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Three short stories, The last days of ww2, Last siege of the Holy Land, Danger, my only mistress.

Macht, Krieg, Seefahrt, Treueschwüre und Intrigen: Dänemarks blutiger Weg in ein tausendjähriges Königreich. Die Wikingersaga um den verwegenen Schwertkämpfer und Bogenschützen Ulv Palnatoki. Jütland. Man schreibt das Jahr 943. Nach seinen Taten bei der blutigen Schlacht von Fünen erwartet Ulv, genannt Ulv Schnellfuß, gefährlichster Bogenschütze der Wikingerzeit, seinen Lohn von König Gorm. Er will die Norneborg, die einst seinem Onkel Jarl Ottar gehörte. Dieser ist nun tot, gefallen in der Schlacht bei seiner eigenen Wikingerburg.

Die Katastrophe, die das Gesicht der Nordseeküste für immer veränderte... Im Winter des Jahres 1361 ist die Natur besonders unbarmherzig, Wind und Wellen peitschen gegen das Land. Deichbauer Folkert sieht mit Sorge, wie verwundbar der vernachlässigte Flutschutz seine Heimat macht. Doch seine Warnungen verhallen ungehört. Auch sein Bruder Auke sorgt sich mehr um die Herrschaftsansprüche der dänischen Krone. Er kämpft mit allen Mitteln für die friesische Freiheit – und für seine große Liebe Griet.

Alternate history—1116 AD. Three hundred years of cruel Viking raids have finally united Christian Europe against the pagan Northlands. A great crusade has been called to pacify the wild Norse kingdoms. The banner of the cross has been raised against the North, and all the power and fury of the West rides under it. Ordulf, a talented young German swordsmith, is ripped from his comfortable life and cast into the bloody chaos of the crusade. As fate deals him a cruel blow in the lands of his enemies, he will have to forge a new path through the chaos or be consumed by it.

Irland im 7. Jahrhundert: Im Kloster Imleach kommt bei einem Brand ein Bischof aus Burgund ums Leben. Er war ein arroganter, unangenehmer Mensch, und niemand weiß, wonach er in der Bibliothek des Klosters suchte. Doch er wurde bereits vor dem Brand ermordet, wie Fidelma bald feststellen muss. Da erhängt sich der hoffnungsvollste Student des Klosters. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang? Ein äußerst kniffliger Fall für Fidelma und Eadulf.

Druhý díl kroniky katů Mydlářů zachycuje události let 1610–1622. Syn pražského popravčího uvádí vzpomínky svého otce, z nichž k nejtíživějším patří stínání hlav českých pánů v roce 1621. Druhá kniha katovské kroniky zachycuje události let 1610–1622. "Katovská práce není lehká a ani léta člověku nepomůžou si na ni zvyknout. Z toho pak pramení jistý druh samoty, jež nejednou zatíží člověku duši," říká o své živnosti syn Jana Mydláře, pražského kata a magistra medicíny. Vzpomínky jeho otce oživují dávné události – útok na Prahu, bitvu na Bílé hoře i popravu na Staroměstském náměstí, kde ruka kata Mydláře sťala hlavy sedmadvaceti českých pánů.

Köln im 13. Jahrhundert: Vom Hunger geplagt, schließen sich die verwaisten Zwillingsschwestern Yda und Griet einem Wunderheiler an. Als Yda ernsthaft erkrankt, verliert Griet beinahe jede Hoffnung. Bis sie sich in den jungen Henkersknecht Luca verliebt. Noch während Luca versucht, Yda zu heilen, wird Köln plötzlich belagert - und die Schicksalsgemeinschaft verliert sich in den Wirren aus den Augen.

The year is 1645. A murderous war has been raging through Central Europe for 28 years, and there seems to be no end in sight. After the death of his master, Martin, Gustav is left with nothing. Only Anike is there to console him over the heavy loss. When she asks him to help her possessed father, Gustav realizes that the key to helping her—Martin's Codex Daemonum—makes no sense to him.

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Diözese Mainz, 12. Jahrhundert: Im Garten des Klosters Disibodenberg gedeihen unter Fürsorge der Nonne Hildegard allerlei Heilpflanzen. Sie forscht an diversen Mitteln, von Wundheilung bis Zahnhygiene - wer krank ist, klopft an ihre Pforte. Doch dem Abt sind ihre Experimente ein Dorn im Auge, er untersagt die weitere Herstellung von Heilmitteln aus Pflanzen. Hildegards Wissensdurst spornt sie an, trotzdem weiterzuforschen. Unermüdlich schreibt sie ihre Erkenntnisse über Glauben und Natur nieder und arbeitet auf ihr großes Ziel hin: ein eigenes Kloster, in dem jede Frau willkommen ist.

The Chivalry series follows young 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 John, further disillusion and an eventual career as a professional soldier and knight. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.

AD 1066. Cerdic is a prisoner of war. Captured after the Battle of Hastings, his fate is in the hands of the victorious Norman count Cynric, who is in no mood to feed and look after worthless Englishmen as the army moves inland. His survival depends on his ability to convince them of his value. Cerdic’s sole bargaining chip is his lordship of Wulfbury, a small stronghold in Northumberia, following the deaths of his father, its earl and elder brother in the invasions. If he can entice them with the lure of this fiefdom, he may yet survive.

Medieval England Spring, 998 AD. Brother Galen of Yarmwick is desperate to return to friend and family. So after the triumphal unveiling of the king’s gem encrusted Book of Hours, he’s ready to rush home. But just as he thinks life will go back to normal, the Bishop of Crowland orders Galen to accompany him to Rome. Galen thought the journey to Lundenburh was gruelling. How will he face an epic voyage of thousands of miles?

The Welsh Marches, 1301. Strong-willed heiress Johane de Geneville is married to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, at just fifteen years old. Soon Johane finds herself swept up in a world of treacherous court politics and dangerous secrets as her husband deposes Edward II and rules England alongside Queen Isabella. Yet when Roger is accused of treason, she is robbed of her freedom and must survive catastrophic events in her fight for justice - with her life, and her children's, hanging in the balance.

Brought to you by Penguin. Years have passed since the clash of shieldwalls echoed across the land. The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur - 'In our darkest time, when we need him most, shall he come again.' Yet old Beran has no love of bards' songs. Nor...

In the second half of the first millennium, the legends say that London disappeared for over four hundred years. We know almost nothing about what happened during that time. But if we could shine a light on the city's ruined walls, we would be in for a shock. For here the Romans are long forgotten. King Scarabold now rules what little remains of the city, together with his over-entitled daughter Giniva, her effete brother Leperdandy and their wayward, lunatic relatives—all squabbling and fighting amongst themselves for the future of their corrupted dynasty.

Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath. But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unpopular in his Aquitainian lands, Blackstone, King Edward's Master of War, must return to French soil to help stem the tide of support for the King of France. Meanwhile, Henry, Blackstone's son, faces an incognito ride across France with his own motley band of outlaws and mercenaries.

The classic novel by "Irish master" (New Yorker) and Booker Prize–winner John Banville brings to life the dramatic and surprising world of sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolas Copernicus and the theory that would shatter the medieval view of the universe. Sixteenth-century Europe is teeming...

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

The year is 1187 and European crusaders still control Jerusalem. The Sultan Saladin has unleashed war on the Crusader Kingdoms and the Christian armies have suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Horns of Hattin. In the aftermath of the sultan's victory, Sir Byron Fitzwalter finds himself wounded and alone. Desperate to survive, Fitzwalter flees to the Sea of Galilee where destiny intervenes.