HNR Issue 71 (February 2015)

When Daddy Came Home

By Barry Turner - By Tony Rennell - Published 2014

Genres:

Nonfiction

The Second World War brought with it long separation of lovers, spouses and families. The armed services survived by concentrating on discipline, camaraderie ...Read Review

The Oblate’s Confession

By William Peak - Published 2014

Genres:

In 7th-century England, the boy Winwaed is given to the local monastery by his warrior father, Ceolwulf. Winwaed, an oblate, is raised there. ...Read Review

The Tudor Bride

By Joanna Hickson - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The Tudor dynasty has recently enjoyed a renaissance in historical fiction. Most books focus on Henry VIII and his six wives, or his ...Read Review

Shadow of the Raven

By Tessa Harris - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in 18th-century England, this is a historical mystery wrapped in a romance, which is most likely a familiar theme for regular readers ...Read Review

Into the Savage Country

By Shannon Burke - Published 2015

Genres:

Biographical FictionWestern

William Wyeth cannot get the itch to explore out of his system. “I craved the forest and woods and the vast, wild spaces.” ...Read Review

The Mill Girl

By Rosie Goodwin - Published 2014

Genres:

Saga

In 1850s Warwickshire, Maryann Meadows expects to spend her working life in one of the local mills. But when the death of her ...Read Review

A Fugitive Englishman

By Roy Lewis - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

1860. Edwin James has an illustrious career in law. A Member of Parliament on the brink of being knighted, he is seen as having ...Read Review

A Feather for a Fan

By Karla Stover - Published 2014

Genres:

Western

Hildy Bacom comes of age in frontier Tacoma, Washington, circa the late 1870s, in this novel. Her family has moved west from Pennsylvania ...Read Review

Ridley Road

By Jo Bloom - Published 2014

Genres:

In 1962, after the death of her father, Vivien Epstein, a hairdresser, moves from her home in Manchester to London to start a new ...Read Review

I Am Sophie Tucker: A Fictional Memoir

By Lloyd Ecker - By Susan Ecker - Published 2014

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Sophie Tucker was certainly a force to be reckoned with. The daughter of immigrants, born in the late 19th century, Sophie grew up ...Read Review

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