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A queer retelling of the legend of Sir Lancelot, following the famous knight as he grows up orphaned, falls in love, and attempts to fulfill his destiny at the Round Table—from the bestselling author of Out East. "Richly detailed and evocative.” —Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling...

Young royal guardsman Robert Fitzooth is appointed personal protector to Princess Matilda of England as she travels across Europe to marry the German king, Henry V. What begins as a prestigious honour becomes a journey through the volatile heart of medieval power. Robert is drawn into the brutal struggle between emperor and church - and into a decades-long civil war that will shape the fate of England itself. He will fight. He will love. He will lose. Generations later, his bloodline will give the world a name that echoes through legend: Robin Hood.

'I devoured this book!' Alison Weir 'A fresh and intriguing take on Boleyn's story ... Borman's deep knowledge of her characters, of how they lived and loved, is evident in every line. This is an Anne to cherish' The Times HEVER CASTLE HOLDS ALL THE BOLEYN SECRETS ... When nobleman Thomas Boleyn...

The exhilarating new instalment in Griff Hosker's Border Knight series. When Sir Henry Samuel’s nephew, Sir Matthew, has to go to the crusades with Henry of Almain he does so reluctantly. The crusade that was almost a disaster did not begin well. With an aging king and aging regent left to...

Antiochia im Jahre 1190: Kaiser Barbarossa ist tot! Sein Kreuzritterheer löst sich auf und Ritter Diethelm erkrankt schwer. Die hochschwangere Delikatessköchin Alkmene und ihr Angetrauter, der Eunuch Pares, machen sich gemeinsam mit Diethelms Knappen auf den gefährlichen Weg nach Antiochia, um dem Ritter zur Seite zu stehen. Keine Speise kann Diethelm heilen, wähnt er sich doch verflucht. Da heckt Pares einen verwegenen Plan aus. Dafür braucht er Alkmenes Kochkünste und er bringt sie alle in Lebensgefahr.

Freedom is a choice. Love is a battle. Both demand a price. Karin Krejikova receives unthinkable news—her husband, famed Hussite fighter Pavel Krejik has vanished. The news is delivered by someone from her past. Someone she believed dead–her former betrothed. The disgraced Lukas Vitek may never again breathe air as a free man. But his family’s appeals culminate in a plan to wed his childhood friend Anicka Vorisek. Passed over by other suitors, she has become a burden on her family. Stepan puts his honor on the line to see his former friend rescued.

Siglo XIII, Reino de Castilla. El joven Beltrán López de Cazorla, hijo de un héroe de las Navas de Tolosa y de una antigua dama de la reina Berenguela, intenta desesperadamente emular las hazañas de su padre, aunque fracasa una y otra vez por su torpeza con las armas. Empeñado en demostrar su valía como guerrero, se embarcará en una peligrosa aventura que lo llevará a infiltrarse en Córdoba en calidad de espía y a protagonizar un trepidante viaje para recuperar las campanas robadas al Apóstol por Almanzor, esta vez a hombros de cautivos sarracenos.

The only thing that makes the dying lights of civilization shine a little brighter is the reflection on blades of steel fighting the darkness. In the far north of the island of Britain, the legions of Rome have vanished, gone to fight in the wars of a disintegrating empire. In their stead rides the cavalry of Arthur, Tribune of the last Romano – British fighting unit that pledges their lives to no petty king, but to Britain as a whole.

A nun is found dead. A priest is horribly attacked. An evil older than sin is loose in Yorkshire… Sir Ralph de Mandeville with his assistants Peter and Merek have recently come from Reeth to hold a court session in Marske but are pulled away at the news of a most heinous crime having been discovered further down the River Swale.

Siglo XV. Valencia se ha convertido en la ciudad más próspera del Mediterráneo gracias a los mercaderes que desembarcan desde todo el mundo. Para ellos se idea una de las obras arquitectónicas más espectaculares que el hombre jamás haya visto: la Lonja de la Seda.

1360: Having left her days of rebellion behind, Jeanette of Kent has finally found contentment as a wife and mother. Then, she is delivered a new blow: her beloved husband, Thomas Holland, has died on duty overseas. Though broken, Jeanette readies herself once more to fight to protect what is...

Sheriff Zachariah Fitch doesn't believe in pirate stories like the ones his daughter's nursemaid, Nairnie spins so well. But his beliefs change quickly when Nairnie's ex-pirate husband, Bear, and his crew arrive at his door one night. After solving several murders with the help of his good friend (and love interest), Lady Vivienne Harlowe, Zachariah wants nothing more than time to unwind. However, when Bear suggests a day of high seas adventure aboard his ship, Vivienne accepts the invitation for all of them. Against the sheriff's will, of course.

Newly crowned Margaret knows exile, estrangement and terror all too well. When William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066, Margaret and her family fled to Scotland, where she was hurriedly wed to Malcolm, King of the Scots. She’d craved the quiet life of a nun but now finds herself thrust into the public sphere with a duty to save souls—and lives—in the bloody aftermath of the Norman conquest.

1568 beginnt mit der Schlacht von Heiligerlee der 80-jährige Krieg zwischen den Niederlanden und Spanien. Immer wieder dringen Truppen und Söldner in das Münsterland ein, plündern und brandschatzen. Dort wachsen die Zwillinge Eva und Adam auf. Durch die Besonderheit ihrer Geburt ist Adam, der zweite Zwilling, ein freier Mensch. Eva hingegen wächst als Eigenbehörige auf. Doch als der Krieg weiter wütet, beschließt der Vater, dass Eva und Adam ihren Status tauschen. So kann Adam als Eigenbehöriger den väterlichen Hof übernehmen und ist vor dem Dienst an der Waffe sicher. Eva ist frei.

En esos días oscuros, una joven llega a la capital de los condados para contraer matrimonio con Ramon Borrell, el futuro conde de Barcelona, Osona y Girona. La hermosa doncella, con una inteligencia e ímpetu asombrosos, pronto se sitúa en el centro del poder y la justicia. Ermessenda, la condesa, se enfrenta a terribles pérdidas, a brutales batallas y al dolor de su pueblo; pero su guía y coraje son el baluarte cristiano.

Ballenstedt, 1018: Im Kloster Gernrode ist der Schreiberin Uta, Tochter eines verarmten Burgherrn, ein Leben in Dienst und Einsamkeit vorherbestimmt. Doch als Herzogin Gisela von Schwaben ihr Talent entdeckt, verändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig: Als Hofdame der zukünftigen Kaiserin bereist Uta das Reich und erschließt sich ungeahnte Wissenswelten. Die Freiheit währt jedoch nur kurz. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem mächtigen Markgrafen Ekkehard von Meißen verheiratet, obwohl sie in dessen Bruder verliebt ist.

Año 1014. Tras derrotar a los búlgaros en la batalla de Klyuch, el emperador bizantino Basilio II ordena arrancar los ojos de los quince mil soldados del ejército enemigo, dejando tuerto a uno de cada cien hombres para que guíen a los ciegos de regreso a casa. Durante semanas, una columna de desarrapados recorre a tientas el largo camino hasta la capital búlgara, donde los recibe el zar Samuel, que ante el terrible espectáculo de sus hombres humillados, cae fulminado por la pena.

Als Mann getarnt, erschafft Louise im 13. Jahrhundert Skulpturen, die Menschen zu Tränen rühren. Gemeinsam mit ihrem rätselhaften Gefährten Levent reist sie von Frankreich nach Deutschland und erobert die größten Dombauhütten ihrer Zeit. Doch ihre Meisterwerke haben einen Preis, dessen düstere Tragweite Louise nicht ahnt. Wie lange kann sie ihr Doppelleben im Schatten der Kathedralen geheim halten, während der gnadenlose Ketzerjäger Konrad von Marburg ihr auf den Fersen ist?

After years of voyaging around the world, the Wolves of Odin are going home. Far from the green crew led by an unblooded, wily lad that departed Sigtun, they return a renowned, feared war-band, led by Jarl Halfdan Loki-Born. They have come back to hunt down the last man responsible for the death of Halfdan’s father, the wicked Christian priest Hjalmvigi.

The only thing that kept him going were the voices of his ancestors, screaming for blood... Ulf and his shield brothers are sent on a raid against an old enemy — Francia, a mighty kingdom to the south, now ravaged by civil war. During the perilous sea voyage, Ulf can only focus on one thing. He demands closure: to find the man who slaughtered his family — Griml.