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Ein Schwergewicht im Wikinger-Genre. Unterhaltung mit Mehrwert, intensiv recherchiert und knallhart erzählt. Der vierte Teil von Tonny Gulløvs erfolgreicher Wikinger-Saga. Ulv Palnatoke ist keiner, der sich vor irgendjemandem beugt – weder vor dem König Dänemarks, Harald Blauzahn, noch vor dem blutrünstigen Otto dem Großen. Den schmerzt noch immer die demütigende Niederlage, die Palnatoke ihm zugefügt hat. Das Jahr ist 960. Otto der Große steht mit seiner enormen Streitmacht am Schutzwall Danewerk. Er will die Dänen zum Christentum zwingen.

When justice is the target, Warbow's aim is true. In an age where loyalty is as powerful as steel, Gerald Warbow finds himself entwined in a web of intrigue and valour. Held against his will in Westminster, Warbow is once again drawn into the shadows of royal service when he is tasked with...

The next instalment in the Chivalry series from a master of historical fiction. The Chivalry series follows William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint...

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.

Growing up on the fringes of a 12th century English manor, Robin is the only child of the village wise woman, and an outcast. When tragedy strikes, leaving him at the mercy of his superstitious neighbors, he must use his wits and his magic to survive.

879 AD, Norway. Halvdan, son of Ragnar Lothbrok and King of Dublin, is locked in a savage war with Irish Dubgaill warriors in a battle for supremacy of Ireland’s coastal strongholds. Hundr, a Northman with a dog's name…Viking warships flying the raven banner…and the echo of Ivar the Boneless. Hundr and Einar the Brawler are drawn into a search for the son of Bjorn Ironside, lost during the war for Ireland’s future. Old enemies seething with vengeful fury emerge to throw Hundr and Einar into the most dangerous fight of their lives.

Scotland, 1296. The winds of rebellion are blowing. The wars of independence for Scotland are on the brink of changing the history of Great Britain. Under assault from King Edward I, the besieged city of Berwick-upon-Tweed is delivered into the hands of the English, who massacre and burn everything in their path. Aileas and Fillan, 16-year-old orphan twins, get separated on that horrific night. Aileas is carried away and disappears while Fillan manages to join forces with a Scottish clan fleeing to the north, into the very heart of the Highlands.

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Saxon barbarians threaten to destroy medieval Wales. Lady Branwen becomes Wales' last hope to unite their divided kingdoms when her father betroths her to a powerful Welsh warlord, the Hammer King. But the fledgling alliance is fraught with enemies from within and without as Branwen becomes the target of assassination attempts and courtly intrigue.

Tausend Jahre: Dänemarks blutiger Weg in ein geeintes Königreich. Wir schreiben das Jahr 937. Erneut wird Britannien von plündernden Dänen heimgesucht. Der hitzköpfige Ulv wird aus Cumberland verschleppt und auf dem Wikingerschiff "Havormen" an die Ruderbank gekettet. Doch er weigert sich, das Sklavendasein zu akzeptieren. Nicht einmal der große und starke Ymer, der ihn beschützen will, kann ihn davon abbringen. Wer ist Ulv wirklich? Wer war seine Mutter, die einst auf einem Drachenschiff nach Cumberland gekommen war?

Fourteenth-century Europe. The Black Death has killed half the known world, and in an isolated convent, a small group of nuns spends their days in work, austerity, and devotion, chanting the Liturgy of the Hours. But their community is threatened. Rumors of heresy and a scandalous Book of Ursula, based on the teachings of the charismatic former abbess and founder of the order, have prompted the male church hierarchy to launch an investigation. Disrespect and rebellion infect some novices, and the youngest among them pines for the bishop's chief inquisitor.

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.

The Vikings have discovered the riches of the Cotentin Peninsula and are not going to be moved without a fight. Sailing the seas they raid the Caliphate of Cordoba as well as Wessex and Aquitaine. When the Norns send them new drekar the jarl of the Clan of the Horse can go on the offensive and...

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.

From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war. Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar...

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMES Discover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden. September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward...

In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear, especially if its rotten wood is replaced by more durable stone. As arguments rage over raising the money other, equally heated, differences are coming to the boil over the election of a new chancellor. While the majority support Brother Michael for the post, at least one of his opponents aims to seize it by fair means or foul. Then the discovery of a body under the bridge and the disappearance of two scholars throws a more sinister shadow over both disputes.

Isabella wants to come home—a rather innocuous request—unless you're the king and Isabella is the aunt whose mental instability led her own father to banish her from the kingdom. Her arrival, unbidden, on the steps of the castle opens old wounds and forces Alfred to examine his grandfather's decision.