HNR Issue 68 (May 2014)
Fire and Sword
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In June 1488 two Scottish armies meet at Sauchieburn. The Sempills of Ellestoun fight for their king, but lose to the king’s son’...Read Review
Dark Aemilia
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Sally O’Reilly has presented a colourful, enthralling, erotic, magical and mysterious debut novel based on extensive historical research. She presents a fascinating ...Read Review
The Daring Ladies of Lowell
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Typifying the experiences of Lowell’s mill girls in the 1830s, Alice Barrow leaves her restricted farm life in New Hampshire, hoping to ...Read Review
The Berkeley Square Affair
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In 1817, the Napoleonic wars are over, but former British intelligence agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, can’t resist the allure of ...Read Review
The Island of Doves
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1835. Young wife Susannah Brownell Fraser suffers physical and mental abuse at the hands of her wealthy husband, Edward. After he crushes her hand, ...Read Review
The Art of the Devil
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It is 1955, and although America is at peace, not everyone in the halls of power is happy. A cabal of politicians and businessmen ...Read Review
Til the Well Runs Dry
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Secrets abound in Francis-Sharma’s sparkling debut novel. Marcia Garcia – pronounced so her first and last names rhyme – is a smart and sassy ...Read Review
The Black Snow
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In rural Ireland, in the spring of 1945, with the war in Europe a distant echo barely disturbing the steady routine of farming life, ...Read Review
Gertrude
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Hassan Najmi, a renowned Moroccan author and poet, presents in Gertrude an unusual novel about the famous American Gertrude Stein. Najmi’s narrator ...Read Review
Bellagrand
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Paullina Simons has returned in fine form! The love story of Alexander’s parents is continued from Children of Liberty and also serves ...Read Review
