HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)
Hannibal: Fields of Blood
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Fields of Blood begins its tale in 216 BC, a particularly violent time in history when Rome and Carthage vied for supremacy, with Rome ...Read Review
The Officer’s Prey
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Set against the sweeping background of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1813, The Officer’s Prey is a fast-paced novel that will appeal ...Read Review
The Regency Detective
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The first in a proposed new series set in Bath in 1803, this is written both alongside the development of a TV series and ...Read Review
In Defense of the Queen
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Artist Susanna Horenbout was almost certainly employed by Henry VIII as his illuminator. None of Susanna’s paintings have survived, and very little ...Read Review
The Grand Sophy
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The Napoleonic Wars are over. Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy, abroad on diplomatic business, leaves his daughter, the strong-minded Sophy, in London with his sister, ...Read Review
The Ghosts of Mayfield Park
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The Ghosts of Mayfield Park is a Victorian murder/mystery narrated in part by one of the victims, who though poisoned escapes in ...Read Review
Close to the Wind
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When Georgiana da Silva overhears her fiancé discussing a plot to murder her beloved brother Charlie, who is hoping to find gold in ...Read Review
Brilliance
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Brilliance is the story of a very brilliant man who is looking back on his life. Despite his many inventions and his perfecting ...Read Review
The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star
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This popular cozy mystery series, set in Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s, focuses on a feisty women’s club (The Darling Dahlias) and ...Read Review
A Jane Austen Daydream
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The incidents of Jane Austen’s life are well known to her fans, and we are legion. Author Southard has taken the facts ...Read Review
