Titoli in Medievale

Quizá sea ésta la novela de aventuras más leída de la historia de la literatura. Un ilusionado joven originario de Gascuña, región francesa limítrofe con España, va a París con una carta de recomendación para convertirse en un mosquetero del rey. Su nombre es D’Artagnan. Nada más empezar su viaje debe desafiar a un misterioso caballero acompañado por una bella y misteriosa dama. En el momento que llega a París es retado a duelo por 3 mosqueteros Athos, Portos y Aramis, pero justo antes del momento en que van a empezar a batirse, les interrumpe la guardia del cardenal Richelieu.

Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret—but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, everything unravels. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn’t love, she runs away from home, finding shelter among the beguines, a fiercely independent community of religious women who refuse to answer to the Church.

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights. They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword. But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules.

Un soberbio fresco de la Europa medieval. Umberto de Quéribus, un joven monje blanco, emprende un viaje en 1204 acompañando a su abad con destino a Constantinopla. A partir de este momento, su vida cambia por completo, arrastrado a peligros y situaciones extremas en las que perderá toda...

Bound together by a single ancient text, the unforgettable characters of Cloud Cuckoo Land are dreamers and outsiders figuring out the world around them: 13-year-old Anna and Omeir, an orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy, on opposite sides of the formidable city walls during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and octogenarian Zeno in an attack on a public library in present-day Idaho; and Konstance, decades from now, who turns to the oldest stories to guide her community in peril.

York, 1367. Owen Archer and his old comrade, Ned Townley, are each leading companies of the king's men north of York to Fountains and Rievaulx abbeys respectively, on a mission to win the support of the powerful abbots for William of Wykeham becoming the Bishop of Winchester. But trouble stalks Ned Townley—Sir William of Wyndesore's men at Windsor suspect he killed a page in a jealous rage over his betrothed. Is the rumor true?

'Although I believe I will die here in this castle, my spirit will never be silent’ Ravenscraig Castle, Scotland. 1307 When the castle she works in is sacked by the army of Prince Edward of England, kitchen maid Agnes Fitzgerald manages to escape north of Inverness to throw herself at the...

Tres historias crueles formadas por: "El Amo" - Hacia el año 1313, época de hambrunas para el Reino de Navarra, un señor de horca y cuchillo pasa la noche en casa de un siervo acomodado, cuya vivienda, además de otras dependencias, cuenta hasta con dos habitaciones. Al calor de un alegre fuego encendido en el suelo de la estancia principal, el Amo y uno de sus oficiales disfrutan la copiosa cena. "El Casón de la Ciénaga" - Estamos ya entrado el siglo XIX, el siglo de los viajes, de los descubrimientos, de los avances científicos.

From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that ends where The Pillars of the Earth begins. 'Another historical thriller of mighty proportions' – The Times A Time of Conflict It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king’s grip on the country...

Judha è uno spietato Nephilim, un essere immortale nato dall'unione di un angelo caduto dal cielo e di una donna. Scampato al Diluvio universale, diventa nei secoli strumento del Male. Nel Duecento un gruppo di eroi, alleati delle straordinarie forze della natura e protetti da figure divine, combatteranno contro Judha e il suo esercito di spaventosi Zoth. Gli eventi di quell'epoca e il mistero che li avvolge sono raccolti nella narrazione epica da Ethan. Il racconto segreto li ha portati fino a noi.

The fourth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. The year is 885, and England is at peace...

October 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St Benet’s in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest. Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. Other disturbing discoveries include an empty coffin and a ransacked money chest. Who would commit murder inside a holy church? Who would spirit away a corpse the night before the funeral - and who would be brave enough to steal treasure belonging to the most feared gang leader in London?

May 1381.The Great Revolt draws ever nearer. The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night, terrifying those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a notorious Southwark brothel, Brother Athelstan is summoned to investigate. In the dead man's possession was a manuscript containing a great secret which he had been striving to decipher. Can he crack the code before the Great Revolt begins?

England im Herbst 1013: Um den dänischen Gefangenen Hakon bei Hofe abzuliefern, reist der junge Engländer Ælfric of Helmsby nach London. Die Stadt liegt in Trümmern, denn dem schwachen König Ethelred gelingt es nicht, sein Reich gegen die ständigen Wikingerüberfälle zu schützen. Doch anders als England und Dänemark sind Ælfric und Hakon keine Feinde - während der gefährlichen Reise sind sie zu Freunden geworden. Bald schon gehören sie zum inneren Kreis um die machtbewusste Königin Emma.

The thrilling next instalment in Peter Gibbons', The Chronicles of Arthur series To save his people, a warrior must become more than a king… Dark Age Britain crumbles. Cruel kings of Britain sit alone atop their hilltop fortresses as brutal Saxon invaders push ever forwards, greedy for plunder...

Köln, Anno Domini 1260. Jacop Fuchs, charmanter Dieb und Herumtreiber, wird beim verbotenen Pflücken der erzbischöflichen Äpfel Zeuge am Mord des Dombaumeisters. Doch auch er wurde gesehen, denn jeder, dem er die unglaubliche Tat erzählt, ist kurz darauf tot. Als Jacop begreift, welch...

York, 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. With money running low, Caroline fears she will soon have no choice but the workhouse. However, she is not without hope, and with her new friends, feisty Trixie, and her two little sisters and the unique Mussy, Caroline learns she is stronger than she realised and that even in the worst of times, friendship is all you need.

Wer ein großer Fan historischer Romane ist, kommt an "Die Winterkönigin" von Maria Helleberg nicht vorbei. Erzählt wird die Geschichte von Margarete I. (1353 bis 1412), der ersten Frau auf einem europäischen Thron, und einer der bedeutendsten historischen Frauenfiguren des Mittelalters. Mit nur sechs Jahren wird die Tochter des mächtigen dänischen Königs Valdemar Atterdag mit dem norwegischen Königssohn Håkon verlobt, als sie mit 60 Jahren stirbt, ist sie die Herrscherin von sowohl Dänemark, Norwegen als auch Schweden.

En la opulenta Córdoba de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, un joven morisco, desgarrado entre dos culturas y dos amores, inicia una ardiente lucha por la tolerancia religiosa y los derechos de su pueblo. Escucha ahora la historia de un joven atrapado entre dos religiones y dos amores, en busca de su libertad y la de su pueblo, en la Andalucía del siglo XVI.

Survive the brutal reality of the Viking Age in this gritty historical fiction about a captive fighting for freedom. Perfect for your daily commute or an intense late-night escape, this atmospheric narrative shifts the focus from glorious kings to the dark shadows of the longhouse. Grounded in...