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Cuando los dioses callan y los reyes mueren, la historia la escriben los que sobreviven. Un thriller lleno de conspiración, pasión y peligro. Aristóteles es el filósofo más prestigioso de Grecia y el maestro de Alejandro Magno, el conquistador invencible que ha sometido todas las ciudades...

Britannien, 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr.: Der Hochkönig Vortigern wird von den wilden Pikten bedrängt, es droht der Untergang Britanniens. Verzweifelt sendet er seinen Krieger Ceretic nach Nordgermanien, um Männer für den Kampf gegen den übermächtigen Feind zu werben. Mit drei Langschiffen landet schließlich ein über hundert Mann starkes Heer an der Südostküste Britanniens, gierig auf Kampf und Ruhm, Silber und Land.

Jerusalem, 734 BCPrince Ahaz of Judah is a young man overwhelmed by his father's decision: join the Syro-Ephraimite confederacy or align with their enemy, the rising power of Assyria. Standing at the center of this conflict is the prophet Isaiah, who seeks to offer both political and spiritual guidance to the young ruler and his father. He tells Ahaz' father, "Neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid," but for the young prince, fear is unavoidable. In this gripping historical tragedy, the 8th-century BC Levant is brought to vivid, gritty life.

A bastard. A hostage. A soldier. An assassin. In the crucible of a fracturing empire and a forbidden faith, guided by one extraordinary woman, a boy becomes the man who will change the world.

Luise Elisabeth von Strauß und Torney wurde am 20. September 1873 in Bückeburg als Tochter des Königlich-Preußischen Generalmajors Lothar von Strauß und Torney (1835–1903) geboren. Mit 25 Jahren veröffentlichte sie erste Gedichte und fand Anschluss an den Göttinger Kreis um Börries von Münchhausen, in dem sie neben anderen die Schriftstellerin Agnes Miegel und Theodor Heuss kennenlernte, mit denen sie eine enge Freundschaft verband.

A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE is a fresh take on classic mythology that’s both hilarious and heartbreaking – and invites readers to see Medusa in a totally new light. Sometimes your sisters won’t talk to you. And sometimes a goddess gives you snakes for hair and a lethal stare. And...

AFTER YEARS OF SUBMISSION, Mara lives in anxiety and isolation, unsure of herself and her place in the world. But when her neighbours chase her nephew off a cliff, she is thrust into the unknown and forced to confront her deepest fears. Mara must learn to love herself, accept her son's sexuality...

THE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY 'Mary Renault is a shining light' HILARY MANTEL 'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent' MADELINE MILLER The...

A VIVID, SWEEPING SAGA OF QUEER LOVE AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT GREECE, FROM THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, FOR FANS OF SONG OF ACHILLES AND THE ODYSSEY 'Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing' DOUGLAS STUART 'Arresting and beautiful and moving . . . decades ahead of its time' LONDON REVIEW OF...

THE MYTH OF THESEUS BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY 'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent, infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics' MADELINE...

They were never meant to meet, and falling in love could cost them everything. Orestes, son of Agamemnon, is heir to a Bronze Age kingdom where honor is measured through power, conquest, and revenge. Perdita, the lost princess of Shakespeares The Winters Tale, was born in a prison but raised...

One relic. Two global powers. A race against time and in this race, there's no silver medal for second place. Harry Fox doesn’t take sides. He finds relics, sells them, and stays out of trouble. But when Italian agents force him into a search sanctioned by the Pope himself, neutrality is no longer an option. Harry has little choice but to dive headlong into chasing this relic. However, Harry and the Pope are not the only two interested in finding this royal treasure.

One man is all that stands between Rome and ruin. AD 429. The Western Roman Empire is crumbling. Barbarian kings ravage its borders, scheming courtiers poison its courts, and civil war bleeds it dry. Against this tide stands Flavius Aetius – the Roman soldier raised by Huns, fighting with the...

Eine Verschwörung im Herzen des Reiches 63 vor Christus, eine Zeit des Friedens und des Wohlstands: Die Legionen der mächtigen Römischen Republik haben alle Feinde in die Knie gezwungen. Doch auf den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Während die Obrigkeit wegsieht, führt Decius Caecilius...

A wall to divide a country and spur it on to war! Felix Appius Julianus is brought to Britain in the wake of the disastrous loss of the Ninth Legion Hispana, to command its replacement, the Sixth Legion Victrix. Centurion Valerius Silvanus, posted to the doomed Ninth and arriving only in time to...

'Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer' – Radio Times No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo...

In The Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes retells the Oedipus and Antigone stories from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked. My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King...

From the internationally bestselling author of Fair Rosaline comes a captivating historical novel—a powerful retelling of the life of one of the most beguiling and misrepresented female figures in history, Cleopatra. The favored daughter of the Pharaoh, Egyptian Princess Cleopatra spent her...

From the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire. This is a must read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden. Bound by Blood. Divided by an...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2013 "A heartfelt, powerful work." The Wall Street Journal "Lovely, understated and powerfully sad, The Testament of Mary finally gives the mother of Jesus a chance to speak." NPR In a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells...