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One evening, Gillis—a young Scottish minister who technically doesn't believe in god—falls into a hole left by a recently dug up elm tree and discovers an ancient disembodied hand in the soil. He's about to rebury it when the hand... beckons to him. He spirits it back to his manse and gives it pen and paper, whereupon it begins to doodle scratchy and anarchic visions. Somewhere, in the hand's deep history, there lies a story of the Scottish reformation, of art and violence, and of its owner long since dead.

Anna DeMarco’s creative world shatters when a remorseless stranger tears it apart—no blood spilled, just her spirit broken. He thinks he’s won. He’s wrong. Dragged into a realm where karma wields a jagged edge and magic fuels vengeance, Milton Smith faces a brutal reckoning. How dare he make her cry. This modern-day critic obsessed with medieval lore crossed the wrong writer—and finds himself hurled into a brutal world of his own making.

Amidst the Hundred Years' War, alliances must be brokered. The Duke of Clarence, second son of King Edward III, journeys from Paris to marry the daughter of the powerful Lord of Milan. Little does he know that he is heading into a trap. Luckily the Duke is preceded on the road to Milan by Sir Thomas Blackstone, Master of War, on an urgent mission of his own. Blackstone must get his hands on the gold the Prince of Wales needs to wage successful war in France. But there is a price on Blackstone's head, and assassins willing to risk everything to claim it before he even gets to Milan.

A new home under threat... Family and friends in mortal danger... Will Richard be able to save everyone? Can Richard survive being plunged into the cut-throat world of medieval campaigning, complete with sieges, pitched battles and more. Book Two in The Legend of Richard Keynes series follows Richard as he struggles to assert authority over his new land, as well as his new wife. He will have to battle against bad omens, prejudice and the consequences of his actions.

Peak District, Mercia, AD 910: a young girl, Freda works hard to avoid her father's temper, while longing for his approval. She loves foraging in the woods and hearthside stories of heroes. Secretly she thinks in poetry and dreams of one day being able to write; her quills are grass stalks and sticks, her parchment the sky, the earth, her skin. But Freda's world is at war, and when her village is decimated in a savage raid and her father goes missing, Freda must find the strength to survive.

Zwei Männer finden im Wald etwas Wertvolles, in einem Turm auf einer Burg wird ein Schatz entdeckt und in einem Buch aus dem Mittelalter wird eine unglaubliche Geschichte erzählt. Ein Team von Archäologen aus Oldenburg muss nun all diese Fundstücke und Ereignisse miteinander in Einklang bringen. Dabei machen sie eine Entdeckung, die ihr Leben verändern wird. Dies ist eine Geschichte voller Liebe, Hass, Eifersucht, Mord und Rache.

Reggie Oliver is a stage actor and playwright. His biography of Stella Gibbons was praised as "a triumph" by Hilary Spurling in the Daily Telegraph, his play Winner Takes All, was described as "the funniest evening in London", by Michael Billington in The Guardian, and his adaptation of Hennequin and Delacour's Once Bitten opened at the Orange Tree Theatre in London in December 2010. MEETING WITH MIKE: It looked as if one of Mad King Ludwig's fantasy castles had developed middle age spread.

In the depths of winter at an ancient German castle, high up in the mountains, a noble is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Back at Rourell, Arnau is taking on the responsibilities of a full Templar Knight. But when he is tasked with returning Brother LUtolf's papers to settle a legal dispute between his family and the Order, Arnau is unexpectedly drawn into the killing at the castle. Here he enters a dark game of knives and double-crosses.

Eine fast vergessene Begebenheit aus der Historie: Im Herzogtum Sachsen herrscht im 12. Jahrhundert ein blutiger Fehdekrieg. Ein junger Bauernsohn namens Odo kann den dabei begangenen Gräueltaten in seinem Dorf entfliehen und wird von einem Ritter als Waffenknecht angenommen. Doch dann muss sich Odo mit seinem Herrn dem Kreuzzug ins Wendenland anschließen. Dort soll er einem jungen Mädchen begegnen, dass sein Leben für immer verändern wird.

Set in medieval times, Lourin ran away from a life of wealth and luxury suffocated by formalities and responsibilities. She then lived the simple life she desired with a husband who loved her beyond measure and two amazing daughters. Lourin’s evil in-laws colluded with a corrupt bishop to get rid of her and hired bandits who ripped her true love from her life; then mercenaries kidnapped her daughters and captured her. She experienced despair being taken halfway across the world and thrown over a waterfall.

The year is AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to his hometown, Seaxmund's Ham in the Kingdom of the East Angles, to be greeted with the shocking news that Eadulf's uncle, Athelnoth, the lawgiver, has been murdered and his house burnt down. And Eadulf's younger sister is missing. The locals accuse Fidelma and Eadulf of the crimes, and Fidelma's safety is threatened by the first council of the bishops and kings of the Angles and Saxons, who wish to expel all Hibernian missionaries and teachers from the kingdoms.

Luminita: As a woman in medieval Romania, the inability to control my fate quickly grew from annoyance to a festering wound. Even as a Durand, who can rip the soul from a man, I have no place in power because I am female. When I left my home in Kotor, I vowed to prove the world wrong. Then I stumbled across a true mystery who eventually called me Draga, Beloved. Aaron: After seven thousand years of life, I thought I'd uncovered all of life's secrets.

January 1313. As London is gripped by a freezing winter, Sir Hugh Corbett becomes embroiled in a ghoulish game of kings played out between the English and French courts. Years earlier, Corbett prevented a gang of rifflers from breaking into the Royal Treasury, but the leading chieftain, Sarasin, escaped. Now Sarasin is caught killing a squire of Queen Isabella's and Corbett swiftly has the riffler tried and hanged from the signpost of The Twilight tavern.

September, 1145. The body of a Templar knight is discovered in the Forest of Wyre on Worcestershire's northern border, and concealed upon his person is a bloodstained document that reveals the identity of a traitor.

Rebecca Gablés Epos "Die Waringham Saga" setzt als Audible Original neue Standards: schon jetzt ist es das wahrscheinlich längste Hörspiel der Welt. Als Sprecher der aufwendigen Hörspielproduktion u. a. dabei Maria Koschny, Manja Doering, Sascha Rotermund und Detlef Bierstedt, bekannt als deutsche Stimme von George Clooney. Teil 2 der neuen dreiteiligen Hörspielreihe um die Generation von Isaac und Eleanor setzt die Geschichte im Jahr 1566 fort.

Fiona McAfee is a proud warrior, able to outshoot any man she has ever met. When the opportunity arises for her to demonstrate her skill at the Highland Games, she happily agrees. Alisdair McClain is the eldest son of a laird, yet he knows he won’t be laird himself. When he spots Fiona at the Highland Games, he knows he wants to be her husband—and not simply because it would allow him to be laird of Clan McAfee.

Emprisonnée par son mari Henri II Plantagenêt et séparée de ses enfants, Aliénor ne s'avoue pas vaincue et refuse de se soumettre à la tyrannie. Après la mort du roi elle devient reine douairière d'Angleterre et s'efforce de tempérer ses fils désormais rivaux dans la conquête du pouvoir. Infatigable, elle traverse les Alpes, réunit la rançon pour faire libérer son fils Richard Coeur de Lion et déjoue les manoeuvres de son autre fils, Jean sans Terre.

In 1561, with Elizabeth I on the throne and Catholic plots brewing, a young German prince arrives in England claiming to be the rightful heir–the son of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. Armed with jewels, letters, and Tudor looks, his claim threatens to upend the dynasty. But as poison spreads and secrets unravel, astrologer John Dee and his companion Margaretta must uncover the truth behind the prince’s origins.

The third exciting audiobook in Griff Hosker's incredible historical action series—Conquest!

1552, Paris: Against a backdrop of turmoil, suspicion, and paranoia, the printing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives one day at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas.