HNR Issue 61 (August 2012)
The Potter’s Hand
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
