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After being stranded in the remote Alps of Europe, a shipwrecked crew of knights are stalked by both human and monstrous threats in this medieval horror that’s perfect for fans of The Terror and Between Two Fires. There are strange things in the mountains, my lord. Things older and darker than...

A dazzlingly inventive new novel from the bestselling author of In Memoriam: Arthurian legend cracked open. Princess Isode is happy with life in medieval Ireland. Her hair is as shiny as thread of pure gold, every knight she heals with her medicinal powers falls madly in love with her, and she...

Brought to you by Penguin. Set against the backdrop of a magical land where unicorns graze, jabberwocks lurk in the rivers and mermaids swim in the ocean, a bard tells the captivating story of three unlikely heroes. A young girl, orphaned by a plague deadlier that the Black Death, who carries a...

Barbarossa und Heinrich der Löwe, ein Reich vor dem Zerbrechen und ein unvergesslicher Held: Berengar ist ein brillanter Stratege und ein junger hitzköpfiger Kämpfer an der Seite der mächtigsten Männer des Reiches - und auf einer persönlichen Mission, die ebenso gefährlich ist wie seine Schlachten. Die faszinierende Erfolgsserie ist perfekter Hörstoff für Fans von Bernard Cornwell und Daniel Wolf. Italien, 1159. Das Reich ist ein Pulverfass. An der Seite von Kaiser Barbarossa und Heinrich dem Löwen zieht Berengar, Hitzkopf und Stratege zugleich, gegen die rebellierenden lombardischen Städte.

'I was completely hooked and considerably moved by the life and thoughts of this exceptional woman' - JEREMY IRONS 'It is as if we have finally found the lost autobiography of one of the medieval world's most important women.' - JANINA RAMIREZ 'A beautiful, intensely moving achievement' - A.N...

In this stunning sequel to their acclaimed historical fantasy The Temple and the Stone, coauthors Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris return to the legends of the fabled Order of the Knights Templar, the mystical medieval brotherhood of warrior monks born in the crucible of the Holy Land...

Alysoun Rowe descends from an ancient line of cunning women—healers and hedge witches whose full power only awakens when they bond with their destined Third. But after a spell goes frightfully wrong, she discovers her familiar is no ordinary object or animal. It’s a distant kinswoman: Anne Boleyn, a brilliant young lady on the rise in King Henry VIII’s luminous yet treacherous court.

It is an hour of desperate need for St. Frideswide's. Thrust into financial ruin by the incompetence and corruption of their former prioress, the nuns have become trapped under the thumb of Abbott Gilberd as he pries into every possible corner of the priory's life. In an effort to escape their desperate straits, Dame Frevisse is forced to journey to London in order to seek both a new prioress and financial aid for her beleaguered sisters.

A deluxe hardcover special edition of the classic fantasy series, with fully restored and corrected texts and a new foreword by Christopher Paolini Evangeline Walton’s Mabinogion Tetralogy is a remarkable achievement, a powerful work of the imagination that “ranks with the best of...

Under the harsh hand of its newly elected prioress, St. Frideswide's has become a place of deadly sin. The corruption has grown subtly and slowly, but it has found fertile soil in the rage and greed of Domina Alys, who has turned the priory into a boarding house for her relatives, the Godfreys. Dame Frevisse is horrified to discover that the modest stores of the priory—desperately needed if the nuns are to survive the coming winter—are being completely consumed by the rapacious Godfrey clan.

From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji comes a brilliant new novel that bends history, myth and fantasy to cast an eye on how empires are built, and how they collapse. When a light appears in the sky above a dying empire, the world below begins to change . . . It's the fading years of...

Tibb Ingleby hat nichts: kein Zuhause, keine Familie, niemanden, der sie beschützt – nur die Regeln, die ihre Mutter sie gelehrt hat. Als junge Vagabundin trickst sie sich durchs Leben, naiv, aber alles andere als dumm, furchtlos, aber mit einer gehörigen Portion Misstrauen gegenüber der Welt, allen voran den Männern darin. Doch auf ihrem Weg durch die Wälder und Felder des spätmittelalterlichen Englands trifft sie nicht zuletzt auf ebenso verlorene wie liebenswerte Außenseiter, Ausreißer und Schausteller. Tibb lernt, dass ein Zuhause nicht unbedingt ein Dach über dem Kopf bedeutet.

A powerful order of warrior monks forged in the fires of the Crusades during the twelfth century, the legendary Knights Templar did not vanish entirely following their failed campaigns in the Holy Land. Having attained great power and arcane skill, they withdrew from the public eye but remained...

December, 1145. Hamelin Isenmongere, trader in iron and charcoal from Gloucester, is considered by many to be the most popular man in Worcester. Why then is he found on the quayside near his warehouse with his head beaten in? As the winter bites, Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll...

An epic full-cast play about Robin Hood, plus an episode of In Our Time setting him in his historical context and four dramatic interpretations of his story Robin Hood has captured the English imagination for centuries. His tale has been told in ballads, novels, plays, TV shows and films – and...

A young Englishman captured by slavers must survive the snakepit that is seventeenth-century Venice. 1604. As pirates seeking slaves to sell in the markets of North Africa terrorise the coasts of Europe, headstrong Richard Sheriff and his sister Elizabeth are torn from their Devonshire home and...

"Ich verfluche euch! Mein Tod wird mir die Rache ermöglichen, welche mir im Leben verwehrt war." Deutschland, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Das große, jährliche Dorffest in Furtenblick endet unerwartet, als ein Fremder das Podium besteigt und den grausamen Tod von vier Bürgern ankündigt. Um seinen unheilvollen Fluch zu stärken, stürzt er sich über eine Klippe in den nahen Fluss. Am Tag danach findet man flussabwärts die zerschmetterte Leiche. Kurz darauf gibt es das erste Opfer. Genau wie im Fluch angekündigt, liegt der Tote nackt im Wald und ist von Insekten übersät.

In the depths of the valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate… Present Eve, desperate for a fresh start, arrives in the Valley of Ravens to restore a long-abandoned cottage. Everyone knows the place is cursed. Why else would it be called The Witch’s House? As Eve begins her...

Bloomsbury presents Duel of Beasts by Boyd and Beth Morrison, read by Mark Elstob. Savage beasts, fabulous treasures, perilous duels, and deadly treachery abound in this thrilling adventure novel set in medieval Spain. Málaga, Spain, 1352. Knight-errant Gerard Fox and his daring wife Willa seek...

Klug, visionär und unerschrocken: Hildegard von Bingen heilte Kranke, sammelte medizinisches Wissen, gründete ihr eigenes Kloster und predigte als erste Frau mit Zustimmung des Papstes. Als Autorin, Beraterin von Herrschern und Universalgelehrte verband sie Spiritualität, Naturkunde und...