HNR Issue 84 (May 2018)

The Way of Beauty

By Camille Di Maio - Published 2018

Genres:

Saga

The Way of Beauty is a charming multi-generational love story, but it is more than that: it is a story of family, love ...Read Review

Legends of Persia | Son of the Moon

By Jennifer Macaire - Published 2017

Genres:

Time-slip

These two books are sequels to The Road to Alexander, reviewed in the November 2017 issue of Historical Novels Review. The three books can ...Read Review

Code Word Courage

By Kirby Larson - Published 2018

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Billie is a sensitive fifth-grade girl trying to cope with several challenges. She’s the object of teasing from what she calls “louts” ...Read Review

Capital’s Punishment

By John Danielski - Published 2017

Genres:

AdventureMilitaryNautical

On 24 August 1814, near Bladensburg, Maryland, Royal Marine Captain Pennywhistle is scouting for a suitable spot for British Congreve rockets. The British force, heading ...Read Review

The Baltic Prize

By Julian Stockwin - Published 2017

Genres:

AdventureMilitaryNautical

The Baltic Prize takes us to Scandinavia at the beginning of the 19th century.   The Anglo-Russian War, September 1807–1812, took place after Russia signed ...Read Review

City of Sharks

By Kelli Stanley - Published 2018

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Miranda Corbie works as a private investigator in San Francisco in the months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. She takes on ...Read Review

The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History

By Aida Edemariam - Published 2018

Genres:

Nonfiction

As Yetemegn lay dying, she was anxious to leave and yet worried that she had not fasted and prayed enough. Aida Edemariam tells ...Read Review

Richard III: England’s Most Controversial King

By Chris Skidmore - Published 2018

Genres:

Nonfiction

For a king who has been the subject of so much controversy, Richard III has given rise to surprisingly few popular biographies. With ...Read Review