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Eine mutige junge Frau begehrt am Vorabend der Bauernaufstände gegen die Herrschenden auf–der spannende Auftakt zur historischen Tribute-Reihe von Silvia Stolzenburg. Stuttgart, 1513. Ein mörderisches Komplott zerstört die heile Welt der sechzehnjährigen Franziska Hochperger, Tochter eines wohlhabenden Weinhändlers. Die Bluttat lässt sie vaterlos, arm und entehrt zurück, gejagt von der Obrigkeit, die sie mundtot machen will. Auf der Suche nach Rache und Gerechtigkeit findet Franziska Unterschlupf bei ihrem Freund Jakob, der sich Aufständischen angeschlossen hat.

A devastating feminist reimagining of Arthurian legend set in the dark and dangerous years after the Romans left Britain. Nin is joining the gilded world of her sister's husband - a powerful man known only as the Bear. It's midwinter and there's victory to feast. And where better than at the...

A twisty mystery set in Elizabethan England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Is a curse plaguing Nottinghamshire…? Nottingham, England, 1596. A routine hanging at Gallows Hill is disrupted when a wild woman begins screaming a curse on the execution site, calling down nightly visitations from the undead to claim the souls of the living. County Bailiff Edward Mountsorrel attempts to pursue her, but she vanishes into thin air. Nightly thereafter, Gallows Hill is the scene of ghastly happenings that Edward is ordered to investigate.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River...

January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come. Reimagining one of Britain's greatest historical figures through a 21st century lens, Seething Lane sees the return of infamous diarist Samuel Pepys, complete with his trademark...

A finales del siglo XV, Jheronimus Bosch trabaja en una pintura destinada a trastornar la mirada de las generaciones por venir. Más de un siglo después de que el pintor flamenco imaginara sus visiones de paraísos, placeres y condenas, otro artista, nacido en el Nuevo Reino de Granada, descubre en Madrid la obra que marcará su destino y el amor que dará forma a su vida. Entre los Países Bajos y la España imperial y las tierras americanas recién incorporadas al mapa del mundo, las vidas de ambos pintores se encontrarán en un contrapunto de deseo, creación y asombro.

Mary Tudor has done the impossible. She has taken back her throne in a bloodless coup, becoming the first woman to rule England in her own right. Now, as Mary navigates this uncharted path, she embarks on a mission to restore Catholicism in a country that has been torn apart by religious strife and become increasingly more Protestant.

Tibb Ingleby hat nichts: kein Zuhause, keine Familie, niemanden, der sie beschützt – nur die Regeln, die ihre Mutter sie gelehrt hat. Als junge Vagabundin trickst sie sich durchs Leben, naiv, aber alles andere als dumm, furchtlos, aber mit einer gehörigen Portion Misstrauen gegenüber der Welt, allen voran den Männern darin. Doch auf ihrem Weg durch die Wälder und Felder des spätmittelalterlichen Englands trifft sie nicht zuletzt auf ebenso verlorene wie liebenswerte Außenseiter, Ausreißer und Schausteller. Tibb lernt, dass ein Zuhause nicht unbedingt ein Dach über dem Kopf bedeutet.

What’s really behind the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet? Let’s start with the truth about Rosaline—Romeo’s actual first love. Rosaline scorns romance and instead craves magic. To free herself from Romeo’s amorous attention as well as her dull life in Verona, she uses her...

1544. Utrecht. The Spanish Empire is watching. Cornelis Schutt keeps a forbidden Dutch Bible beneath the floorboards of his shop. To own it is dangerous. To read it is defiance. To teach its words to a child can mean death. When a baker and his family are burned alive for reading in Dutch, Cornelis sees what obedience has become: fire, terror, and silence. He wants only to protect Maria and their children. But soldiers patrol the streets, informers listen, and neighbors vanish by night.

Experience unseen Tudor history as a royal servant navigates rigid hierarchy and quiet rebellion below stairs. Perfect for an immersive daily commute, this atmospheric journey transports you into the soot-stained kitchens and echoing corridors of a sixteenth-century palace. Listen as the first...

What if your temporary deception became an inescapable trap and forcibly determined your destiny? In fifteenth-century Venice, a city of power and intrigue, lives are shaped by class, reputation, and fate, and for some, by the fragile boundaries between identity and survival. Caterina, the spirited daughter of a wealthy Venetian merchant, is expected to follow the rigid path laid out for Renaissance women: obedience, arranged marriage, and silent acceptance. But when her defiance sparks scandal, she is subjected to a punishment designed to break her will and reshape her future.

Bloomsbury presents The Knife Maker of Venice by David Gilman read by Ben Cura and Davild Gilman, and featuring an exclusive interview between them. A young Englishman captured by slavers must survive the snakepit that is seventeenth-century Venice. 1604. As pirates seeking slaves to sell in the...

From the award-winning author of A Poisoner's Tale comes a dark, feminist retelling of the most famous witch trial in 17th-century Iceland, perfect for fans of The Witches of Vardo and The Mercies Westfjords, Iceland. 1655 Þuríður Jónsdóttir has grown up praying to the old gods and watching...

The Tudor Court is in turmoil…1536, London. Thief Gwynnie Wightham has a new master in Elric Tombstone. She may follow his word, but she has little loyalty for him, and there is even less friendship between them. She has agreed to assist him to make sure he keeps his word to never go hunting for her mother. For if Emlyn is ever found, she will be tried not just for being a jewel thief, but for murder. Tombstone’s task for Gwynnie is to investigate Captain Daundelyon, for there has been a tipoff that the Dandy Lyon, as he's nicknamed, is a French spy, come to ingratiate himself with the king.

Die heilige Cäcilie oder die Gewalt der Musik (Eine Legende.) ist eine Erzählung von Heinrich von Kleist. Sie wurde zuerst in den Berliner Abendblättern vom 15. bis 17. November 1810 veröffentlicht, und zwar mit der Widmung „Zum Taufangebinde für Cäcilie M.“. Die Erzählung wurde verfasst als Patengeschenk für Cäcilie Müller, die älteste Tochter von Adam Müller. Deren Taufpaten waren neben Kleist unter anderen auch Achim von Arnim und Henriette Vogel.

The diaries of Samuel Pepys have enthralled readers for centuries with their audacious wit, gripping detail, and racy assignations. Pepys stopped writing at the age of 36. Or did he? Named one of the best historical fiction books of the year by the Sunday Times, this action-packed historical...

Acclaimed Tudor historian Tracy Borman weaves the dramatic history of the Boleyn family into a richly imagined novel of ambition, bloodlines, and the opulent and deadly court of Henry VIII When nobleman Thomas Boleyn, lord of Hever Castle, is called to London in 1509 to present himself to a...

Seville, 1415. A jar of olive oil could hang a family. In the year following the Disputation of Tortosa, which has driven thousands to the baptismal font, Ishaqstill practices medicine to patients of three faiths. His reputation rests on methods he learned fromArabic texts and Jewish teachers, the same transmission the Translators of Toledo once made possible. He has not converted. He has not fled. He believes the new suspicion will pass.

"Ich verfluche euch! Mein Tod wird mir die Rache ermöglichen, welche mir im Leben verwehrt war." Deutschland, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Das große, jährliche Dorffest in Furtenblick endet unerwartet, als ein Fremder das Podium besteigt und den grausamen Tod von vier Bürgern ankündigt. Um seinen unheilvollen Fluch zu stärken, stürzt er sich über eine Klippe in den nahen Fluss. Am Tag danach findet man flussabwärts die zerschmetterte Leiche. Kurz darauf gibt es das erste Opfer. Genau wie im Fluch angekündigt, liegt der Tote nackt im Wald und ist von Insekten übersät.