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Noël 1558, le jeune Ned Willard rentre à Kingsbridge : le monde qu'il connaissait va changer à tout jamais... Les pierres patinées de la cathédrale dominent une ville déchirée par la haine religieuse et Ned se retrouve dans le camp adverse de celle qu'il voulait épouser, Margery Fitzgerald. L'accession d'Élisabeth Ire au trône met le feu à toute l'Europe.

Begiloc, a young freedman from Wimborne, is a man of action. But his world turns upside down when the young Briton and his best friend Meryn are ordered away to protect English missionaries in Germany. For a man accustomed to brutality, Begiloc has a soft spot for the purple-tinged mountains, waterfalls, lakes, animals, trees and flowers - beginning to muse whether they, rather than man, do not better embody the essence of God.

July 1284. King Edward has invited the nobility of England, Ireland, and Scotland to Nefyn, one of the most remote spots in Wales, for a Round Table - a tournament as in the tales of King Arthur to celebrate Edward's victory over the Welsh and his ascension to Arthur's throne. Not everyone sees the tournament as a friendly competition, however, and in short order, Rhys and Catrin are called to investigate the death of a knight in the retinue of the Earl of Gloucester.

Bei einem brutalen Überfall der dänischen Wikinger auf ein angelsächsisches Dorf wird Thyra Danebod gefangen genommen. Voller Hass auf ihre Entführer lehnt Thyra sich gegen die brutalen und mordenden Nordmänner auf. Doch ihrem neuen Leben auf dem Wasser und dem Dänenhäuptling Gorm kann sie nicht entkommen. Thyra beginnt, die Sprache, die fremden Gebräuche und die Lebensart des Seefahrervolks zu verstehen. Auch Gorm kann sie immer mehr abgewinnen. Doch kann die Liebe einer Gefangenen zu einem groben Berserker bestehen?

Lady Aveline, with Athlestan, Giles, and Quentin, returns to Froulingham after years of heartbreaking trials and her tryst as deputy commander of King Richard the Lionheart's King's Guard in the Holy Land. With a royal pardon from the king, she hopes to right the wrongs inflicted on her, her family, and Quentin's. But the Abbot has other plans brewing. The time has come for the Church to claim their family's lands. And nothing will stand in his way. The finale of the Lady Crusader series is filled with suspenseful battles and conflicts. Will Aveline reclaim her family's honor?

Die Fortsetzung der Bestseller-Reihe: Anno Domini 1346. Der junge Kaufmannssohn Adrien Fleury studiert in Montpellier Medizin und träumt von einer Laufbahn als Arzt. Als er nach Varennes-Saint-Jacques zurückkehrt, erkennt er seine Heimatstadt kaum wieder. Reiche Patrizier regieren Varennes rücksichtslos. Das einfache Volk rebelliert gegen Unterdrückung und niedrige Löhne. Die Juden leiden unter Hass und Ausgrenzung.

​1360. L'Angleterre vient de se lancer dans une guerre dont on ne sait pas encore qu'elle durera cent ans. Robert Waringham, jeune noble de 12 ans élevé dans un monastère, apprend le même jour que son père est mort et que, accusé de haute trahison, il a été déchu de son titre et de ses terres. Le garçon choisit pourtant de s'enfuir pour retourner vivre à Waringham, de changer son nom en Robin et d'y travailler aux écuries où il se découvre un étrange don de communication avec les chevaux.

Sent by her father to locate the Knights Templar's greatest treasure - and save her kingdom from ruin - Princess Isabella of France finds one of seven secret doors that unlocks the Templars' mysterious treasure. With this discovery, she expects the mission to be easy. But when she is ambushed on the Camino de Santiago, Isabella is not only forced to seek refuge with the exact company she was sent to steal from, but she's unexpectedly reunited with her one true love, Etienne.

Eleanor of Aquitaine has disappeared. After launching a great rebellion to destroy her husband Henry II’s reign, it seems she has abandoned her sons in the struggle against their formidable father. As treachery radiates from Scotland to the Pyrenees, tension between the kings of France and England erupts into war. Richard, the mightiest of the English princes, is determined to find his mother and avenge her. But Henry is more cunning than Richard or any of the other rebels anticipated and the fates of Eleanor, her sons and France itself, are in jeopardy.

She suddenly wished that her medical school had offered a course on the art of intrigue... What seemed to be just an accident now carries an ugly and poisonous truth inside. Time to lift the veil. Aliya, now Countess Lillian Elizabeth Mariella Earton and wife to the Earl of Earton, is trying to uncover the truth behind Lillian’s miscarriage and the unhappy course of her marriage. How many enemies does Lilian have? And what do they want of her? King Edward's interest in the estate of Earton - once collapsing, now prospering - has sparked.

Une fresque monumentale par le plus grand bâtisseurde romans historiques de notre époque.1123. Motivés par d'obscures raisons, un prêtre, un chevalier et un moine font pendre un prisonnier après un procès expéditif.Une étrange malédiction semble alors s'abattre sur eux.ELLEN1135. Dans un royaume d'Angleterre en perdition, morcelé par la guerre, affaibli par la famine et une épouvantable crise religieuse, noblesse et clergé rivalisent d'inventivité pour s'approprier le pouvoir.

Lázár Ervin a kimeríthetetlen magyar mondakincs legszebb darabjait dolgozza fel. Az Attiláról, a honfoglaló és kalandozó magyarokról, a tatár és török elleni harcokról, Lehel kürtjéről, Szent Istvánról, Szent Lászlóról, Mátyás királyról és másokról szóló jól ismert történeteket nemcsak újrameséli, hanem varázslatos írói világának részévé teszi: művészetének derűs, groteszk elemeit, eltéveszthetetlen stílusát megőrizve, valósággal újraalkotja azokat.

In his darkest hour, hiding in the depths of the Somerset marshes in AD 878, King Alfred devises a scheme to save his kingdom from the Vikings threatening to overwhelm the country. His spectacular success, beginning with the triumphant battle of Ethandun, involves creating a sense of nation among his subjects.

In 1274, Edward the First ruled England having inherited the crown from his father, Henry the Third. Across the border to the west, the smaller country of Wales was ruled by Prince Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, a direct descendant of Llewellyn the Great. Tensions were strained between the two countries and minor conflicts were commonplace between the lesser nobles, but when Edward found out about Llewellyn’s proposed marriage to Eleanor du Montfort, he was incensed, and in 1275, arranged for her ship to be intercepted as she travelled from France to be with the Welsh prince.

1524. Die deutschen Lande werden von den Bauernkriegen zerrissen. Dem Adel droht der Verlust der Macht, dem Volk Hunger und Tod. Vier Menschen suchen ihre Bestimmung: Agnes, die Burgherrin der einst mächtigen Stauferburg Trifels, will ihr Erbe bewahren. Mathis, Sohn eines Burgschmieds, träumt vonder Gleichheit der Menschen und schließt sich aufständischen Bauern an. König Franz von Frankreich strebt nach der Kaiserkrone.

Truth. Justice. Revenge. Behind these stands The Scotsman's Sword. When Lor Careston's quiet Highland village was attacked and burned, he felt helpless against the raiders who destroyed his home. Seeking revenge, but lacking the fighting skills he needs to execute his mission, he sets out to find the Ludus Caledonia - a mysterious fight guild that turns men into warriors. Lor trains hard, proves himself in the ring, and earns a place with the very clan that decimated his home, having decided to set his plan for revenge in motion from inside the clan.

Firenze, 1429. Alla morte del patriarca Giovanni de' Medici, i figli Cosimo e Lorenzo si trovano a capo di un autentico impero finanziario, ma, al tempo stesso, accerchiati da nemici giurati come Rinaldo degli Albizzi e Palla Strozzi, esponenti delle più potenti famiglie fiorentine. In modo intelligente e spregiudicato i due fratelli conquistano il potere politico, bilanciando uno spietato senso degli affari con l'amore per l'arte e la cultura.

Dive into the heart of medieval Ireland with this historical tale of courage, deception, and the relentless pursuit of power. Aoife, the defiant daughter of the dethroned King of Leinster, is thrust from a life of privilege into the heart of political and familial turmoil. Promised in marriage to the formidable Norman warrior, Strongbow, her life becomes a canvas of conflict, painted with the broad strokes of national upheaval and the intricate lines of personal betrayal.

Johanna wächst im Frankenreich des neunten Jahrhunderts auf. Ihr gelingt, was anderen Frauen verwehrt bleibt: Sie erhält eine heilkundliche Ausbildung. Doch sie weiß, dass sie als gelehrte Frau kaum überleben kann. Als Mönch verkleidet, zieht sie erst ins Kloster Fulda, dann nach Rom. Dort steigt sie zum Leibarzt des Papstes auf. Dann geschieht das Unerhörte: Johanna wird zum Papst gewählt. Wenig später erfährt sie, dass sie schwanger ist - von ihrem Schutzherrn Gerold.

In the year 1526 King Henry VIII is facing a great personal crisis. He has been married to Queen Catherine of Aragon for seventeen years. But he has no son and the kingdom is without an heir. He has fallen in love with a maid of honor named Anne Boleyn. But she refuses to become his mistress and insists on being recognized as his lawful wife. The tragedy of “The King’s Great Matter” begins to unfold with terrible consequences for all concerned.