Titoli in Medievale

Una trepidante novela sobre Pedro el Católico y la historia de la corona de Aragón de la inconfundible pluma de Luis Zueco. Siglo XIII. Al norte de los Pirineos, Languedoc, una tierra sin rey ni cristiandad, se convirtió en el campo de batalla que transformó la historia de Europa. Los ejércitos de la Cruzada fueron convocados por el papa con la excusa de erradicar la herejía cátara, pero su verdadero objetivo estaba lejos de la fe: acabar con el sueño de Pedro II, la gran corona de Aragón.

Действие первого происходит в XII веке в Кастилии, действие второго — в XIV веке в Тироле, однако оба они скрывают за увлекательным сюжетом рассуждение о человеческой личности и поиске своего места в обществе, с его предписаниями и стереотипами, — рассуждение тем более острое, что центральная роль в обеих книгах отведена женщинам, которым оказывается тесно в рамках предписанного им места в средневековом обществе.

Эдуард Марч, новый герцог Йоркский, объявляет себя королем Англии — королем по праву крови. И вот уже возникают и распадаются союзы аристократов, вершатся предательства и ломаются судьбы. Гражданская война словно живет собственной жизнью — и нет оснований надеяться, что когда-нибудь ей придет конец.

Barcelona, 1387. Les campanes de l'església de Santa Maria de la Mar continuen repicant per a tots els habitants del barri de la Ribera, però n'hi ha un que les escolta amb una especial atenció... L'Hug Llor, orfe de pare mariner, té dotze anys i treballa a les drassanes gràcies a la generositat d'un dels prohoms més apreciats de la ciutat: l'Arnau Estanyol.

Fiona McAfee is a proud warrior, able to outshoot any man she has ever met. When the opportunity arises for her to demonstrate her skill at the Highland Games, she happily agrees. Alisdair McClain is the eldest son of a laird, yet he knows he won’t be laird himself. When he spots Fiona at the Highland Games, he knows he wants to be her husband—and not simply because it would allow him to be laird of Clan McAfee.

In 1561, with Elizabeth I on the throne and Catholic plots brewing, a young German prince arrives in England claiming to be the rightful heir–the son of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. Armed with jewels, letters, and Tudor looks, his claim threatens to upend the dynasty. But as poison spreads and secrets unravel, astrologer John Dee and his companion Margaretta must uncover the truth behind the prince’s origins.

When Edgar Ætheling, great-nephew of Edward the Confessor and former contender for the English throne, raises the banner of rebellion in the north of England, he unleashes a bloodbath that will echo for generations. Richard Fitz-Malet finds himself in the middle of the conflict which has him torn; being half English and half Norman, where do his allegiances lie?

The thirty-sixth mystery in Peter Tremayne's long-standing and much-loved series, featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma. The year is AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to his hometown, Seaxmund's Ham in the Kingdom of the East Angles, to be greeted with the shocking news that...

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron. James Fletcher continues on his world conquest. He has realized that nothing short of world domination will allow him to live in peace. No matter how he expands the new...

Bloomsbury presents Lion Hearts by Dan Jones, read by Ben Miles including a bonus interview with author Dan Jones and actor Genevieve Gaunt. THE GREATEST FIGHTERS HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE 1350 Three years on from the Siege of Calais: The Black Death has wreaked havoc in Europe. The Castilians are...

The fourth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew continues the adventures of the 14th-century Cambridge physician when he is called to attend to two deaths from some poisoned wine. The opening of a new and very well-endowed college has created petty infighting amongst the academics as new appointments are made. The winter and spring have been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague.

Sullo sfondo degli splendidi paesaggi della Transilvania del tardo sedicesimo secolo, in un alternarsi di realtà storica e fantasia si svolge, tra avventure, amori tormentati, battaglie, congiure e misteri, la catarsi morale di Olivér Abafi, giovane cavaliere di nobile famiglia. La determinazione, la gratitudine e il sacrificio sono le colonne portanti di quest'opera senza tempo, primo esempio di romanzo storico della letteratura ungherese. "Una volta mi imbattei in una novella intitolata Il Figlio Di Aba, una traduzione serba dell'opera di Josika, un famosissimo scrittore ungherese.

The engrossing and propulsive historical fiction debut from a talented new writer, for readers of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, Lauren Groff's Matrix, Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress, Pip Williams's The Dictionary of Lost Words. She must write her rage ... to...

1470. England is in turmoil as the battle between supporters of the Yorkist king, Edward IV, and the old Lancastrian king, Henry VI, escalates. And for Isobel Fenton, the war is personal. Her father's death made her heiress to Beaumoncote Manor, a desirable estate in the midlands. But as conflict threatens England's unstable peace, Isobel and her lands become the focus of bitter tensions and a long-held feud. Taken from her manor, Isobel becomes the unwilling mistress of an indomitable Earl. She sees her only chance of happiness in the Earl's brother, Robert Langton.

This is the moment lovers of the de Lohr Dynasty series have been waiting for. Westley de Lohr has a secret—he's been betrothed to the young girl who was his "best friend" when he was about five years of age. Her father was a powerful neighbor, and Westley's father, seeing an opportunity...

After losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has found a new calling as the Tracker, a private investigator who can locate anything—or anyone. Now famed French alchemist Nicholas Flamel needs Crispin to locate his wife, Perenelle, and his apprentice, Thomas Cornhill. But the case takes a sinister turn when Flamel's apprentice is found murdered. The kidnapper promises that Flamel's wife will be next...unless he hands over his precious Philosopher's Stone, a magical object that can turn lead into gold.

In this darkly comic parable of sin and sainthood, a fifteenth-century peasant girl, Joan of Domrémy, must secure an audience with the derelict Dauphin of France, that he might unite his armies under her leadership against ongoing English invasion. But with her angelically inspired project seeming doomed to failure and ridicule, and with no royal meeting in sight, the girl strikes a dangerous bargain with an old acquaintance—a spirit of uncertain motives—leading to an existential showdown between piety and personal pride which may cost Joan not only her soul but the future of her nation.

Dschingis Khan ist tot, aber sein Vermächtnis lebt in der Nation weiter. Einer Nation, deren Unterschiede in diesen unruhigen Zeiten schwerer wiegen als je zuvor. Nur einer von Dschingis’ Söhnen kann die Völker wieder einen und einen neuen Feind bezwingen. Aber wer wird es sein? Währenddessen erobert Subotai im Westen weitere Gebiete und dringt ungehindert in unbekanntes Gebiet vor. Doch in dem Moment seines größten Triumphes muss er eine Entscheidung treffen, die alles verändern wird.

Realms of the Round Table presents for the first time an extensive collection of forgotten tales, retold for a new generation of readers by a modern-day Merlin, the world-renowned Arthurian authority, John Matthews. Contained within are a rich feast of Arthurian love stories and tales that delve deep into the darker mysteries of the Great Wood and the denizens of fantastic lands beyond.

Ein Leben im Schatten – ein unsterbliches Erbe ... Als die Historikerin Madeleine ein jahrhundertealtes Tagebuch findet, stellt sie dazu Nachforschungen in Canterbury an – und erfährt Unglaubliches über die berühmteste Stickarbeit des 11. Jahrhunderts:. England im Jahr 1064. Die junge Stickerin Leofgyth wächst in einer unsicheren Zeit am Hofe König Edwards auf. Intrigen sind an der Tagesordnung, denn der König ist sterbenskrank und es kündigt sich ein Machtwechsel an.