HNR Issue 61 (August 2012)

The Potter’s Hand

By A.N. Wilson - Published 2012

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In his capacious new novel, Wilson brings his combined skills as novelist and biographer to the life of the great potter, inventor and ...Read Review

The Dark Monk

By Lee Chadeayne (trans.) - By Oliver Pötzsch - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the dead of winter in a 17th-century Bavarian village, a priest discovers he’s been poisoned. The village executioner, his headstrong daughter, ...Read Review

Macbeth: A Novel

By A. J. Hartley - By David Hewson - Published 2012

Genres:

Literary

Few readers will come to this novel without at least a sketchy memory of the Shakespeare play, whether it was read or seen ...Read Review

The Ruins of Lace

By Iris Anthony - Published 2012

Genres:

If you’ve ever admired handmade lace and wondered how it was made, you’ll be intrigued by this book. In 17th-century France, ...Read Review

Arms of Love

By Kelly Long - Published 2012

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

This story takes place in Central Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. The citizens are embroiled in the revolution for freedom and experiencing ...Read Review

Too Tempting to Resist

By Cara Elliott - Published 2012

Genres:

Romance

This is the second novel in the Lords of Misrule trilogy. Lady Eliza Brentford is a young, impecunious widow whose brother is so ...Read Review

Brilliance

By Anthony McCarten - Published 2012

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Brilliance is a fictionalised account of the life of Thomas Alva Edison. The author says this book is not intended to be another ...Read Review

Waratah House

By Ann Whitehead - Published 2012

Genres:

On a ship to Australia in the 1880s, Marina is orphaned after a fever outbreak and is taken into the care of James ...Read Review

The Sadness of the Samurai

By Víctor del Árbol - Published 2012

Genres:

Literary

From time to time a book comes along that is staggeringly good, one that illuminates and informs readers on multiple levels, like Wolf ...Read Review

The Midwife of Hope River

By Patricia Harman - Published 2012

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

Patience Murphy is a “thirty-six year old widow, wanted by the law in two states,” so when she takes up the duties of ...Read Review

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