HNR Issue 74 (November 2015)
The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World
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In 1924, with America’s interest in Spiritualism in full swing, Scientific American sponsored a contest offering a cash prize to the first authentic ...Read Review
The Last Roman: Triumph
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Flavius Belisarius is the most brilliant general of his time. He is wily in war, honourable in his dealings with allies and enemies, ...Read Review
The Lion of Mistra
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By the early 15th century, Constantinople and Mistra in the Morea are the last relics of a Byzantine Empire now threatened by the ...Read Review
Secret World: A Tudor Mystery Featuring Christopher Marlowe
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In this installment of Trow’s Marlowe-as-detective series (which I admittedly had not encountered prior to this entry) set in June 1589, Marlowe has ...Read Review
Sophie’s Salvation
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The wars with France and America have ended, and in England mechanisation and expansion is the order of the day. Sophie Douglas is ...Read Review
Lady Be Good
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Kit Stratton, Viscount Palmer, is a war hero and eligible society bachelor in late Victorian England. Lilah Marshall is an Everleigh Girl, an ...Read Review
The Memory Weaver
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Jane Kirkpatrick’s historical novels re-imagine periods of time that many have forgotten, usually featuring important members of society from that particular era. ...Read Review
A Curious Beginning
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A Curious Beginning is the first installment in Deanna Raybourn’s new mystery series featuring Veronica Speedwell. Veronica is an intrepid traveler and ...Read Review
The Hours Count
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In June 1953, the U.S. executed alleged spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Cantor tells the Rosenbergs’ story, beginning in 1947, through the first-person narrative ...Read Review
Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
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Isobel fiercely mothered her sisters Chiara and Felicity when the three British girls were orphaned, not caring what the world thought. Now that ...Read Review
