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Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing Vitruvian Man comes from a description by the ancient Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who wrote the only major work on architecture or engineering to survive from classical antiquity.

Dans la cathédrale de Sainte-Marie à Vitoria, un homme et une femme d’une vingtaine d’années sont retrouvés assassinés, dans une scénographie macabre : ils sont nus et se tiennent la joue dans un geste amoureux alors que les deux victimes ne se connaissaient pas.

Quando Simon Maldon, scrittore di successo di libri sull’Inquisizione, decide di non salire su un aereo, non sa che quella banale coincidenza cambierà il corso della sua esistenza. Quell’aereo precipiterà, cancellando per sempre la sua famiglia. Quattro anni dopo, Simon si è trasferito in Svizzera, ma il destino sembra non volergli lasciare scampo. Jordan, il misterioso e schivo direttore del cosiddetto ministero delle Ultime Ombre, un dipartimento mondiale di ricerca della verità nella storia, lo mette al corrente di un sensazionale ritrovamento.

BKA-Hauptkommissar Philipp Gerber ermittelt in einem der skandalumwobensten Kriminalfälle der jungen BRD. Frankfurt am Main, 1957: Die Ermordung der Edelprostituierten Rosemarie Nitribitt hält die BRD in Atem – und bringt den amerikanischen General Hiram Anderson in ernsthafte Schwierigkeiten. Philipp Gerbers früherer Chef gehörte zu deren Liebhabern und wurde zur fraglichen Zeit in der Nähe ihrer Wohnung gesehen. Nicht nur Andersons Tochter, Gerbers Ex-Verlobte June, bittet den BKA-Mann um Hilfe, auch von Adenauer persönlich erhält er den Auftrag, zu ermitteln.

Une intrigue du plus haut romanesque qui fait mouche. Historia. 1503. Trois alchimistes sont retrouvés assassinés. Convaincue qu'un complot se trame à l'ombre de la Couronne, la reine Anne de Bretagne fait appel pour mener l'enquête à la jeune apothicaire Héloïse Sanglar et au baron de Comballec, un soldat autoritaire et rude. Mystérieux parchemin, vitrail aux pouvoirs mortifères, sciences occultes, disparitions mystérieuses... les menaces pleuvent sur Héloïse, bien décidée à venir à bout des adversaires du roi.

Dezember 1941: Joe McGrady ist Detective beim Honolulu PD und wird mit der Untersuchung eines Falls beauftragt, der sein Leben für immer verändern wird: dem Mord an einem jungen Mann, dem Neffen des Oberbefehlshabers der Pazifikflotte, und dessen Freundin, einer jungen Japanerin. McGrady folgt einem Verdächtigen bis nach Hongkong, das gerade von den Japanern eingenommen wird. Er wird als Gefangener nach Japan verschleppt, als potenzieller Spion droht ihm der Tod. Gerettet wird er von dem Diplomaten Takahashi Kansei, der heimlich gegen die offizielle japanische Kriegspolitik arbeitet.

As a child, Gruoch’s grandmother prophecies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir-elect, the prophecy appears to come true. Determined to never to be as powerless as her parents, Gruoch leaves behind her home, her family and her friend MacBethad, and travels to the royal seat at Scone to seal her fate.

Arnau de Vallbona and his fellow Templar Brother Ramon are bound for the Holy Land to take part in the great Crusade when fate intervenes. Delayed in Cyprus, they learn of a growing rift in Christendom: the crusading army has diverted from its course and threatens Rome's allies in the Byzantine Empire. Arnau and Ramon, alongside the irascible Preceptor Bochard, race to Constantinople, encountering a grand and crumbling world of alliances and betrayals, emperors and armies.

1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio broadcasts news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin's new posting as director of a gulag camp in the middle of the frozen tundra is far from a promotion. This is where disgraced agents, like Vasin, disappear - sent to die forgotten. And quietly. But tensions in the camp are running high and when a violent revolt breaks out, Vasin finds himself on the run. With him is a mysterious prisoner - who holds the key to the most dangerous secret in the world: who ordered Kennedy's murder.

Chuck Kelso is an idealist. When he steals a top-secret NATO memorandum, he only intends to leak it to the press; but it is soon in the hands of a Russian agent, a man who has spent nine years quietly working himself into the fabric of Washington society. Within hours it has reached the KGB, and the CIA’s top man in Moscow has had his cover blown. For British agent Tony Lawton, hunting down the Russian operative—the "agent in place"—is a welcome challenge. But for Chuck’s brother, the journalist Tom Kelso, and his beautiful wife, Thea, the affair has unleashed a very special terror.

The island of Tarawa, a tiny spit of sand out in the middle of the Pacific, teemed with five hundred pillboxes filled with artillery pieces and highly motivated Japanese soldiers. Their commanding officer encouraged his troops, saying, “It would take one million men one hundred years” to conquer Tarawa. They were convinced that the Americans would be slaughtered before they ever got ashore.

Settled down in his beloved Mortlake once again, philosopher and astronomer John Dee is enjoying the quiet life when Her Majesty’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham darkens his door, instructing him to befriend a certain Polish count with an interest in alchemy and angelic communication. But when Dee and the count are caught breaking the law, trying to convene with angels, they are exiled, and must make their way to the court of Rudolf, Holy Roman Emperor, in far-off Prague.

El enfrentamiento entre el Cuerpo Nacional de Buscadores y la organización criminal Voynich llega a su explosivo apogeo en la emocionante conclusión de «Los Buscadores», la trilogía referente del thriller histórico que rebosa aventura, intriga y acción.

London, 1308. “All I need is a plan!” So says Oswald of Harlech, a misplaced Welshman in the heart of London. Besides his trade as a tinker, he also robs houses, cuts purses, plays a crooked shell game, and has a way with the ladies. But this time, caught in the act of robbing a house, he is blackmailed by the scheming Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe into stealing the Crown Jewels from the impenetrable Tower of London.

When the famous archaeologist, Alexander Albright, passed away, his son discovered an old treasure map among his father’s belongings. Prior to entering his senior year in college, Michael convinces his closest friends to join him on one last big adventure together.

Wenn Liebe zur Besessenheit wird... Mystery-Thriller mit psychologischem Hintergrund und historischen Elementen: In einem idyllischen, kleinen Ort an der Donau verschwindet eine junge Frau spurlos. Kurz darauf findet man ihren Slip und ihr Handy. Gleichzeitig werden bei einer nahe gelegenen Staustufe Leichenteile geborgen. Der Verdacht fällt zunächst auf den psychisch kranken Ehemann Martin Brenner. Eine plötzlich auftauchende Zwillingsschwester der vermissten Frau stiftet zusätzlich Verwirrung und löst eine Kette von verhängnisvollen Reaktionen bei ihm aus.

Secrets, which are revealed in this unique collection of extraordinary stories. Written like a historical thriller, Slains Castle’s Secret History is a work of incredible historical fiction—everything within is set around real events.

Konstantinopel, 1203: Everard af Tyrus og 5 andre tempelriddere sniger sig ind i Konstantinopel og stjæler tre trækister fra Imperiebiblioteket. Istanbul, i dag: Den iranske historieprofessor Behrouz Sharafi bliver stoppet på gaden af en mand, der ved alt om Sharafis forskning og hans fund af et gammelt brev. Det bliver begyndelsen på et mareridt. Vatikanstaten, 2 måneder senere: FBI-agenten Sean Reilly er sammen med professor Sharafi på vej til et møde i Vatikanet. Han har desperat brug for hjælp.

England in 1468 is a nervous kingdom. King Edward IV has fallen out with his chief ally during the Wars of the Roses, the powerful Earl of Warwick.

Zdá se, že v už Čechách není tak bezpečno, jak bylo dříve. Lupiči na Menším Městě pražském se nebojí uchýlit i k zabíjení a ze zchudlých šlechticů se stávají lapkové. Královský písař Jiří Adam z Dobronína je povolán do kanceláře nejvyššího purkrabího Jana z Vartemberka. Důvodem je vražda velmožova syna Jindřicha, ke které došlo téže noci. Zároveň však, jak mu Jan z Vartemberka sdělí, již více jak před týdnem zmizel jeho nevlastní syn Jakub. V jeho ložnici se našel list, v němž stálo, že syn pána z Vartemberka dluží dvacet tisíc kop grošů, a pokud je za něj nezaplatí, bude to Jakuba stát život.