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In May, during the sixteenth year of King John’s reign, the Sheriff of Nottingham arranged a tourney. All the nobles, artisans, yeomen and serfs from miles around attended. Being a woman, I was not allowed to participate in the tourney’s events – I could attend, but as a mere spectator. However, fate lent a helping hand in the shape of a handsome ally, a friend from my youth, Robin of Locksley. This is the story of the events that unfolded at the sheriff’s tourney.

The heart-stopping new love story from Emma Denny, following beloved characters from One Night in Hartswood and All the Painted Stars. 🏹🏹🏹 'Achingly thoughtful, wonderfully romantic, complex, and tender, Denny’s world and characters leap off the page and tug at your heart' EMMA R...

The heart-stopping new love story from Emma Denny, following beloved characters from One Night in Hartswood and All the Painted Stars. 🏹🏹🏹 'Achingly thoughtful, wonderfully romantic, complex, and tender, Denny’s world and characters leap off the page and tug at your heart' EMMA R...

Año 711, las huestes musulmanas han tomado Hispania por la fuerza de la espada y avanzan imparables. El reino visigodo de Toledo se desmorona y los nuevos amos toman su botín. Entre los cientos de cautivos se encuentra Egilo, la altiva y orgullosa viuda de Rodrigo. Una mujer destinada a adentrarse en la anónima niebla del pasado que, sin embargo, se convertirá en pieza clave de un momento histórico convulso. La última reina goda es una novela de pequeños y grandes personajes que asistieron al amanecer de un nuevo mundo, donde el peligro y las amenazas eran constantes.

Owen has completed his latest mission for the Duke of Lancaster, but his plan to return home is thrown into peril when the young stonemason carving the tomb of Owen's late father-in-law, English knight Sir Robert D'Arcy, is discovered hanged. The Archdeacon of St. David's wants Owen to find out whether Cynog was executed due to his support for the would-be Welsh redeemer, Owain Lawgoch's, rebellion against English rule. Prolonging his stay in Wales means that Owen will be unable to deliver the news of Sir Robert's death to Lucie in person, but can he really leave her father's tomb unfinished?

Un auténtico Juego de tronos de la mano de un verdadero especialista en la España del siglo XII Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, el emperador, reúne a su corte para comunicar una decisión trascendental. A su muerte, el reino quedará dividido: Sancho, su primogénito, reflexivo y débil...

In the breathtaking conclusion of the Goddess trilogy of the award-winning Bury Down Chronicles, vengeance wars with mercy as Megge and Amice return to Bury Down, burdened with one question: Will Megge offer her mortal foe the cure only a woman of Bury Down can dispense?

When a peasant woman is murdered and her daughter found dazed with a blood-drenched dagger lying beside her, the alchemist decides the real killer is hiding in plain sight. He enlists the help of his assistant, Flowia, and that of a resourceful plowman, Bertwoin, and forces them to work together even though a misunderstanding has soured their romance.

Norditalien im 15. Jahrhundert: Der plötzliche Tod ihres Vaters lässt Sofia di Maderno mit drei jüngeren Geschwistern zurück. Jetzt muss sie, auf sich allein gestellt, die Papiermühle der Familie führen. Als Sofia sich weigert, den Sohn eines anderen Müllers zu heiraten, werden aus den Nachbarn Konkurrenten, die ihr die Gesellen abwerben. Bald steht die Mühle kurz vor dem Ruin. Erst die Unterstützung des väterlichen Freunds Sebastiano, eines Franziskaner-Mönchs, lässt Sofia wieder Hoffnung schöpfen.

Piran Chegwin had known since he was just a boy that he wanted to be a priest—to bring comfort and care to ordinary folk in a little parish church. So when his father manages to scrape together the money for him to study theology at Oxford, it seems his future is set. That is, until he encounters Martin de Villiers, an ambitious, self-important fellow student who takes an instant dislike to Piran. Piran's only offense? Having been born a Cornishman. But to Martin's eyes, it's an offense that must be set right.

Pick up the next adventure in John Pilkington's incredibly intriguing Thomas the Falconer Tudor mystery series! Perfect for fans of S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor. 🩸🔍 'English history fans who don’t know the Thomas the Falconer series should get up to speed quickly.' Booklist AN INSTINCT...

Prepare to be transported into the thunderous sweep of Persian history. This section of Shahnameh (Chapters 16-27 in Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings) moves from myth to history, chronicling the dramatic rise of the Sassanian dynasty and its eventual fall. Through masterful storytelling, the epic brings to life royal ambition, political intrigue, heroic resistance, and cultural transformation—culminating in the Arab conquest of Iran in the seventh century. Performed by award-winning voice actor Marc Thompson, this performative audiobook places you at the heart of the action.

The Wolves of Odin must bring a rogue Viking chief to heel, in the rolling Yorkshire Dales… AD 1044. Fleeing the machinations of William the Conqueror in France, the Wolves of Odin set sail for Britain. They make for the north of the country, heading to Jorvik – Viking York. Its earl, Sigurd...

In the Name of the Worm is a historical dark fantasy adventure of heretical proportions, complete with lost gods, entombed nuns, witch-knights, and a breathless plot interwoven with a heady dose of heterodox Christian and German folklore.

Es ist das Jahr 1368: Ein pompöses Fest markiert den Aufbruch Prinz Lionels von Antwerpen von Paris nach Mailand. Dort will er die Tochter von Galeazzo Visconti heiraten. Ihm voraus reitet mitsamt seinen treuen Gefährten Sir Thomas Blackstone, loyaler Kriegsherr des Prinzen von Wales. Denn der braucht Geld für den drohenden Krieg gegen Frankreich, und zur Mitgift gehören 200.000 Florentiner Gulden – ein kostbarer Schatz, den Blackstone in die richtigen Hände bringen muss!

In Saint-Pierre—where banners rise above stone keeps and villagers toil—17-year-old Etienne learns that loyalty is everything under the stern Lord Bertrand.

King Henry is not a good king. His son, The Lord Edward, promises strength but the Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort seeks the throne and the crown. When civil war erupts there is only one place for the knights of the valley, now led by the Warlord’s heir, Sir Henry Samuel, and that is by...

Wales, 1369. Owen Archer is travelling to Wales on a mission for the Duke of Lancaster, recruiting archers in anticipation of King Charles of France's invasion of England. Joining him are Brother Michaelo, Geoffrey Chaucer and his father-in-law, Sir Robert D'Arby, who is on pilgrimage to the shrine of St David. When the body of John de Reine, one of the Duke of Lancaster's men, is found at the gate of St David's, the bishop asks Owen to return the corpse to John's father, Sir John Lascelles.

After getting Master Mercurius jailed and nearly put to death with one of his schemes, the Stadhouder, William of Orange, has finally left Mercurius in peace. But Mercurius is not able to remain in Leiden for long. A friendly debate on the sin of witchcraft has been proposed between the University of Leiden and the University of Leuven. And the scholars are to meet part-way in the city of Maastricht.

Drei harte Highlander-Herzen werden erobert in dieser Sammelausgabe von Hannah Howell. Highland-Lord Artan Murray soll die ihm unbekannte Cecily, die Nichte eines verstorbenen Verwandten, ehelichen … und erlebt eine Überraschung: Die wilde Schönheit erobert schon bei der ersten Begegnung sein Herz! Sir Lucas Murray ist Schreckliches widerfahren – nun ist er zurückgekehrt, um Rache zu nehmen an dem Clan, der ihm seine Ehre nahm … und an Lady Katherine, die er liebte, bis sie ihn grausam verriet.