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When 16th-century printers Henri and Bertrand Dubois find a stack of letters among their grandmother's memorabilia, they realize their lives are about to change, for in those missives is incontrovertible proof that the legend of the lost chronicles of King Alfred is no legend at all. Publishing those chronicles would be the coup of a lifetime, elevating not only the brothers' prestige among publishers in two kingdoms but also their position in society. But first, they have to find them.

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...

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.

An epic full-cast play about Robin Hood, plus an episode of In Our Time setting him in his historical context and four dramatic interpretations of his story Robin Hood has captured the English imagination for centuries. His tale has been told in ballads, novels, plays, TV shows and films – and...

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.

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.

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.

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...

France, 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death. Then Sir Hugues de Beauconray comes to Kemp with an offer: escort a Dominican friar on a quest to steal a mysterious book from an abbey in Scotland. Fail, and ten of Kemp's friends will be hanged.

Der Beginn der großen Templer-Trilogie von Bestsellerautor Daniel Wolf. Frankreich 1293. Das ganze Land wird von Unruhen erschüttert, selbst der einflussreiche Templerorden muss ums Überleben kämpfen. In diesen gefährlichen Zeiten begibt sich der Knappe Constantin auf eine fast aussichtslose Mission: Für seinen Herrn soll er einen sagenumwobenen Stein finden, dem heilende Kräfte nachgesagt werden. Constantin hofft, sich durch die abenteuerliche Reise als angehender Ritter zu beweisen.

On a remote Gaelic farmstead in medieval Ireland, word reaches Alberic of conquering Norman knights arriving from England. Oppressed by the social order that enslaved his Norman father, he yearns for the reckoning he believes the invaders will bring—but his world is about to burn. Captured by the Norman knight Hugo de Lacy and installed at Dublin Castle as a translator, Alberic’s confused loyalties are tested at every turn.

The seventh audiobook in Griff Hosker's epic Lord Edward's Archer series of historical adventures. Stirling Bridge is a haunting memory for King Edward. When Scottish rebels threaten his northern borders the king acts swiftly to quash it. William Wallace remains a threat and hiding across the...

Siglo XII, Reino de León. En plena ofensiva almorávide, con la cristiandad acorralada, Urraca, hija de Alfonso VI y legítima heredera al trono leonés, contrae matrimonio con Alfonso I de Aragón, cumpliendo la última voluntad de su padre recién fallecido.