HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)
Nine Days
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This is not a historical novel in the conventional sense but a narrative consisting of nine vignettes, each taking place over the course ...Read Review
The Cartographer of No Man’s Land
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Holidays in Nova Scotia inspired P. S. Duffy’s setting for her first novel, The Cartographer of No Man’s Land. Duffy promises ...Read Review
The Night of the Rambler
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On the night of June 9, 1967, sixteen men from the “forgotten” Caribbean island, Anguilla, including three US mercenaries, had “invaded” St. Kitts. This key ...Read Review
A True Novel
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Japanese readers fell in love with 19th-century western literature because it strove to transcend daily life to focus on the “ideal” existence. However, ...Read Review
Here Comes Mrs Kugelman
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Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman is an allegorical sort of novel about remembrance. Mrs. Kugelman is a Holocaust survivor, and she is determined no ...Read Review
No Skylarks Sing
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This is the sequel to Catherine of Deepdale, which described Catherine’s arrival in the Shetland Islands and the early years of her ...Read Review
Shaman
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Billed as a coming-of-age story set 30,000 years ago during the height of the Ice Age, the novel follows the life of a shaman-in-training ...Read Review
The Lion and the Lamb
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Britannia in the 4th century is very different to the earlier centuries of Roman occupation. By this time, Roman rule is settled, with ...Read Review
Greek Fire
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In 1176 AD, while in the city of Acre in the Levant, Sir Talon de Gilles and his Sergeant named Max are ordered to ...Read Review
Murder at Hatfield House
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Kate Haywood, a young musician in the employ of Princess Elizabeth, becomes embroiled in murder when Lord Braceton, Queen Mary’s henchman, descends ...Read Review
