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Eine Geschichte von weiblicher Gemeinschaft und Macht. Ein Fest der Erzählfreude, der Erfindungskraft und des Intellekts. Das neue Meisterwerk von Lauren Groff. Marie ist siebzehn Jahre alt, groß und ungelenk und nach allgemeiner Ansicht ungeeignet für die Ehe und das höfische Leben. Sie verehrt ihre Königin, Eleanore von Aquitanien, doch die verstößt sie mit einem Lächeln: Marie soll Priorin eines abgelegenen Klosters werden, irgendwo im Schlamme Englands, fern von den zärtlichen Zuwendungen ihrer Dienerin.

When his father is killed at Arsuf protecting King Richard, Thomas is knighted. His hopes of inheriting his family's manor are dashed when Prince John takes power in his brother's absence. With a handful of men, Sir Thomas is forced to travel to Sweden where he joins the Jarl Birger Brosa fighting the Estonians, Karelians and Slavs. Fighting in the harsh environment of a Baltic winter makes Sir Thomas and his men stronger. There he learns of further treachery and dishonour among Bishops, Kings and Princes who value thrones more than men.

L'ancelot est un jeune chevalier sans nom ni expérience, venu de sa Bretagne natale sur l'île britannique à la recherche d'un mentor, alors que l'on dit qu'un roi nommé Arthur a succédé à son légendaire père Uther.

A mediados del siglo XIII, en el efervescente clima cultural de la Toledo que acogía a la Escuela de Traductores, las fuerzas del amor y del odio libran un duelo singular. Amore ludum es la historia de dos amantes que se reconocen en su común amor al saber. Judíos, árabes y cristianos conforman el alma de una ciudad abierta al conocimiento, pero atravesada por la insidia y la intolerancia.

1125, Inghilterra. Matilde, moglie dell'imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, torna a Londra dopo la morte del marito. In assenza di eredi maschi, suo padre, re Enrico I, le promette la successione al trono, ma le nozze di Matilde con Goffredo V, figlio del Conte d'Angiò, il nemico storico dei normanni, provocano sconcerto e disapprovazione a corte. Inoltre tra i potenti del Regno, convinti che una donna non possa ambire al ruolo di sovrana, si scatena un'accesissima lotta per la corona.

Bologna, dicembre 1311. Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista, viene incaricato dal podestà di far luce su una morte strana e orribile: un membro del Consiglio degli Anziani è stato rinvenuto carbonizzato in casa sua, eppure nella stanza nulla fa pensare a un incendio. Perfino la poltrona su cui l'uomo era seduto è rimasta quasi integra, mentre il corpo è bruciato in modo irregolare. I piedi sono illesi, un braccio è interamente ustionato, tutto il resto è ridotto in cenere. Mondino fa trasportare le spoglie nel suo studio per esaminarle.

En la época de las cruzadas, cuando la confrontación entre el cristianismo y el islam adquiere su mayor virulencia, nace en España una hermandad de caballeros para combatir en Tierra Santa al lado de los templarios y los hospitalarios: la Orden de Monte Gaudio. Esta es su fascinante, ignorada y dramática historia. En este contexto, el robo de unos objetos de culto de una fortaleza templaria en Londres desata una feroz lucha entre los templarios y los hospitalarios.

When Gisela Anne Balewyne comes face-to-face with handsome knight Dominic de Terre, she fears her dangerous secrets have caught up with her. The small town of Clovebury seemed the perfect place to hide from her abusive husband, raise her young son, and earn a living as a tailor while she saved to move north and start a new life. Seeing Dominic—the lord she loved and then lost when he went on crusade—renews her desire for him, but she can never be with him again, and not just because she's a commoner and he's a nobleman. Loving him would mean risking too much, including his life.

It is 742. The throne is empty; the pagan states are in rebellion, Charles Martel's widow and youngest son have been imprisoned, and trust between Carloman and Pippin—the two brothers who remain in power—has been shattered. Making matters worse, the Church is secretly conspiring to place a Merovingian on the throne and Charles' daughter Hiltrude has wed the leader of the rebellion—giving him the legitimacy of Charles' legacy. Based on a true story, Wheel of the Fates picks up where the award-winning Anvil of God leaves off.

Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he is to rule the Mercian kingdom of his dead father and prevent the neighboring king of Northumbria from claiming it. Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races to battle the alliance of the Northumbrian king, unsure if his brother stands with him or against him as they seek battle glory for themselves, and the right to rule gained through bloody conquest. There will be a victor and a bloody loser and a king will rise from the ashes of the great and terrible battle of Hædfeld.

Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An urgent need to stave off the hunger of his folk calls his younger brother Edwin, Lord of Kilton, to the kingdom of Mercia, and though he fulfils his mission, finds the greater prize he sought out of reach. Four Stones now has the second son of Sidroc under its lofty roof—Yrling, come from Gotland to train under the hand of his half-brother Hrald.

Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries. Including a lineup of authors both established and emerging, HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of historical horror from the medieval period, fittingly introduced by the writer who arguably started it all: Christopher Buehlman, author of the medieval horror epic Between Two Fires.

Das Jahr 1268 bestimmt ein für alle Mal, wer im Heiligen Römischen Reich das Ringen um die Seelen der Menschen und die Hoheit über die Herrschaft gewinnt. Die Kirche und die Anhänger des Christentums verbünden sich mit dem grausamen Charles d'Anjou. Sie sind gewillt, jedes Mittel gegen den sechzehnjährigen Konradin, den rechtmäßigen und im Volk beliebten Thronfolger, einzusetzen. Die Hohenstaufer sind die Erzfeinde des Papstes, seit Konradins Vorfahr, Friedrich II., einen Kriegszug abbrechen musste.

Present day: When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers an exquisite yet blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for a distraction from her problems, she decides to investigate. But as Robyn delves into the mystery, she finds herself caught up in a centuries-old secret—one that will change her life forever.

Icel is becoming a warrior of Mercia, but King Ecgberht of Wessex still holds the Mercian settlement of Londonia and its valuable mint. King Wiglaf of Mercia is determined that the last bulwark be reclaimed from his sworn enemy to complete his rehabilitation as Mercia’s rightful ruler. In the heart of the shield wall, Icel suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the battle and thrust into the retreating enemy stronghold where he must take on the pretence of a Wessex warrior to survive and exact a cunning plan to bring down the Wessex force cowering behind the ancient walls.

Injured and detained in Delkara, Prince Gage of Edelmar is as determined as ever to see an end to the murderous rebels. In order to assist the nobles in catching the traitorous thieves, Gage needs to pass along the vital information he is carrying but is currently incapable of delivering. If he asks for help from those in whose hands he has found himself, will they aid him or betray him? Misplaced trust has cost him dearly in the past, but time is slipping through his fingers. What information he has may not stay relevant long.

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights. They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword. But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.

In 1282 AD, the Kingdom of Sicily is under the rule of a tyrannical French king and subject to his brutal Angevin army. Daily acts of violence and persecution are commonplace in a once-prosperous realm. For twenty-year-old Aetna Vespiri, daughter of a revered Sicilian knight, survival has become second nature. As a child, she witnessed the destruction of her family’s vineyard by Angevin soldiers and spent the next decade learning the tenets of stiletto-blade combat. Years later in Palermo, Aetna fends off a nefarious sergeant and sparks an uprising against the Angevin occupation.

Die Reliquienhändlerin Marysa steht kurz vor der ersehnten Hochzeit. Doch ihre Unruhe ist groß - der Zukünftige kehrt nicht von seiner Reise zurück. Wie lange kann sie geheim halten, dass sie sich in anderen Umständen befindet? Auch endet bald die von der Zunft auferlegte Frist für ihre Neuvermählung, um weiterhin als Meisterin arbeiten zu dürfen. Als wäre das nicht Unglück genug, ist plötzlich Marysas guter Ruf in Gefahr: Das Silber, das ihr zur Fertigung von Pilgerzeichen übergeben wurde, entpuppt sich als versilbertes Messing. Marysa steht plötzlich als Betrügerin da.