HNR Issue 78 (November 2016)
The Velvet Cloak of Moonlight
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Coincidentally, this title came up for review while I was planning a trip to Raglan Castle in South Wales, and it turned out ...Read Review
Thérèse Makes A Tapestry
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The same Getty Museum that produced the classic Marguerite Makes a Book brings us this new picture book about Thérèse, who ...Read Review
Eleanor and Hick: The Love that Shaped a First Lady
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Susan Quinn’s subtitle frames her biography about the relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok, known to her friends as “Hick.” ...Read Review
The Prophet of Cobb Hollow
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Reuben Shadrack Judah died in 1955 at the age of 118 in a California mental institution. Born in 1837, he fought in the Civil War, served ...Read Review
Against the Light: An Irish Nationalist Mystery set in Edwardian London
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In 1912, with the disaster of the Titanic headlining the newspapers, young Dr. Alice Latimer bicycles across London from her clinic in the slums ...Read Review
Winter Roses
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This is the third in a series of four novels about a Sussex family and their neighbours during World War One.The family ...Read Review
The Vikings
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This beautifully illustrated book gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the Viking era: the military exploits, life at home, nautical explorations, and ...Read Review
George Washington’s Secret Spy War: The Making of America’s First Spymaster
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Nagy, the late historian, approached this book with a focus on facts, and with them he exploded some of the mythology surrounding Washington’...Read Review
