HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)
HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)
The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg
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It is the post-WWI period, and Germany is in the slouch of defeat. A revolutionary air is passing through the country. The radical ...Read Review
A Book of Secrets
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The central character of Susan Charlewood looms large in this impressive debut by a former journalist and press officer. The book was longlisted ...Read Review
Freedom Dues
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1729: Poverty drives fifteen-year-old Antrim linen weaver Blair Eakins and his brother to emigrate as indentured servants to Maryland. On a prison ship, Mallie ...Read Review
The Winter Companion (Parish Orphans of Devon)
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1860. Unlike his three childhood companions, Neville Cross, the fourth of the Parish Orphans in this series, has little expectation of finding love and ...Read Review
Red Sky Over Hawaii: A Novel
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World War II is up close and personal for Lana Hitchcock in the December 1941 setting of Red Sky Over Hawaii. A young betrayed ...Read Review
Like Flames in the Night (Cities of Refuge)
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1367 BCE. Widowed and childless, Tirzah has a fire inside her to help the Hebrew people. She secretly trains with her brother and is ...Read Review
A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby (Rogues and Remarkable Women)
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First in a new series, Rogues and Remarkable Women, this Regency opens with Afro-Caribbean widow Patience Jordan’s dilemma. Her husband, Colin, has ...Read Review
The Lost Jewels
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Jewelry historian Kate Kirby is asked to research and report on Cheapside Jewels, a bundle of precious gems that were unearthed after being ...Read Review
Children of War
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The 1923 treaty of Lausanne was signed after the First World War to divide up the old Ottoman Empire. The treaty stipulated that population ...Read Review
Unsuitable Bride for a Viscount (The Yelverton Marriages)
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When Alaric Defford, Lord Stafford, hammers at the door of Milton Cottage, desperate to find his runaway niece, he never expects it to ...Read Review