HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)
The People’s Will
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It’s 1881, and the Russians have just conquered the Turcomans, from whose stronghold they take a prisoner, Iuda, to St Petersburg to be ...Read Review
The Golden Day
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While the Vietnam War rages in a distant land, eleven Australian school girls deal with their own struggles of friendship and mystery in ...Read Review
Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors
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If there is only one thing known about the Wars of the Roses it’s that they’re very complicated! The period of ...Read Review
The Fountain of St James Court or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman
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Writing two novels in one, Naslund juxtaposes chapters set up as “Fountain” or “Portrait” to chronicle two artistic women: Kathryn Callahan, a 69-year-old ...Read Review
The Captain’s Daughter
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The Captain’s Daughter opens with two very different women taking the famed ship Titanic to America, neither anxious to be aboard, and ...Read Review
The Lowland
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s stunning novel, shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, tells the story of two brothers, Subhash and Udayan Mitra. Born in Calcutta ...Read Review
The Road from Gap Creek
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Robert Morgan’s masterpiece, Gap Creek, came out in 1999 and was an Oprah pick. This new novel continues the story of the Richards ...Read Review
The Sisters Weiss
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The dichotomy between filial and religious duty and the desire for independence, freedom and self-expression may be a familiar theme, but Naomi Ragen’...Read Review
Louise’s Dilemma
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This is the third in a series featuring Louise Pearlie, a young widow who works at the OSS in 1940s Washington, DC. Louise, ...Read Review
Lord of Darkness
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I read quite a bit of science fiction in the 1960-80s, and fondly remember Robert Silverberg’s captivating short stories, novels, and ...Read Review
