検索キーワード： 歴史

Cassie Woods's latest feature story has made her one of the most talked about reporters in the male-dominated world of journalism in early 1880s New York City. Her editor brings her a new investigation: corruption within the police department, perfect for her, he says, because of her relationship with Detective O'Neill.

Prince Vortimer has imprisoned his father, King Vortigern – The High King of Britain. With Woden's spear, Vortimer believes God has chosen him to lead an army south to banish the Jutes once and for all from Britain's shores. In a desperate fight for survival, Octa and the Jutish warlords, Hengist and Horsa, are trapped on Thanet, their island home, as Prince Vortimer's army surrounds them. With dwindling numbers, their only hope is to send for reinforcements, but winter is upon them, and the journey will be perilous.

The Viking raiders' devastation has been halted once more by the shields of Mercia as opposed to Wessex. But their whereabouts are unknown. King Wiglaf of Mercia is keen to ensure the Viking raiders are swept from his shared border with Wessex but these Viking ships are quick and difficult to track and Icel is once more deployed with Ealdorman Ælfstan warriors to do his King's bidding. However, Icel's quest is beset with many more obstacles and it's not all about the seax and shield. Worrying news from home overshadows Icel's every deadly encounter.

An unsolved murder. A lost artifact. A secret buried beneath the floodwaters of history… During the catastrophic Dutch flood of 1953 – the Watersnoodramp – more than 1,800 lives were lost to the fury of the North Sea. But amid the devastation, one death went unnoticed... a murder disguised by disaster. Seven decades later, a skeleton is uncovered in the silted remains of a drowned village. Clutched in its grasp lies a mysterious artifact – one that may unlock the location of the mythical Shield of Hercules, a relic of untold power hidden since the ancient world.

Archaeologist Carmen Nero and reformed conman Cesco Rossi arrive in the Roman seaside town of Herculaneum, near Naples in southern Italy, determined to track down the legendary lost texts of Ancient Rome, believed to be hidden deep beneath the Villa of the Papyri. But when a brutal murder shatters the calm of the archaeological excavations, they realise they're not the only ones hunting the manuscripts. Powerful enemies will do anything to keep certain discoveries buried—secrets that could shake the Vatican, expose hidden Catholic Church history, and ignite a dangerous religious conspiracy.

When Georgia Fenchurch is called in to find Sir Edward Hale's missing son, she's soon embroiled in multiple mysteries. After discovering young Teddy's been taken by his mother, her worry lessens. But further investigation reveals other well-to-do women have disappeared. Have they been kidnapped? Killed? Or is there something even more sinister going on...

In the early 17th century, the relentless machine of the Portuguese Empire is devouring the African interior, fueled by the brutal demands of the slave trade and a messianic certainty of its own superiority. But on the shores of Ndongo, one woman stands in the doorway of what the colonizers call the "Gate of Hell," and she refuses to let them pass.

Wyatt is the first to approach the cell, but the force of the door bursting from its hinges sends him tumbling backward over the desk, with the door landing on him, caught at the edge of the desk. The noise draws the attention of everyone outside, yet no one moves to investigate. Inside, Doc Holliday and Luke Short have their weapons drawn and aimed at the cell, but they freeze at the sight unfolding before them: a wolf slowly emerges, its head lowered to fit its large body through the opening.

As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman named April is found to have vanished. Flawed pathologist Quirke responds to a request to help find her. Speaking with those who knew her, he begins to realize that there may have been more behind the young woman's secrecy than he could have imagined. When a disturbing discovery is made, the complex web of love, lies, jealousy and dark secrets that April spun her life from finally begins to unravel.

On the east coast of Ireland, one of the country's most prominent citizens takes his business partner's son out sailing and, while out at sea, shoots himself dead. This strange, enigmatic event captures the attention of pathologist Quirke who begins to investigate. When a second death occurs, one even more shocking than the first, Quirke uncovers dark secrets buried in a rivalry between two entangled families.

Newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, a shotgun still in his hands. Quirke realizes that, rather than the suspected suicide, 'Diamond Dick' has been murdered. Suspicion soon falls on one of Jewell's biggest rivals, but as Quirke gets to know Jewell's beautiful, enigmatic wife, his fragile sister and those who work for the family, it becomes clear that not everything in this household is as it seems.

World War II, Berlin. Freyja Bremer, a patriotic museum assistant, marries Kaspar Voigt, an ambitious SS scholar, to protect her father. As she strives to safeguard the priceless Priam's Treasure from air raids, Freyja falls in love with Darien Lessing, an archaeologist who exposes the moral decay beneath the regime's myths. Her awakening drives her into perilous resistance – aiding a Jewish doctor and his wife, Darien's sister – while uncovering Kaspar's role in the SS's darkest programs, which subvert history to justify invasion, abduction and murder.

Quirke's pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there. The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the city's high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear.

When spring storms descend on 1950s Dublin, a body is found in a canal, and pathologist Quirke must find the truth behind this brutal murder. The investigation leads him into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church. As Quirke's traumatic childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he must face his greatest trial yet.

‘The master of historical crime fiction’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON Don't miss the gripping new historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London, perfect for fans of CJ Sansom, Robert Harris and Hilary Mantel England, 1688 King James II finally has an heir –...

Ethan Kane, guided by a Solakari clue from the Comanche Sky Altar, leads his party into the treacherous Chihuahuan desert in 1828, seeking the legendary Whispering Caves. They soon discover rivals: the ruthless Captain Rexford Gaines and his mercenaries are already scouring the mountains where the caves are hidden.

Spain in the 1500s. The Iberian Peninsula is fractured, faiths collide, and war brews. Into this world rides Telamon―soldier, killer, eternal outcast―drawn into a brutal conflict between Portuguese invaders and desperate Andalusian defenders. But he is not alone. Traveling with him through time and lifetimes are others―comrades, lovers, enemies―each reborn in a new guise, all of them entangled in a tale of cosmic justice.

En Villa Diodati, donde nació Frankenstein, también nació un secreto capaz de cambiar la Historia. Verano de 1816. En Suiza no deja de llover. Los poetas más célebres de Europa, entre ellos el afamado Lord Byron y Percy Shelley (que está acompañado por su amante, Mary, y la hermana de esta, Claire), se refugian del mal tiempo en una mansión alquilada junto al lago: beben, bromean, discuten y se retan a inventar historias de terror. Mientras tanto, Elisabeth Müller, una joven doncella con un pasado que no conviene nombrar, se esfuerza por ser invisible.

THE NEW BESTSELLING SERIES FROM THE MASTER OF HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION, S. J. PARRIS England, 1601. Treason threatens the realm. When the body of a Scottish envoy washes up on the banks of the Thames, the Queen’s most powerful spymaster, Robert Cecil, is accused of arranging the murder. Cecil...

Fulvia is now a wealthy young widow, with more than gold to her name. In the wake of her husband's death, she has captured the love and loyalty of the people. Marcus Antonius is a powerful man in need of a commanding officer. Fulvia sees in him a man who could rule all of Rome, with her help. They marry and, when Caesar is assassinated, Fulvia and her husband begin a perilous game of playing for the ultimate power. Love of the people. Control of an empire.

Peace Christie was warned never to visit the Slaughter Shed, an abandoned house at the edge of her farm. For good reason, because of its unexplainable mysteries since the unsolved murder of a family who lived there. Like a corpse vanishing from its rafters, and a girl’s body recently found in the basement. When the news breaks with the identity of the girl, Peace has no choice but to uncover the secrets of the house. But someone will kill to keep the truth hidden...

Two novels inspired by the author’s personal experience in British Intelligence during the First World War: in which Naval Intelligence officer Roger Waterlow, stuck ashore in a sweltering country in South-eastern Europe, and working from scraps of gossip gathered by his ramshackle network of agents, struggles to make a real difference in the war, against the indifference and incompetence of the British authorities.

Edinburgh, 1828. Mit leeren Taschen und großen Träumen kommt der junge James Willoughby in die Stadt - fest entschlossen, Chirurg zu werden. Als James dem charismatischen und gefährlich faszinierenden Präparator Nye MacKinnon begegnet, führt dieser ihn nicht in Hörsäle, sondern auf Friedhöfe. Nachts steigen sie hinab in die Welt der Resurrectionists - berüchtigte Leichenräuber, die frische Tote ausgraben und an Professoren verkaufen, um den Fortschritt der Medizin voranzutreiben.

Das deutsche Panzerschiff ist seit Kriegsbeginn im Einsatz. Es wird gejagt, beobachtet und ist stets im Schatten einer überlegenen gegnerischen Flotte. Als das Schiff schließlich den neutralen Hafen von Montevideo erreicht, verdichtet sich die Lage zu einem historischen Wendepunkt. Politischer Druck, gezielte Fehlinformationen und die Ungewissheit über die feindliche Stärke führen zu einem Finale, das nachwirkt – ein Drama zwischen militärischer Pflicht, strategischem Kalkül und menschlicher Tragik.

La Ahnenerbe, la división esotérica de las SS, ha encontrado la pista de un texto antiguo capaz de alterar el equilibrio del mundo. Clarice Cooper y la División OpenMind deberán enfrentarse a una carrera contrarreloj que los llevará desde monasterios ocultos hasta el corazón del infierno, sabiendo que son lo único que se interpone entre el fanatismo nazi y el despertar de una amenaza ancestral. Un libro prohibido. Un ritual olvidado. Un secreto capaz de reescribir el destino de la humanidad.

En el crudo diciembre de 1905, Enrique Maldonado, propietario de las tierras del municipio salamantino de Boada y cacique local, aparece brutalmente apuñalado en las afueras del pueblo. Los vecinos son los principales sospechosos de haberle dado muerte y Unamuno, que escribió un artículo incendiario para denunciar las condiciones de vida de los campesinos boadenses, decide investigar el crimen con la ayuda de Manuel Rivera, abogado defensor de los detenidos, y Teresa Maragall, una misteriosa anarquista.

Tras su precipitado matrimonio con Octave de Fonneuve, Aldara, refugiada de la Guerra Civil, llega al Domaine de Clair de Lune, una imponente bodega de Borgoña. Cuando estalla la guerra en Francia, su marido cae prisionero y la deja sola frente a los recelos de su suegro, el acoso de su cuñado y la ocupación alemana.

Welcome to the Jungle—The Curse of Clark, Texas is a true-crime thriller based on real, actual events. While certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic effect—what has not been fictionalized is that in 1980-something, tragedy struck one of the most affluent high-schools in the state of Texas. Was Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas cursed?

Cuando los dioses callan y los reyes mueren, la historia la escriben los que sobreviven. Un thriller lleno de conspiración, pasión y peligro. Aristóteles es el filósofo más prestigioso de Grecia y el maestro de Alejandro Magno, el conquistador invencible que ha sometido todas las ciudades griegas y la mayor parte del mundo conocido. La relación de Aristóteles con el poderoso rey hace que muchos atenienses deseen acabar con él, pero el aura de Alejandro lo protege. Sin embargo, eso está a punto de cambiar.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky operation...