HNR Issue 73 (August 2015)

Saladin

By John Man - Published 2015

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Nonfiction

The author sets the complicated scene before beginning the story of Saladin, who is fortunate to be born into the right family with ...Read Review

Letter to the editor: Cut from Strong Cloth

By Linda Harris Sittig - Published 2015

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In response to the review of my novel Cut from Strong Cloth (HNR 72), I would like to remind the reviewer that every society ...Read Review

The Fourth Gwenevere

By John James - Published 2015

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The circumstances of the production of this novel are extraordinary. The fact that the author’s life ended before his work on it ...Read Review

Watch the Lady

By Elizabeth Fremantle - Published 2015

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Watch the Lady tells of Lady Penelope Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex’s smarter sister and the inspiration for Sir Philip Sidney’...Read Review

Cuckold Point

By Patrick Easter - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

London, 1799. Left ashore by the Royal Navy, Tom Pascoe has made a new and successful life for himself in the Thames Marine Police, ...Read Review

The Last Midwife

By Sandra Dallas - Published 2015

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Gracy Brookens has delivered hundreds, if not thousands, of babies over her decades as a midwife. However, modern times are coming to Colorado’...Read Review

Otherwise Engaged

By Amanda Quick - By Jayne Ann Krentz - Published 2015

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This story begins on an unnamed island in an unnamed part of the world, where the heroine, Amity Doncaster, discovers the hero, Benedict ...Read Review

The Last Bookaneer

By Matthew Pearl - Published 2015

Genres:

Adventure

Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club, has created a unique literary adventure. For over a century, non-restrictive copyright laws have allowed the ...Read Review

The Distant Marvels

By Chantel Acevedo - Published 2015

Genres:

Literary

The struggle for Cuban independence from Spain is at the heart of this exquisitely woven story-within-a-story. It is 1963. The narrator, an old woman ...Read Review

The Flying Circus

By Susan Crandall - Published 2015

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The ´20s are in full swing as three strangers’ lives collide in a burst of dazzling stunts and graceful planes, but each one ...Read Review