HNR Issue 70 (November 2014)
Blacklist
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This is the story of the aftermath of one of America’s most shameful political periods. The witch hunt created by Senator Joseph ...Read Review
When Shadows Fall
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Lt. Adam Bowen of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers returns home from the war in 1918, wounded and uncertain about his future. His ...Read Review
Lisette’s List
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Lisette’s List is a sojourn—a long stay—in the south of France, in the small village of Roussillon, and as such, ...Read Review
The Darkest Hour
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The Darkest Hour is an alternative history in which Great Britain has lost the war and is occupied by the German army, the ...Read Review
The Rest Is Silence
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An unidentified corpse is washed ashore, a great start to an exciting story. The setting of Slapton Sands, a beach on South West ...Read Review
Wayfaring Stranger
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James Lee Burke writes big, ravishing books that are both regional and about who we are as Americans. Wayfaring Stranger opens in 1930s ...Read Review
Madame Tussaud’s Apprentice
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Shortly before the Reign of Terror breaks out during the French Revolution, Celie Rousseau loses her family to hunger. She is saved on ...Read Review
Queen Victoria: A Life of Contradictions
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Although mountains of paper have been consumed in writing about Queen Victoria—biographies, family histories, and even novels in which she’s featured ...Read Review
The Woman Before Wallis
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King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson are familiar, but Wallis was not the first scandal in Edward’s life. Marguerite Alibert, a well-known ...Read Review
A Little in Love
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In 1832, Paris is a city in turmoil. The blood of young men – idealists and revolutionaries who wish for a fairer society – seeps into ...Read Review