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Including an audio-exclusive Q&A between the narrator and the author, Danielle Giles. 'Beautifully written . . . A dark and disturbing tale' – Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens Mere by Danielle Giles is a hypnotic historical novel about fear and survival...

Ein Leben im Schatten – ein unsterbliches Erbe ... Als die Historikerin Madeleine ein jahrhundertealtes Tagebuch findet, stellt sie dazu Nachforschungen in Canterbury an – und erfährt Unglaubliches über die berühmteste Stickarbeit des 11. Jahrhunderts:. England im Jahr 1064. Die junge Stickerin Leofgyth wächst in einer unsicheren Zeit am Hofe König Edwards auf. Intrigen sind an der Tagesordnung, denn der König ist sterbenskrank und es kündigt sich ein Machtwechsel an.

Provoked by the Dauphin's refusal to honour the terms of his father's surrender, Edward III has invaded France with the greatest army England has ever assembled. But the English lion's attempts to claw the French crown from its master are futile. After defeats at Crècy and Poitiers, the Dauphin will no longer meet the English in the field. Mired down in costly sieges and facing a stalemate, Edward's great army is forced to argee a treaty. But peace comes at a price.

Anna Thalberg is a villager shunned for her red hair and provocative beauty, so when she is dragged from her home and accused of witchcraft, her neighbors do not intervene. Only Klaus, her husband, and Father Friedrich, a priest experiencing a crisis of faith, set out to Würzburg to prove her innocence. There, locked in a prison tower, Anna faces isolation and torture while anxiety builds over strange happenings within the city walls. Can the two men convince the Church inquisitors to release Anna, or will she burn at the stake?

Anno Domini 1483, Firenze. La città del Magnifico, Lorenzo de' Medici, è scossa da una serie di delitti raccapriccianti, che gettano un'ombra oscura sulla vita dei suoi ignari abitanti. Un predatore spietato caccia bambini innocenti, lasciando nelle loro bocche le carte degli Arcani Maggiori. Anche un prete viene brutalmente assassinato: sul suo corpo viene trovato un messaggio criptico che solo la mente più brillante di Firenze può decifrare.

In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in North East Lincolnshire...

Spring 1152. Once she was a Queen, and will become so again... Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her marriage to Louis of France, as well as various lords bent on capturing her and forcing her into marriage with them, and is safe in her homeland once more. Sending a message to Henry, Duke of Normandy, Eleanor arranges her second marriage, this time to a lord of her choosing, a man already in possession of an empire of his own, an heir to the English throne about to take back the crown stolen from his mother, the Empress Matilda.

Derrière la reine légendaire se cache une femme d'exception. Aliénor est couronnée reine d'Angleterre aux côtés de son époux, le jeune Henri II Plantagenêt. Elle est désormais l'une des femmes les plus puissantes d'Europe. Tandis que Henri part en guerre contre les ennemis de la Couronne afin d'asseoir son autorité, Aliénor se révèle une souveraine active sur tous les fronts et une mère dévouée pour leurs nombreux enfants. Mais bientôt délaissée par Henri, qui lui préfère sa jeune amante, Aliénor se voit peu à peu déposséder du pouvoir qui est sien.

A quest to save the free world. In this third and final book in Jerry Sanders’s epic trilogy, Troy Kensington, a powerful and talented warrior, faces his most ambitious quest yet. A secret underground society of misguided but brilliant Ashkenazi Jews has but one mission: military domination. If they succeed, millions of people from England to Israel will be killed.

Croatia, 1351. Daring knight Gerard Fox and his adventurous wife Willa, fresh from a dangerous quest across Italy and Greece, soon find themselves embroiled in a new intrigue as they sail toward the walled city of Dubrovnik. Having inadvertently hindered a rescue mission, Fox and Willa make amends by helping a desperate Croatian couple forced into a terrible dilemma: either they betray their hometown to a treacherous nobleman and the brutal warlord he serves, or their abducted child will be murdered.

يأخذنا الكتاب في رحلة عبر القرون الوسطى حيث كان الصراع غاية في الشراسة للسيطرة على حوض المتوسط كونه معبرًا اقتصاديًا مهمًا، ولكن الإقتتال بين الطرفين لم يكن كل...

King Harold lies dead on the battlefield, and William of Normandy has been crowned King of the English in Westminster Abbey. Far to the north, however, Oslac, thegn of the village of Acum, has only one thought on his mind. Revenge. Descended from the ancient line of the Kings of Bernicia, Oslac is a man of honour for whom debts must always be repaid.

1469. For almost ten years, Edward IV has ruled with the Earl of Warwick's support, but now rebellion threatens the fragile peace. Heiress Isobel Fenton is determined not to be separated from her beloved manor of Beaumancote. But as unseen witness to a summary execution, she is propelled into the world of personal feud and national politics. She's left in the protection of the formidable Earl, who has begun to foment rebellion, but is set to marry his enemy's heir, Thomas Lacey.

Eine junge Diebin, ein lange verschwundener, sagenumwobener Schatz - und eine gefährliche Mission im Auftrag von Jakob Fugger. Augsburg 1502. Als sie den Inhalt des Beutels betrachtet, den sie einem Herrn abgeschnitten hat, ist die junge Diebin Afra enttäuscht. Statt Münzen beinhaltet er Zeichnungen von edlem Schmuck. Wenig später findet sie heraus: Die Preziosen gehören zum sagenumwobenen Burgunderschatz, der sich in Bern befinden soll. Geschäftstüchtig, wie sie ist, versucht sie, ihr Wissen an eine der reichen Augsburger Familien zu verkaufen.

'Fascinating, poignant and beautifully written. A story of love and the sorrow of war' CAROL MCGRATH 'An enthralling insight into the Wars of the Roses seen through the eyes of two powerful women. A superb read' CLARE MARCHANT 'A fascinating story of two powerful women on opposing sides of the...

Tuscany, 1358: Thomas Blackstone has built a formidable reputation in exile, fighting as a mercenary amid the ceaseless internecine warring of Italy's City States. But success has bred many enemies, and when a dying man delivers a message recalling him to England, it seems almost certain to be a trap. Yet Blackstone cannot disobey – the summons is at the Queen's demand. On his journey, Blackstone will brave the terrors of the High Alps in winter, face the Black Prince in tournament, confront the bloody anarchy of a popular revolt and submit to trial by combat.

Sir John Hawkwood may be getting old but he is still as wily as a fox. Feared and revered in equal measure, one of the greatest military leaders the world has ever known is drawn once again into a territorial dispute, beginning at the Florentine borderlands. Leading a coalition of city-states, he strikes deep into the nest of Milanese vipers and their allies. Using the skills honed over a long and illustrious career, the English mercenary takes the war to the very gates of Milan, cementing his legacy as ‘Giovanni Acuto’—supreme condottiero.

Figlia di un re spodestato. Discendente di potenti druidi. Destinata a prendere il suo posto nella storia. Scozia, intorno all’anno Mille. Durante la celebrazione di Imbolc, le donne cantano invocando la dea Brighde, mentre il vento ne trasporta le voci che riecheggiano sull’acqua scura. Gruoch osserva le loro danze sfrenate rabbrividendo, ma lei è troppo giovane per prendere parte al rito. È proprio in quel momento che la nonna le svela la profezia che cambierà la sua intera esistenza. Un giorno diventerà regina di Alba e potrà reclamare le terre dei suoi antenati.

Köln 1396/97: Elsbeth ist naiv und liebreizend, als sie mit sechzehn Jahren beginnt, im Bordell "Zur schönen Frau" zu arbeiten. Bald darauf wird einer ihrer Freier, der Ratsherr van Kneyart, vergiftet aufgefunden, und sie gerät ins Visier der Obrigkeit. Auch ihr Halbbruder wird auf sie aufmerksam und bewahrt sie vor dem Galgen. Die beiden werden Vertraute, und mit der Hilfe von Elsbeth, die für ihn im Dirnenhaus Informationen sammelt, wird er, sehr zum Gefallen seiner Frau, zum mächtigsten Mann Kölns und Elsbeth zur geschickten Drahtzieherin der Unterwelt.

In the second half of the first millennium, the legends say that London disappeared for over four hundred years. We know almost nothing about what happened during that time. But if we could shine a light on the city's ruined walls, we would be in for a shock. For here the Romans are long forgotten. King Scarabold now rules what little remains of the city, together with his over-entitled daughter Giniva, her effete brother Leperdandy and their wayward, lunatic relatives—all squabbling and fighting amongst themselves for the future of their corrupted dynasty.