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When the dust settled and the blood dried after the Battle of Plataea, Greeks might have thought that their freedom was secured. But before the corpse of the Great King's general was cold, Athens and Sparta began to bicker over dividing up the spoils. After an autumn of victory, it's a long cold winter among the burned cities and destroyed shrines of Greece, and a hungry spring. And when Arimnestos goes to sea to cruise the Persian-held coasts, he finds that Persia is still not beaten...and that old alliances are now fraying.

Henry Beaumont keeps a renowned pack of foxhounds, quick, brave and ruthless at the kill. One December hunt, the dogs uncover more than a fox in the woodlands - brushing aside dead leaves, Beaumont finds the crushed body of Martin Reynard, a former member of his household. Enraged, Henry, though he has no experience in such matters, swears to find the killer, but his impetuosity and rudimentary investigative skills lead him to arrest a man of questionable guilt. Fortunately, Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret, in the area to settle a land dispute, are available to lend their expertise.

It is AD 689, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child. She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband.

"Squid Game" meets "The Hunger Games" in this thriller where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient, deadly game across the streets of Edinburgh. Welcome to the Pantheon Games. Let the streets of Edinburgh run with blood...The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first-century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death armed only with ancient weapons – and their wits.

Hrolf the young Viking has left the service of Jarl Dragonheart and sails with Jarl Gunnar Thorfinnson. When they find a home off the Frankish coast they begin to accumulate a vast fortune which earns them the enmity of other Vikings. The novel culminates in a bloody battle where Viking fights...

Ostfriesland 1548 - Die Hebamme Hiske Aalken hat alle Hände voll zu tun, denn in der Herrlichkeit Gödens grassiert das Marschenfieber. Als ihr in dieser schweren Zeit der Arzt Jan Valkensteyn zur Hilfe eilt, taucht auch ein holländischer Kaufmann namens Friso van Heek auf, der Hiske wenig sympathisch ist. Gleichwohl ist er ein faszinierender Mann, den offensichtlich ein großes Geheimnis umgibt. Ein Geheimnis, das mit einem wertvollen Medaillon - dem Meerkristall - und mit einer entstellenden Narbe zu tun hat, die der Kaufmann am Arm trägt.

The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles series Icel is a lone wolf no more... Tamworth, AD830 Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel continues to forge his own destiny on the path to...

‘A thrilling, heart-stealing historic romp and achingly romantic’ M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood ***** Oxford 1360 When his sister’s betrothed vanishes the night before her politically arranged marriage, Raff Barden must track and return the elusive groom to...

Eine große Liebe, ein erbitterter Kampf um Macht und die Hoffnung auf eine neue Heimat - Norwegen im Jahr 860. Die Halbbrüder Thorolf, Yngvi und Digur verhelfen den Töchtern des Wikingerfürsten Halldor zur Flucht. Halldors Rache lässt nicht lange auf sich warten. Brandschatzend zieht er durch das Gebiet der Befreier und erwirkt deren Verbannung. Den Brüdern bleibt keine Wahl: Mit auswanderungswilligen Siedlern brechen sie zu neuen Ufern auf und erreichen nach einer abenteuerlichen Seereise Catan - das Land der Sonne. Doch die Insel stellt die Brüder vor gewaltige Herausforderungen.

The Wolves of Odin have been unleashed: the hunt has begun. Anno Domini 1040. Christianity has swept unstoppably across Scandinavia, leaving few enclaves of the old ways clinging on to their fading world as King Olof of Sweden works to convert his people. A young warrior, Halfdan, has witnessed...

1300 AD: the armies of Edward Longshanks and the Guardians of Scotland confront each other. The final battle for control of northern Britain looms. Meanwhile Robert de Bruce, the young lord of Carrick, waits in the background to seize his opportunity. Bruce dreams of taking the Scottish crown...

Préface de G.R.R. Martin, lue par Lemmy Constantine. Les Rois maudits, célèbre fresque historique en sept volumes, font revivre le XIVe siècle, entre le procès des Templiers et les débuts de la guerre de Cent Ans. Traduits dans le monde entier, "Les Rois maudits" ont remporté un succès exceptionnel et sont considérés comme un des modèles contemporains du roman historique. "Le Roi de fer", premier volume du cycle, a pour figure centrale Philippe IV le Bel, roi d'une beauté légendaire qui règne sur la France en maître absolu.

Losing her mother to the witch’s noose and her father to those who placed her there, Lady Edyth DeVries flees for her life into the wilds of Scotland. With all her hopes pinned upon reuniting with the only family left to her, Edyth is tormented as a keeper of a dangerous secret, one that she is only just beginning to unravel.

La guerra non è faccenda da donne, eppure nel sanguinoso scacchiere dell’Italia del Quattrocento può accadere di tutto, anche che una fanciulla venga addestrata a combattere come un uomo. Il suo nome è Bona Lombardi, ma fra i mercenari della Banda Rossa agli ordini del generale Francesco Sforza tutti la conoscono con il nome di Gabrio. Cuore puro e occhi verdi come pietre di fiume, nel suo sangue scorre la ribellione: contro il destino che spetta alle donne, contro i soprusi degli uomini, contro chi ti attende nell’ombra per strapparti la vita o la dignità.

Two enemies find themselves trapped together in an abandoned church on the far edge of Sherwood. Robin of Loxley and the Sheriff of Nottingham are both wounded, and without weapons, in the care of a hedge-priest. The ancient law of sanctuary means that no blood can be shed but emotions are running feverishly high. As the snow continues to fall, and with no apparent means of escape, new dangers begin to emerge. It becomes increasingly difficult to tell friend from foe.

Nordengland im Jahre 633: In einer Zeit großer Umwälzungen sind die Menschen den Machtspielen der Herrschenden schutzlos ausgeliefert. Daher folgt der junge Beobrand nach dem Tod seiner Eltern dem Vorbild seines Bruders Octa und zieht los, um sich dem Hof von König Edwin als Krieger anzuschließen. Als er dort ankommt, ist er zutiefst erschüttert. Sein geliebter Bruder Octa ist tot, angeblich hat er Selbstmord begangen. Beobrand ist jedoch überzeugt, dass Octa ermordet wurde, und schwört bittere Rache.

Lübeck, 1390: In der Hauptstadt der Hanse wird die Leiche eines geheimnisvollen Fremden aus der Trave gezogen. Unversehens findet sich der störrische Patrizier Rungholt in einer finsteren Ränke wieder, denn sein Kaufmannslehrling wird beschuldigt, den Fremden erschlagen zu haben. Rungholt bleiben nur wenige Tage, um dessen Unschuld zu beweisen und somit die Ehre seines Hauses wiederherzustellen. Doch bei der hartnäckigen Jagd nach dem Mörder droht er alles zu verlieren: seine Ehre, sein Leben – und seine geliebte Tochter Mirke... Derek Meisters Rungholt ist Kult!

In 12th-century England, King Richard the Lionheart has just ascended the throne, and preparations are underway for the Third Crusade to wrest the Holy Land from Saladin's clutches. Young lovers Eleanor and Hugh are thwarted by their fathers. While Eleanor is married off to Baron Rolf, a man who simmers with menace and will stop at nothing in his bid for power, Hugh trains to become a knight and embarks on Crusade to escape an arranged marriage to a woman he despises.

"Sulin Hasso's melodic narration transports listeners to the twelfth-century Seljuk Empire (Persia) for a sumptuous retelling of ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS."- AudioFile In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and political...

Frankreich Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts: Nur wenige Wochen sind Constance, der Vize-Gräfin von Laronne, an der Seite ihres geliebten Ehemannes Raoul vergönnt, dann muss er dem Aufruf zum Kreuzzug nach Palästina Folge leisten. Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa, König Philippe II. August von Frankreich und König Richard Löwenherz von England ziehen mit ihren Rittern aus, um Palästina und die Stadt Jerusalem von Sultan Saladin zurückzuerobern.