HNR Issue 75 (February 2016)
Digging Up Milton
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London in the hot summer of 1790, and Elizabeth Grant has the unlikely occupation of being both wife to a rather put-upon and older ...Read Review
At the Edge of the Orchard
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The search for happiness, the complex entanglements of family life, and people’s reactions to trying circumstances: these themes are familiar and universal. ...Read Review
Hanging Mary
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In this novel we meet Mary Surratt, the only woman convicted and executed in connection with the Lincoln assassination. The widow of a ...Read Review
Hell’s Half-Acre
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In 1857, six-year-old Kate lives with her father in “borrowed rooms” while traveling through towns southwest of Chicago. While her papa is busy gambling, ...Read Review
Little Girl Lost
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In 1842 Margriet is a lonely girl growing up in Hull under the claustrophobic watch of her mother. Her loving father commutes across the ...Read Review
Only with Blood
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Set in rural Ireland during World War II, this gripping story combines family drama with nerve-racking political thrills. As 17-year-old Caitlin Spillane is ...Read Review
The Secret Life of Anna Blanc
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Anna Blanc is the daughter of a wealthy banker in Los Angeles. She cannot abide by the rigid rules of 1907 high society, and ...Read Review
Moonlight over Paris
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After narrowly escaping a serious illness, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr sets off to Paris, determined to live a fuller, more meaningful life. For the ...Read Review
The Kindness of Enemies
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Aboulela’s book moves between 2010 Scotland and mid-19th-century Russia and Dagostan. Imam Shamil, the Muslim leader in Dagostan, is determined to end ...Read Review
Three Great Lies
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Three Great Lies starts in modern Egypt, with a tourist named Jeannette enticed to a newly uncovered tomb. Once there, she tumbles through ...Read Review
