HNR Issue 67 (February 2014)
Duke of Midnight
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The Duke of Wakefield is a tortured soul who spends his nights posing as the Ghost of St. Giles, seeking his revenge on ...Read Review
Miss Molly Robbins Designs a Seduction
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Miss Molly Robbins has a quiet exterior, a grim mouth, and a determination to be in control of her life. That’s why ...Read Review
Will Shakespeare and the Ships of Solomon
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In 1947 a clandestine meeting in a Montreal church erupts into gunfire. The only survivors are Dorothy Wilkinson and Will Shakespeare. No, not that ...Read Review
Homeland
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I have always enjoyed E.V.Thompson’s books, and this one did not disappoint. The story starts in 1817 just as the Scottish ...Read Review
The Inventor and the Tycoon
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This is an oddly organized book containing two parallel, and briefly connected, life stories, set mostly post-Civil War. Eadweard (his spelling!) Muybridge, inventor, ...Read Review
The Rainborowes
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Who were the Rainborowes? To those well versed in the history of the English Civil War, they were the family of Thomas Rainborough, ...Read Review
Return to Me
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The Biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah are brought to life in this epic tale of faith and courage. After 70 years in exile, ...Read Review
The Mapmaker’s Daughter
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The Mapmaker’s Daughter begins in Spain, in that fortuitous year, 1492. Fortuitous for some. For others, like the Jewish population, not so lucky. ...Read Review
Milk Fever
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Set in 1780s France, Milk Fever tells two stories. The first is that of Celeste, a servant girl, educated by her employers. The ...Read Review
Becoming Josephine
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Before she was Napoleon Bonaparte’s empress, Rose de Beauharnais was a young bride desperately trying to exchange her Creole upbringing for the ...Read Review