in Venice from ...Read Review
The Luminist
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When Catherine Colebrook goes to Ceylon to join her husband, a functionary with the East India Company, she’s already obsessed with finding ...Read Review
Code Name Verity
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The first half of the story is told by ‘Verity’, who is being interrogated by the Gestapo. Writing is the small indulgence that ...Read Review
The Settlers of Catan
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The people of Elasund love their homeland, but life is a struggle. Long winters make for a short growing season, and frequent raids ...Read Review