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Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, is one of the most intriguing men of the Elizabethan period. Tall and handsome, he soon becomes a ‘favorite’ at court, so close to the queen many wonder if they are lovers. The truth is far more complex, as each has what the other yearns for. Robert Devereux longs for recognition, wealth and influence. His flamboyant naïveté amuses the ageing Queen Elizabeth, like the son she never had, and his vitality makes her feel young.

Winner of the Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2026 She ​rose as a favourite. Will she fall as a traitor? In the dazzling, dangerous world of the Tudor Court, nothing is more powerful than a secret – or more deadly. Jane Boleyn has mastered many masks: loving wife, devoted...

A breathless, riveting novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally 'normal' life for a career in stand-up comedy, from the bestselling author of Still Alice and Inside the O'Briens. Maddy Banks is just like any other...

Ante la enormidad de la vida, con sus largos años y su final que pareciera que nunca llegará, ¿qué nos motiva a vivirla? Cuando un viaje prometido de una madre a un hijo se ve aplazado en el tiempo, movida desde el futuro cercano a la perpetuidad, ¿Qué se siente saber que el viaje nunca llegará? La residencia Ramsay conocerá la muerte y la pérdida a medida que venga. Son aspectos inseparables de la vida, pero a la vez lo son el amor y la euforia de conocerse a sí mismo en el transcurso de los años.

Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was seven years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her. At nineteen, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather, and Sinno started a new life in Mexico.

"Immer müssen Millionen müßige Weltstunden verrinnen, ehe eine wahrhaft historische, eine Sternstunde der Menschheit, in Erscheinung tritt." Stefan Zweig hat beispielhaft vierzehn von ihnen nachgezeichnet. Ob er über die letzten Tage von Waterloo schreibt, die Entstehung der Marseillaise skizziert oder über Robert Scotts Antarktis-Expedition berichtet - es sind eher weniger bekannte historische Begebenheiten, die dennoch eine große Auswirkung auf den weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte hatten.

On the evening of July 27th, 1890, Vincent van Gogh, aiming for his heart, shot himself with a revolver. He missed. Today, Vincent van Gogh is considered one of history's most brilliant artists, revered by millions the world over. However, he sold only one painting in his lifetime, spent years in insane asylums, and died penniless in a garret. Haunted by his failures, riddled with addiction, and debilitated by mental illness, van Gogh eventually took his own life.

The award-winning Augustine Institute Radio Theatre presents The Victory of Joan of Arc, the remarkable true story of a 15th-century French peasant girl who claimed she’d been sent by God to drive the English invaders out of France and place the true king on the throne. Featuring over 50 actors, cinematic sound and original score, listeners will fully experience Joan’s relentless bravery and determination against all obstacles to change the course of history.

La storia d’amore di una francese quindicenne con un giovane miliardario cinese, sullo sfondo di un ritratto di famiglia, nell’Indocina degli anni Trenta. Strade brulicanti di vita, il jazz, l’odore della pioggia e dei gelsomini. Racconti rivelazione di una lucidità struggente, di terribile e dolce bellezza, L’amante è l’opera che ha dato a Duras la consacrazione di un’immensa popolarità.

She was the mother of Henry VIII and wife of Henry VII, but who was Elizabeth of York? Raised as the precious eldest child of Edward IV, Elizabeth had every reason to expect a bright future until Edward died, and her life fell apart. When Elizabeth's uncle became Richard III, she was forced to choose sides. Should she trust her father's brother and most loyal supporter or honor the betrothal that her mother has made for her to her family's enemy, Henry Tudor? The choice was made for her on the field at Bosworth.

Dans Sido, Colette rend un hommage bouleversant à sa mère, cette femme libre, fantasque et passionnée de nature, dont l’empreinte marquera à jamais son œuvre. Entre souvenirs d’enfance, évocations sensorielles et portraits familiaux, l’autrice nous transporte dans un univers tendre, bucolique et intensément vivant.

A major literary event: available for the first time in an English language edition, an early autobiographical novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gulag Archipelago, which chronicles his service and Soviet Russia's ordeals during World War II...

If only she had been a boy. What good is being fearless and wild at heart when her family’s rigid demands are suffocating her? Mary has an insatiable desire to break free, but in the upper echelon of Maltese society, repressed and painfully Catholic in 1937, there is no escape from her insulated, structured existence. A talented ballerina, she dreams of dancing and flying airplanes but instead is forced into marriage by her mother, her only other option to become a nun. When Mussolini drops his bombs relentlessly on the small yet mighty British colony of Malta, life is turned upside down.

En enero de cierto año, el historiador colombiano Roberto Alvarado llega al Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla respondiendo a una llamada de una colega: entre papeles sin catalogar de una donación de Extremadura, hay un manuscrito encuadernado en cuero con daños de humedad, sin autor en la primera página, sin número de acceso. Pero en las primeras líneas el autor se identifica con la brevedad del hombre que no espera necesitar presentación: yo, fray Bartolomé, obispo que fue de Chiapa. Bartolomé de las Casas tenía ochenta años cuando comenzó a escribir lo que pudo haber sido su obra final.

Mittelamerika, 1529: Als Gesandter des spanischen Königs soll Fernández de Oviedo den Vulkan Masaya erkunden. Ist er das Tor zur Hölle, wie die Einheimischen meinen? Oder die Pforte zu allen Reichtümern der Welt? Während der gefährlichen Expedition durch dichten Urwald und über karge Höhen denkt Oviedo zurück: an sein Leben bei Hofe als Vertrauter des Infanten, seine Zeichenstunde mit Leonardo da Vinci, an den Besserwisser Kolumbus oder die Königin Johanna, die sie die Wahnsinnige nannten und die doch klüger als alle anderen war.

Ohne ihn wäre Carrie Bradshaw barfuß gelaufen La Palma, 1960: Manolo Blahnik träumt von der großen Welt. Getrieben von Kreativität und unterstützt von seiner Schwester Evangelina, wagt er den Aufbruch – über die schillernde Pariser Kunstszene bis nach London, wo er seine wahre Bestimmung findet: einzigartige Schuhe zu erschaffen. An der Seite seiner besten Freundin Paloma Picasso und seiner Schwester wächst Manolo über sich hinaus. Trotz Rückschlägen feiert er mit seinen Kreationen internationale Erfolge.

Una chica refugiada en el silencio de su habitación. Es lunes por la mañana y la rutina familiar arranca con su ruido habitual: el despertador, las prisas de su madre, el camino al instituto. Sin embargo, para Nayara el mundo se ha detenido. Su móvil yace apagado, "muerto", escondido en el fondo de un cajón, igual que ella intenta esconderse de la realidad tras lo ocurrido el viernes pasado. Solo unos días antes, Nayara creía vivir un sueño junto a Enzo, confiando ciegamente en sus palabras y promesas.

Dezember 1137, vor einer erbärmlichen Hütte in einem Dorf in Tirol: Kaiser Lothar ist tot. Dies ist der Auftakt für ein raffiniertes Intrigenspiel um den Thron, in dem Welfen, Askanier und Wettiner mitmischen und keine Skrupel haben, von ihren Schwertern Gebrauch zu machen. Und nicht nur Fürsten und Geistliche ringen erbittert um die Macht im Reich, sondern auch so manche Frau – mit ganz anderen Mitteln.

Lady Jane Grey was born into the most dangerous of times. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother for whom she is a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, she lived a life in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour. Growing up with the future Queen...

1926: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley travel to a villa in the south of France. They swim, play bridge and drink gin. But wherever they go they are accompanied by the glamorous Fife. Fife is Hadley’s best friend. She is also Ernest’s lover. Over the ensuing decades, Ernest’s literary...