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La aventura, el amor, los celos, el misterio, la vida, la muerte, el conocimiento, todo ello y más, se dan cita en un impresionante recorrido por los tres imperios más importantes de la antigüedad. En esta intensa obra, se desgranan diferentes valores y cobardías de la sociedad, muy de actualidad a día de hoy (igualdad de sexos, cultura, machismo, homosexualidad, racismo,…); sin perder el sentido del humor y la ironía, que se dejan ver mezclados con la misma crudeza de la vida y la insignificancia otorgada a la muerte.

The Plague Doctor is a historical novel that follows the travels of a Jewish physician and his lawyer brother during the Black Death of 1347. They have lost their wives and children to plague, and devastated, they leave Florence to restart their lives. As the brothers traverse medieval Europe, they meld their medical and legal skills to resolve dilemmas engendered by a rapidly changing world. Along the way the meet two sisters—a midwife and a banker—whom they hope to marry and join them in moving to Poland (whose king is welcoming Jewish immigrants).

Pornind de la istoria şi legendele medievale ale oraşului său natal, Bistriţa, Ioana Bradea reconstruieşte o poveste spectaculoasă, depănată pe rând de locuitorii acestei cetăţi "uitate de rege şi sfinţi": un preot şi notar care consemnează în cronica sa zbuciumatele zile din preajma condamnării la moarte a fostului jude al oraşului, rebela Margareta—fiica noului jude, care încalcă normele vremii şi ale familiei sale pentru a-şi găsi ursitul—un arhitect italian însărcinat cu renovarea catedralei, vegheaţi, cu toţii, de privirea unui enigmatic călugăr străin.

Dorință mascată de putere sau devotament sincer față de aproape? Aceasta e doar una dintre întrebările pe care le pune în lumină romanul lui Groff. Marie, o bastardă la curtea regală franceză, e trimisă la vârsta de șaptesprezece ani să se ocupe în Anglia de o mănăstire aflată în paragină. Odată devenită stareță, Marie (viitoarea poetă faimoasă pentru laiurile sale) o reconstruiește din temelii: dintr-un loc stăpânit de foamete și boală, abația ajunge să le ofere siguranță și prosperitate măicuțelor.

A Library Reads Pick! An Aardvark Book Club Pick! Rich with unforgettable characters and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death...

Hay secretos que solo se descubren paso a paso... página a página. Una apasionante aventura de intriga ambientada en la Edad Media, con París, Venecia y el camino de Santiago como grandes escenarios. La historia de un escribano que se convertirá en peregrino para llevar a cabo una peligrosa...

Cerca del año 1000, Almanzor amenaza el norte de la península Ibérica. Unos misteriosos barcos arriban a la costa tarraconense y dejan un extraño presente en el pequeño puerto de Cubelles. Este es el inicio de la emocionante peripecia vital de dos muchachos que acabarán viajando al Alto...

Con una de las prosas más aplaudidas de Colombia, esta novela, Premio Nacional de Literatura y singular éxito editorial, cuenta la historia de Pedro de Ursúa, conquistador español destinado a tener una vida apasionante en el continente americano, apenas descubierto algunos años antes del...

En 1610, en Logroño, han sido condenadas a la hoguera once personas acusadas de brujería. Sin embargo, amplias zonas del señorío de Vizcaya y Navarra siguen sufriendo la presencia del demonio y sus secuaces… Para tranquilizar al pueblo, el Santo Oficio envía a Alonso de Salazar y Frías...

King Richard the Lionheart is dead, and his brother, John Lackland, sits uneasily upon the throne of England. Across the sea, Prince Louis, heir to the powerful King Philip Augustus of France, looks to King John’s crown with a covetous eye. But King John must be wary of rebellion, as well as invasion, for even his own barons would see their king unseated, and the French pretender put in his place. Thrust amid this tumult is young Estienne Wace, orphan squire to Earl William Marshal – the greatest knight to ever serve the kings of England.

King Stephen is captured and the Civil War seems over until disaster strikes while the Earl of Cleveland is in Normandy. The Empress' forces are routed and the Earl of Gloucester is captured. Forced to return to rescue the Empress the Earl of Cleveland has to fight King Stephen's army and the English winter to rescue his Empress. With the future King Henry II as his squire the Earl has to wage a war against an increasing number of enemies and a diminishing number of allies.

Bleibt in den Unruhen des Kampfs der Fürsten Raum für das eigene Glück und für Gerechtigkeit? Die Fortsetzung der bewegenden Das Gold der Weiden-Reihe von Martha Sophie Marcus. Summerburg 1179: Um ihren Hof zu retten, heiratet der Pferdezüchter Micha seine Ziehschwester Sibilla. Doch wenig später erklärt der herzogstreue Burgvogt Micha zum Verräter. Schweren Herzens muss er mit seiner Frau den geliebten Hagenhof verlassen, wo er nach dem gewaltsamen Tod seiner Familie Zuflucht fand. Als berittener Krieger schließt Micha sich den Gegnern Herzog Heinrichs des Löwen an.

The spirited daughter of England's greatest knight, Mahelt Marshal, lives a privileged medieval life. But when her beloved father falls out with the volatile and dangerous King John, her world is shattered. The king takes her brothers hostage and Mahelt's planned marriage to Hugh Bigod, heir to nobility, takes place sooner than she expected.

Der Beginn der großen Templer-Trilogie von Bestsellerautor Daniel Wolf. Frankreich 1293. Das ganze Land wird von Unruhen erschüttert, selbst der einflussreiche Templerorden muss ums Überleben kämpfen. In diesen gefährlichen Zeiten begibt sich der Knappe Constantin auf eine fast aussichtslose Mission: Für seinen Herrn soll er einen sagenumwobenen Stein finden, dem heilende Kräfte nachgesagt werden. Constantin hofft, sich durch die abenteuerliche Reise als angehender Ritter zu beweisen.

Read by Hattie Morahan, with an author's note read by Kate Mosse. 'Mosse is a master storyteller' – Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe A sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a...

Duke Widukind, leader of the Saxon rebels, is sheltering in the North, beyond Karolus's reach. He hopes to persuade Bjarki Bloodhand - once a famous berserker, but now a father and family man - and his fierce sister the shield-maiden Tor, to join his revolt against tyranny. But Bjarki has eloped with Widukind's sister Edith, who was betrothed to Abbio the Crow. In revenge, Abbio uses seithr to strike at Bjarki - a powerful spell to drive him insane. Can Bjarki resist the long slide into madness?

1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift—harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return.

Dive into the heart of medieval Ireland with this historical tale of courage, deception, and the relentless pursuit of power. Aoife, the defiant daughter of the dethroned King of Leinster, is thrust from a life of privilege into the heart of political and familial turmoil. Promised in marriage to the formidable Norman warrior, Strongbow, her life becomes a canvas of conflict, painted with the broad strokes of national upheaval and the intricate lines of personal betrayal.

The motherless child of an English priest living in ninth-century Mainz, Agnes is a wild and brilliant girl with a deep, visceral love of God. At eighteen, to avoid a future as a wife or nun, Agnes enlists the help of a lovesick Benedictine monk to disguise herself as a man and secure a place at the revered Fulda monastery. So begins the life of John the Englishman: a matchless scholar and scribe of Fulda, then a charismatic heretic in an Athens commune and, by her middle years, a celebrated teacher in Rome.

Lady Leila Barrington is the youngest daughter of the Earl of Werrick. While she has always known she is loved, she still carries the guilt of her birth and feels set apart from her sisters—not only in appearance but also by the visions that haunt her. In a world where fear and superstition rule, her gifts may cost her everything, including her life. But when she has a premonition of the great pestilence, she knows she will not be able to turn her back on the sick and dying. Not even after she sees her own death at the hands of the man she is fated to love.