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In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear, especially if its rotten wood is replaced by more durable stone. As arguments rage over raising the money other, equally heated, differences are coming to the boil over the election of a new chancellor. While the majority support Brother Michael for the post, at least one of his opponents aims to seize it by fair means or foul. Then the discovery of a body under the bridge and the disappearance of two scholars throws a more sinister shadow over both disputes.

Spain in the 1500s. The Iberian Peninsula is fractured, faiths collide, and war brews. Into this world rides Telamon―soldier, killer, eternal outcast―drawn into a brutal conflict between Portuguese invaders and desperate Andalusian defenders. But he is not alone. Traveling with him through time and lifetimes are others―comrades, lovers, enemies―each reborn in a new guise, all of them entangled in a tale of cosmic justice.

Autor Patrick Klein hat auf Basis des berühmten deutschen Nationalepos einen historischen Roman vorgelegt, der erzählt, wie sich die berühmte Sage wirklich zugetragen haben könnte. Die Nibelungen können in einer harten und grausamen Schlacht eine römische Streitmacht besiegen und ihren Einflussbereich erweitern, sowie eine wertvolle Geisel nehmen. Doch die Römer schwören Rache, um diese Schmach wieder wettzumachen. Ränkeschmiede, Verräter und Neider wittern ihre große Stunde. Wird es Siegfried gelingen, das Erreichte zu sichern?

On a remote Gaelic farmstead in medieval Ireland, word reaches Alberic of conquering Norman knights arriving from England. Oppressed by the social order that enslaved his Norman father, he yearns for the reckoning he believes the invaders will bring—but his world is about to burn. Captured by the Norman knight Hugo de Lacy and installed at Dublin Castle as a translator, Alberic's confused loyalties are tested at every turn. When de Lacy marches inland, Alberic is set on a collision course with his former masters amidst rumours of a great Gaelic army rising in the west.

Kingsbridge, 1327. Quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois : un chevalier tue deux soldats au service de la reine, avant d'enfouir dans le sol une lettre mystérieuse, dont le secret pourrait bien mettre en danger la couronne d'Angleterre. Leurs quatre destinées s’en trouveront changées.

Siglo XV. La joven Clémence de Saint-Sulpice llega a París cuando arrasan la abadía en la que nació y creció. Buscando un propósito en su vida, se ve fascinada por la singular personalidad de Christine de Pizan, a quien en ese momento hostigan los hombres más eruditos de la ciudad. Pizan ha osado criticar la obra El romance de la rosa, de Jean de Meun, debido a la denigración de la mujer que muestra el autor en sus páginas.

Nach der Eroberung Mailands gelingt Reinald von Dassel, dem mächtigen Erzbischof von Köln, ein Coup: Er spürt die Gebeine der Heiligen Drei Könige auf und überzeugt Kaiser Barbarossa, dass er diese in sein Erzbistum mitnehmen darf. Jahre später ist Köln überlaufen von Pilgern, die sich von den Reliquien Heilung versprechen. Noch liegen die Gebeine in einer unscheinbaren Kiste. Doch längst ist den Mächtigen der herausragende Ruf des Verduner Goldschmieds Nicolaus zu Ohren gekommen.

The fourth instalment of Griff Hosker’s Conquest series, Treachery follows the gripping journey of Baron Richard fitz Malet, a young knight torn between his steadfast duty and the treachery that threatens to unravel everything he holds dear. As the north stands on the brink of chaos, fitz Malet must navigate a treacherous landscape filled with cunning adversaries, including the devious Walcher, Bishop of Durham. When the call comes to venture across the sea to Normandy, he is not just risking his life but endangering the very future of his family and the brave men under his command.

Nach der Eroberung Mailands gelingt Reinald von Dassel, dem mächtigen Erzbischof von Köln, ein Coup: Er spürt die Gebeine der Heiligen Drei Könige auf und überzeugt Kaiser Barbarossa, dass er diese in sein Erzbistum mitnehmen darf. Jahre später ist Köln überlaufen von Pilgern, die sich von den Reliquien Heilung versprechen. Noch liegen die Gebeine in einer unscheinbaren Kiste. Doch längst ist den Mächtigen der herausragende Ruf des Verduner Goldschmieds Nicolaus zu Ohren gekommen.

In May, during the sixteenth year of King John’s reign, the Sheriff of Nottingham arranged a tourney. All the nobles, artisans, yeomen and serfs from miles around attended. Being a woman, I was not allowed to participate in the tourney’s events – I could attend, but as a mere spectator. However, fate lent a helping hand in the shape of a handsome ally, a friend from my youth, Robin of Locksley. This is the story of the events that unfolded at the sheriff’s tourney.

Año 1014. Tras derrotar a los búlgaros en la batalla de Klyuch, el emperador bizantino Basilio II ordena arrancar los ojos de los quince mil soldados del ejército enemigo, dejando tuerto a uno de cada cien hombres para que guíen a los ciegos de regreso a casa. Durante semanas, una columna de desarrapados recorre a tientas el largo camino hasta la capital búlgara, donde los recibe el zar Samuel, que ante el terrible espectáculo de sus hombres humillados, cae fulminado por la pena.

'As disturbing as it is empathetic, as beautiful as it is riveting' Eimear McBride, New Statesman 'A literary triumph' Adam Thorpe, Guardian 1066. The Norman invasion has brutally seized the country that the Buccmaster of Holland, a proud landowning farmer in Lincolnshire, once knew. Bereft of...

Año 711, las huestes musulmanas han tomado Hispania por la fuerza de la espada y avanzan imparables. El reino visigodo de Toledo se desmorona y los nuevos amos toman su botín. Entre los cientos de cautivos se encuentra Egilo, la altiva y orgullosa viuda de Rodrigo. Una mujer destinada a adentrarse en la anónima niebla del pasado que, sin embargo, se convertirá en pieza clave de un momento histórico convulso. La última reina goda es una novela de pequeños y grandes personajes que asistieron al amanecer de un nuevo mundo, donde el peligro y las amenazas eran constantes.

Als Mann getarnt, erschafft Louise im 13. Jahrhundert Skulpturen, die Menschen zu Tränen rühren. Gemeinsam mit ihrem rätselhaften Gefährten Levent reist sie von Frankreich nach Deutschland und erobert die größten Dombauhütten ihrer Zeit. Doch ihre Meisterwerke haben einen Preis, dessen düstere Tragweite Louise nicht ahnt. Wie lange kann sie ihr Doppelleben im Schatten der Kathedralen geheim halten, während der gnadenlose Ketzerjäger Konrad von Marburg ihr auf den Fersen ist?

Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, el emperador, reúne a su corte para comunicar una decisión trascendental. A su muerte, el reino quedará dividido: Sancho, su primogénito, reflexivo y débil, heredará Castilla, mientras que Fernando, su impulsivo hijo menor, ceñirá la corona de León. Con este punto de partida, José María Pérez, Peridis, recrea amenísimamente en esta novela un medievo fascinante, protagonizado por reyes y nobles, leales y traidores.

In the breathtaking conclusion of the Goddess trilogy of the award-winning Bury Down Chronicles, vengeance wars with mercy as Megge and Amice return to Bury Down, burdened with one question: Will Megge offer her mortal foe the cure only a woman of Bury Down can dispense?

Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials — S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint of this lifelong friend, the historical novel is a panorama of stirring scenes and marvel of pageantry — from Joan's early childhood in Domremy and her touching story of the voices, to the fight for Orleans, the taking of Tourelles and Jargeau, and the splendid march to Rheims.

When a peasant woman is murdered and her daughter found dazed with a blood-drenched dagger lying beside her, the alchemist decides the real killer is hiding in plain sight. He enlists the help of his assistant, Flowia, and that of a resourceful plowman, Bertwoin, and forces them to work together even though a misunderstanding has soured their romance.

Piran Chegwin had known since he was just a boy that he wanted to be a priest—to bring comfort and care to ordinary folk in a little parish church. So when his father manages to scrape together the money for him to study theology at Oxford, it seems his future is set. That is, until he encounters Martin de Villiers, an ambitious, self-important fellow student who takes an instant dislike to Piran. Piran's only offense? Having been born a Cornishman. But to Martin's eyes, it's an offense that must be set right.

' I devoured this book!' Alison Weir HEVER CASTLE HOLDS ALL THE BOLEYN SECRETS ... When nobleman Thomas Boleyn, lord of Hever Castle, is called to London in 1509 to present himself to a newly anointed King Henry VIII, he sets in train events that ensure the Boleyn name will never be forgotten...