HNR Issue 67 (February 2014)
Shakespeare’s Restless World
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William Shakespeare’s world was in flux, and he embraced those rapid changes in his works. We can use contemporary histories or art ...Read Review
The Fiery Alphabet
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We first meet Daniela Meso in 1764 as a 17-year-old prodigy, proficient in mathematics and fluent in Greek and Hebrew, among other languages. She ...Read Review
Miss Billings Treads the Boards
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Miss Billings Treads the Boards offers enormous promise but sadly falls short. In this Regency romance, Henry Tewskbury-Hampton, Fifth Marquess of Grayson, runs ...Read Review
Escape from Paris
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Escape from Paris is romantic suspense set in Occupied Paris in 1940, right before Germany declares war on America and the French resistance begins ...Read Review
Shades of Milk and Honey
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At 28, Jane Ellsworth should be resigned to becoming an old maid. But she can’t help hoping that some gentleman might see beyond ...Read Review
Fashioning History: Current Practices and Principles
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This is a book on historical practice and the methods used to fashion the past. How should historians position themselves in order to ...Read Review
Grant vs. Lee
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Children/Young AdultMilitaryNonfiction
While this work was labeled as graphic non-fiction, I thought this meant “graphic” in the literary, allegorical sense, as many novels and non-fiction ...Read Review
Esther the Queen
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Enjoying an evening walk without wearing their veils, young Esther and her friend come across an agreeable stranger having difficulty with a well. ...Read Review
The Woodville Connection
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The illegitimate Francis Cranley’s father was killed in battle fighting for the Duke of York. The Duke then took in the boy, ...Read Review
Pfitz
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Conceived of by a prince, Rheinnstadt will be a great city, both architecturally impressive and culturally diverse; every detail will be mapped and ...Read Review