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Noirceur et magie côtoient médecine et enquête scientifique dans ce polar historique, où l'on croise le Roi Soleil et Mme de Montespan. Septembre 1677. Des « sorcières » violées, retrouvées crucifiées la tête en bas. Des médecins étouffés, pendus eux aussi la tête en bas... C'est...

After a month of various people clearing up various messes, Felicity Jardine is finally cleared to go back to her little village cottage. But when a celebratory cream tea with her new and well-connected friend Percy is interrupted by a sniper's bullet, she's off again, to a safe house in Notting...

Lindisfarne in 1494 is a place of secrets. The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She’s friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle –...

Seven weeks after the river nearly claimed him, Robert Henley-Finch awakens to a world that has been holding its breath. Beaumont Hall stands unchanged, yet everything within it feels subtly misaligned, as though the house itself remembers something Robert does not. His body has healed, but his return carries a residue of the impossible: dreams of buried hands, hollow orchards, and a presence that will not release its grip. As fragments of his lost time begin to surface, it becomes clear that his collapse was not an accident—and that the river was only the threshold.

Latem 1930 roku do dworu państwa Szymańskich w Kutach przyjeżdża kuzyn Antoni Mokrzycki i nikt się nie spodziewa, że jego wizyta wywróci do góry nogami świat trzech sióstr. Żywiołowa Aldona zakocha się do szaleństwa, stateczna Konstancja zwątpi w swoje małżeństwo z oficerem Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza, a młodziutka Łucja zobaczy coś w nurtach Czeremoszu… Wojciech Dutka, autor bestsellerowych powieści o tematyce wojennej, w epicki sposób ukazuje Kresy, krainę zmitologizowaną, lecz wciąż będącą dla wielu elementem narodowej tożsamości.

Der junge Ritter Otto von Linn ringt mit der Last der Führung, der Knappe Wenzel mit der Angst auf dem Schlachtfeld und die Novizin Magdalena mit ihrer Berufung und ihren Sehnsüchten, die ihr Leben in eine völlig andere Richtung lenken könnten. Eine Todesprophezeiung und ein Mordanschlag vergiften das kaiserliche Lager. Zwischen Wahrheit und Verrat weiß bald niemand mehr, wem er den Rücken zukehren darf. Hunger, Hitze und Seldschuken fordern zahllose Opfer. Ein Triumph lässt Hoffnung aufglimmen. Kurz. Dann kommt der Tag, der alles nimmt.

Anne Perry's Inspector William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth... Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater challenge. Abel Taft, a charismatic minister...

Gerald Wade is among the many invited to the Chimneys estate for a party. Rented by Sir Oswald and Lady Coote for the season, it is rather the place to be. Unfortunately, during his stay there Gerry has garnered the teasing of his friends for a particular talent of his: to oversleep. One day the set decides to “fix” the matter with a little joke. The plan is to set out eight alarm clocks in Gerry’s room, all set to different times … as early as 6:30 a.m.! When they go to check on him, his friends discover that Gerry hasn’t overslept this time. In fact, he has been murdered.

Edge of Eternity is the epic, final novel in Ken Follett's captivating and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or in sequence with Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, this is an irresistible and spellbinding epic about the fight for personal freedom set during the Cold War. A Fight...

Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the master assassin.

Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father, the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere - even within the ranks of the Brotherhood itself.

Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, Ezio Auditore embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honor, he will learn the art of the Assassins. Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli, knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live.To his allies, he will become a force for change in his fight for freedom and justice.

It’s 1925 and the Empress of Australia is making her regular Atlantic crossing, New York-bound, with a full manifest of passengers.When a dead body is uncovered onboard, it is up to Inspector Archie Daniels to find the killer. But solving one murder quickly turns into solving two, then three, and it becomes clear that Daniels must act fast to avoid an all-souls-lost-level calamity. No one, from the horrendously wealthy and entitled first-class passengers to what they would consider the dregs of empire below deck, is safe. And no one can get off.

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of...

A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of...

The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating tale that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. A World in Chaos 1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy...

The beautiful province of Hangzhou has become a stronghold of the Japanese puppet government. One day, five officers from the code-breaking department are escorted to an isolated mansion outside the city. One of them has been sharing secrets with the communists. No-one is leaving until the traitor is uncovered. It should be a straightforward case of sifting truth from lies. But as each code-breaker spins a story that proves their innocence, events are re-framed, and what really happened is called into question again and again.

Adolf Hitler threatens Colonel Sir Edward Ware and Dora, Lady Ware, that if they do not hand over the Lawrence maps, key to world domination, he will kidnap their daughter. The late Lawrence of Arabia has drawn these maps for the British military to prepare for the next European War. Hitler guesses this, and wants to tip the scales in favor of Germany instead of England.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pins all Britain’s hopes for peace on a face-to-face meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich, but behind their civilized discussions, Germany amasses armaments and moves its plans forward for its invasion of Czechoslovakia. Gerhardt von Kessler continues to operate his deadly rogue operations in Britain, and he is always one step ahead of MI5.

Um thriller de espionagem sobre traição e os limites da honra. Setembro de 1938, Hitler está desesperado para começar a guerra. Chamberlain quer manter a paz a qualquer custo. O desfecho da disputa acontecerá em Munique, em um dos momentos decisivos que antecederam a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Robert Harris compõe mais um thriller impressionante, cheio de fatos e personagens históricos, que transporta o leitor para um dos momentos mais importantes da história mundial.

Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours. As well as the conflict outside the walls, there's plenty within, with Margaret's difficult mother-in-law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile in the nearby village local woman Cait has struggles of her own, unable to escape family responsibilities and small town life.