HNR Issue 90 (November 2019)
Crossings
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Spanning one hundred and fifty years (from the Pacific in the 18th century to Paris in World War Two), seven lifetimes, and read ...Read Review
The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii (A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure)
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In 1817, American naval officer Bliven Putnam is now captain of his own ship of war, the sloop Rappahannock, on duty hunting slavers in ...Read Review
Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
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McCash brings her scholarship to life with this vivid reimagining of the life of Marie, Countess of Champagne, a patroness of the arts ...Read Review
A Matter of Interpretation
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Translation is always a “matter of interpretation”, and it can (still) be a matter of life or death for the translator. Elizabeth Mac ...Read Review
The Unseen Hand (Home Front Detective)
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London 1917. In this, the eighth in Marston’s Home Front Detective series, Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy find themselves saddled with an unusual ...Read Review
The Irish Princess
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The author brings medieval Ireland alive with her trademark mix of engaging characters, high politics, and romance. As the daughter of an Irish ...Read Review
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
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Dominion is a big book. Not only in length – although topping 500 pages, this shouldn’t be discounted – but in the sheer amount of ...Read Review
Between Darkness and Light
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A tragic accident that costs young Wang his right eye is the opening scene. To the dismay and anger of his father, he ...Read Review
Water Lily Dance
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Missouri, 2014: “I have to find what’s missing so I can move beyond those memories, find what they stole from me, what I ...Read Review
Sigga of Reykjavik
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Sigga’s story starts when she is a young teenager living on a farm in Iceland after the end of World War 1. It ...Read Review