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HNR Issue 13 (August 2000)

August 1, 2000 12:00 am

This issue contains:

Cover Story, an investigation of the success of Elizabeth Peters | by Sally Zigmond
Features on the defence of the saga (by Freda Lightfoot) and why I write historical novels (by Janet Wright Matthews, Patricia Payne & Jane Jakeman)
Columns by Sally Zigmond, Towse Harrison, Sarah Cuthbertson, Sarah Johnson & Trudi Jacobson
Reviews of the latest and greatest books in historical fiction and nonfiction

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