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1782. Nancy Lockaby is trying to salvage her reputation as an astronomer - left in tatters after a discredited discovery - when she receives a mysterious letter, inviting her to join Shakespeare scholar Caelan Malles at his crumbling house in Inverness. But at Blackthistle House, Nancy notices that Caelan is spending more and more time locked away in his study with his books. As his behaviour becomes ever stranger, more questions gnaw at Nancy. Why does Caelan believe there is a link between Shakespeare and the stars? Why does he refuse to discuss Charlotte, his now-deceased wife?

Ein geheimnisvolles Manuskript, eine Frau, die dessen Macht spürt – und ein Mann, der vor nichts zurückschreckt, um beide zum Schweigen zu bringen... Italien, zur Zeit der Renaissance: Beatrice, die Bibliothekarin eines Klosters, scheut seit Jahren die Gesellschaft ihrer Schwestern und findet nur in ihren Manuskripten Zuflucht. Sie sehnt sich nach der Außenwelt – einer Welt, die jedoch durch skrupellose Männer beherrscht wird und in der es für Frauen wie sie keinen Platz gibt.

Charlie Jonquil siempre es un joven afable y educado, pero no cuando se topa con Artemisa Lancaster. Brillante en matemáticas, es sin embargo incapaz de resolver un problema: ¿cómo Artemisa puede ser tan encantadora y sacarlo de quicio a la vez? Cuando ambos coinciden en una fiesta en Londres, se nota que sienten un desdén mutuo. Pero un desafortunado incidente hará que deban enfrentarse a una disyuntiva: o se casan o pierden su reputación.

"Die Hexe, sie soll brennen!" Im Jahre 1484 muss Richard, Sohn eines schwäbischen Kaufmanns und einer Sarazenin, hilflos mit ansehen, wie seine Mutter auf dem Scheiterhaufen stirbt; ist damit auch sein Schicksal besiegelt? Als der Junge in den Haushalt seiner Tante aufgenommen wird, wendet sich das Blatt – sie ist die Frau von Jakob Fugger, dem einflussreichsten Kaufmann des Abendlandes.

La mujer más enigmática y fascinante del Siglo de Oro. Esta espléndida novela recrea las memorias de una mujer excepcional: Ana de Mendoza, princesa de Éboli, quien por su belleza e inteligencia provocó la atracción y el rechazo de los hombres más importantes de su tiempo. Implicada en una trama política y sentimental, al lado de Felipe II, la princesa de Éboli luchó por sus derechos con fuerza y decisión inusuales en una mujer de la España del siglo xvi. Postrada en su lecho de muerte después de muchos años de presidio, desvelará cada uno de los secretos que su apasionada vida guardó.

In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors. Her artistic talent brings her to the attention of the Blaeu printing house, and she begins to color for a rich merchant, Willem de Groot. But Anneke is not content to simply embellish the work of others; she longs to create maps of her own. Cartography, however, is the domain of men - so it is in secret that she borrows the notes her father made on a trip to Africa in 1642 and sets about designing a new map.

Carlo meets the famed nun, Sister Giulia di Marco, and her confessor, Father Aniello Arcieri, a few years later, while restoring an altarpiece in a church. The charismatic pair gradually draw the lonely artist into their scandalous Confraternity of Carnal Charity, whose wealthy noble acolytes believe divine glory can be achieved through sexual ecstasy. Unable to continue living a lie, Carlo confesses a big secret to Sister Giulia. The crafty nun wastes no time assigning the novitiate a prominent role within the cult, which soon captures the attention of the Holy Inquisition....

A shattering untelling of Romeo and Juliet. The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo’s attentions, but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life.

Beatrice de Luna Mendes, nata in Portogallo nel 1510, avrebbe potuto essere solo la moglie, assai benestante, di un commerciante di spezie di successo, Francisco Mendes, ebreo "marrano" convertito per aver salvi vita e beni, come tanti in quel tempo fosco di battesimi forzati e condanne per eresia, roghi di sinagoghe e autodafé. Ma quando il marito muore, e lei si trova a gestire la sua immensa fortuna per conto della figlia Brianda di appena sette anni, la vita della donna cambia.

Une écriture d'une beauté inouïe, portée par la voix de Marie Bouvet. C'est un grand jour à Ferrare. On y célèbre les noces du duc Alfonso et de Lucrèce de Médicis. La fête est extravagante et la foule n'a d'yeux que pour le couple. La mariée a quinze ans. Rien ne l'avait préparée à ce rôle. Elle n'était que la troisième fille du grand duc de Toscane, la discrète, la sensible, celle dont ses parents ne savaient que faire. Mais le décès soudain de sœur aînée a changé son histoire.

Em 1558, as pedras da antiga Catedral de Kingsbridge testemunham uma cidade dilacerada pelo conflito religioso. Enquanto católicos e protestantes lutam pelo poder e princípios morais entram em choque com a amizade, a lealdade e o amor, a única coisa que Ned Willard deseja é se casar com Margery Fitzgerald. No entanto, quando os dois se veem em lados opostos do embate, Ned escolhe servir à princesa Elizabeth da Inglaterra.

Nell’ottobre del 1502, il potente e spregiudicato Cesare Borgia si appresta a invadere la Repubblica fiorentina. Niccolò Machiavelli viene inviato presso di lui con l’incarico di spiarlo. Tra i due si crea uno strano e complesso rapporto.

Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She wants to experience the world, but she belongs to her father and will belong to a husband. As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, she also paints in private, recreating the women who inspire her, away from her father's eyes. Until a mysterious tutor enters her life.

In 16th-century Europe, as countries extend their global reach, an Anglo-Dutch allegiance sets out to undermine and bring down the Spanish Empire.

England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession. In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?

English artist Alice Bulbeck and her twin brother, Edward, approach Axel Webb to find a lost Shakespeare play entitled The History of Cardenio. The play, performed only once for James I, has been lost for 400 years. It wasn’t included in the 1623 First Folio published by Shakespeare’s friends after his death. It is the only known play credited to William Shakespeare that has never been published. The question is, why?

Tras su paso por la guerra de Granada y las famosas campañas de Italia, que le valen el sobrenombre de Gran Capitán, Gonzalo de Córdoba se ve postergado por Fernando el Católico. Su popularidad, que el monarca percibe como una amenaza, lleva al rey a alejarlo de la corte y enviarlo como alcaide a Loja, en un destierro encubierto.

1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries “witch”, no woman is safe. Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light. For the first time in history, could black magic – or rumours of it – be a very real tool for women’s political gain?

A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo Savonarola was executed the same way. Does this new killing mean his fanatical disciples are reviving the monk’s regime of holy terror? Cesare Aldo is busy hunting thieves in the Tuscan countryside, leaving Constable Carlo Strocchi to investigate the ritual killing.

A.D. 1526. Il racconto segue le paradossali peripezie tra l'Umbria e la Toscana del famoso poeta Pietro Aretino, ritratto in una veste tanto inaspettata per un cortigiano rinascimentale, quanto autentica: arguto, libertino, volgare e sfacciato, come si addice a quello che viene storicamente riconosciuto come l'ipotetico fautore del genere letterario ‘puttanesco'.