2008
The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000
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This timely, perceptive analysis gives a much-maligned genre its proper significance in the canon of English literature. Diana Wallace sets out to show “...Read Review
Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
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Many — from Napoleon onwards — can lay claim to forecasting the greatness of China, but few dedicated their lives to exploring its culture, civilization, ...Read Review
The Smile
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The Smile is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult novels. Many of her previous retellings offered ...Read Review
Without Conscience
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This is the second of Davies’ mysteries set in 1942 London featuring the one-eyed mustered-out-of-service detective Johnny Hawke. The reader immediately wonders at the ...Read Review
The Tomb of Zeus
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The Tomb of Zeus introduces Laetitia Talbot, an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure. The story opens in Crete in 1928 where Laetitia ...Read Review
By George
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Ventriloquists’ dummies can seem rather macabre and a little disturbing, and this novel has an element of the bizarre about it. It is ...Read Review
A Constant Heart
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Facing an arranged marriage to the Earl of Lytham, a stranger, 17-year-old Marget is reassured somewhat when her betrothed sends her an astrolabe ...Read Review
Pryde and the Infernal Device
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This novel continues the adventures of engineer, Matthew Pryde, which began in Pryde’s Rock (see HNR 39, Feb. 2007). In the spring of 1805, Matthew, ...Read Review
Texas Sunrise: Two Novels of the Texas Republic
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Love and hate drive Massacre at Goliad, the first novel in this two-novel collection depicting the Texas Revolution in the 1800s. Thomas and ...Read Review
The Archivist’s Story
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Moscow 1939. Pavel Dubrov, a young archivist is given the final works by the author Isaac Babel to destroy. The young man in a ...Read Review
