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Año 717. Al-Hurr, el nuevo gobernador de al-Ándalus, se dispone a aniquilar los últimos focos de resistencia del reino visigodo. La conquista musulmana está a punto de consumarse bajo la despiadada tutela de Opas, el obispo metropolitano de Toledo, y los principales linajes hispanogodos deben enviar rehenes a Corduba. Fruela, hijo de Pedro, el duque de Cantabria, acude a la capital de al-Ándalus para garantizar la lealtad de su gente.

Un thriller histórico que te dejará sin aliento. Una comunidad de mujeres al margen de la sociedad. Una acusación de herejía. Una serie de muertes cada vez más violentas. Lovaina, comienzos del siglo XIII . En una floreciente comunidad de beguinas -mujeres laicas que decidían vivir juntas apartadas de los hombres, consagradas a sus labores intelectuales y al cuidado de los desamparados- una serie de muertes alteran repentinamente la paz.

Brought to you by Penguin. They are imprisoned, but not contained. Three women cross a loch. It is 1567, one of them is pregnant, two of them fretful. The boat takes them to Lochleven castle in the middle of the water. Awaiting them are courtiers braying for blood, hellbent on keeping one of...

Najpopularniejsza czeska seria kryminalna nareszcie w Polsce! Wysłannik czeskiego króla udaje się do Wrocławia, gdzie znika w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Z uwagi na dyplomatyczny charakter jego misji król Przemysł Ottokar II wysyła w ślad za nim na Dolny Śląsk swoich zaufanych ludzi: prokuratora królewskiego Oldrzicha, jego żonę Ludmiłę oraz giermka Otę. Za murami XIII-wiecznego Wrocławia okazuje się, że śledztwo będzie dużo trudniejsze, niż początkowo zakładano.

Ein Mann. Sieben Könige. Der blutige Thron Englands. England im 10. Jahrhundert: Das Land ist geteilt und gezeichnet von jahrelangen Machtkämpfen. König Æthelstan, ein Enkel Alfreds des Großen, hat geschworen, das Reich unter einer Krone zu vereinen. An seiner Seite steht Dunstan von Glastonbury – ein Mönch, Politiker, Visionär und, in den Augen vieler, ein Verräter. Sieben Königen dient Dunstan durch Krieg, Feuer und Wahnsinn, um Æthelstans Traum wahr werden zu lassen.

For the Dogs, the war has only just begun. Caught up in the siege of Calais, in the midst of a brutal eleven-month blockade of a small port on the French coast, they are no longer blindly walking into the unknown. But the men still have more questions than answers about what faces them–and why. What are they really fighting for? And why does the king care so much about taking such a small French town? The Dogs aren't paid to ask questions but in their work, they have the means to make people talk.

AD 796. Sailing in search of an object of great power, Hunlaf and his comrades are far from home when they are caught up in a violent skirmish against pirates. After the bloody onslaught, an encounter with ships from Islamic Spain soon sees them escorted under guard to the city of Qadis, one of the jewels of the Emirate of Al-Andalus and the true destination of their voyage. Hunlaf believes the Emir's lands hold the key to his search, but there are dangerous games at play.

Ein Fürst, ein Geheimbund und eine folgenschwere Entscheidung – der Ruf der Raben erklingt. Achtzehn Jahre sind vergangen, seit die Siedler auf Catan angekommen sind, und Fürst Thorolf herrscht mit harter Hand über Waldhafen. Einige Unfreie, die unter der zunehmenden Willkür ihrer Herren leiden, schließen sich zum Bund der Raben zusammen – so wie die Vögel frei durch die Lüfte gleiten, wollen auch sie selbst über ihr Schicksal bestimmen und der Gemeinschaft entfliehen.

1421. A França parece prestes a perder a guerra contra a Inglaterra. Enquanto o país se afunda na lama de batalhas sangrentas, o povo passa fome... e o rei permanece escondido. Desse caos surge uma jovem capaz de mudar o rumo da guerra e liderar os franceses à vitória. E o nome dessa garota imprudente, obstinada e brilhante–uma heroína improvável–ecoará através dos séculos: a guerreira, a herética, a santa Joana D'Arc.

En el siglo IX, Barcelona se encontraba en los confines más lejanos del Sacro Imperio. Gobernada por los francos desde la distancia, la ciudad, de apenas mil quinientas almas, se había convertido en una tierra abandonada, asolada por intentos de conquista de los sarracenos y las hordas salvajes, y sometida a la tiranía de unos nobles corruptos que explotaban a sus habitantes.

Norwegen, 875 n. Chr.: König Harald hat die Stämme des Landes unter seiner Herrschaft vereint. Doch sein Erzfeind Varl schwört erbitterte Rache. Gnadenlos ziehen seine Krieger durchs Land und ermorden die Getreuen des Königs. Um Verbündete im Kampf gegen Varl zu finden, begeben sich die beiden Wikingerbrüder Kjelvar und Thorvik auf eine gefährliche Reise. Doch als Varl das Dorf der Brüder niedermetzeln lässt und Kjelvars schwangere Frau entführt, ahnen die Brüder, welchen Weg das Schicksal für sie gezeichnet hat: Sie müssen zu Varls schlimmstem Feind werden. Eine blutige Jagd beginnt!

Surrounded once again by harsh men with full knowledge of the shocking event that led to his banishment, Galen has only one person he can depend on. But Alcuin is being pulled away by family duty and a new obsession. Is it time for Galen to stop relying upon others and solve his own problems? Will Galen survive this dangerous new world and forge a safer future for himself and his friend?

Lord Drysten, now widely considered to be the savior of Britannia despite his past transgressions, is being tested by a new enemy he never knew he would need to face. Kingship. The mantle of responsibility was never something he thought he would bear the weight of, and his enemies, past and present, see this as well.

Det är i mitten av 1300-talet då heliga Birgittas dotterdotter Ingegerd anländer till drottning Margaretas hov. Ingegerd är bara 14 år – vacker, levnadsglad och sugen på kärleksäventyr. Ingegerds liv tar dock en vändning när hon mot sin vilja tvingas gå i sin mormors fotspår och in i Birgittaklostret vid Vättern. I klostret är reglerna strikta och många och Ingegerd får kämpa för att vänja sig vid den nya tillvaron. Samtidigt arbetar drottning Margareta mot sitt mål att förena de tre nordiska länderna. Efter några år vigs Ingegerd till abbedissa över Vadstena kloster.

King Henry is dead and Stephen of Blois claims the throne of England and the Dukedom of Normandy. The Earl of Cleveland returns to England to fight for the heirs of Henry. When King David and his Scottish army capture most of northern England it is only Alfraed who holds out against him. Set in the early years of the Anarchy this is a fast moving book filled with battles and intrigue.

Na Inglaterra do século XIV, quatro crianças se esgueiram da multidão que sai da catedral de Kingsbridge e vão para a floresta. Lá, elas presenciam a morte de dois homens. Já adultas, suas vidas se unem numa trama feita de determinação, desejo, cobiça e retaliação. Elas verão a prosperidade e a fome, a peste e a guerra. Apesar disso, viverão sempre à sombra do inexplicável assassinato ocorrido naquele dia fatídico.

When Martin Kemp joins the English army in order to avoid the hangman, he may just be delaying the inevitable. While he remains hopeful that at least there's the chance for some heroics, the reality is very different. Kemp's war is instead a terrifying odyssey through the panic and confusion of his first battle, the brutal realities of siege warfare, and eventually to the field of Crécy, where he faces the armoured might of the French nobility. But as an elite longbowman, when it comes to winning or losing, he could have a vital - though dangerous - part to play.

It is the time f Athelstan, a religious, pious warrior. He is uniting the tribes, slaughtering any who stand against him: any who don't hold his views. In Sherewode, belief in Cernunnos holds true. Sherewode is also the haunt of numerous outlaw bands and bands of Norse who've been cut off and trapped in the forest and made it their own small kingdom. Hode is the daughter of Cernunnos, hunted by his followers who want to either sacrifice her or... be intimate with the daughter of their god. All Hode wants is to live freely in Sherewode with her partner and their children.

Er wollte kein Krieger sein - doch das Schicksal verlangte es. Entdecke die packenden Romane von Bernard Cornwell über Thomas of Hookton - eine mitreißende historische Saga voller Abenteuer, Schlachten und geheimnisvoller Missionen. Begib dich auf eine fesselnde Reise ins mittelalterliche Europa und erlebe die Tapferkeit eines englischen Bogenschützen auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral. Tauche ein und erlebe hier die komplette Gral-Trilogie.

Kings make treaties but it is men who keep or break them. When Sir Thomas of Cleveland is given the task of policing the northern border, he is given a poisoned chalice. His son is given the northern manor of Elsdon and there he is on the front line. He has to fight bandits, enemy lords and traitors from within. Set in the harsh lands of the Scottish borders Sir William comes of age. He becomes a warrior who has the blood of the Warlord.