HNR Issue 73 (August 2015)
Saladin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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