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Young Duncan M'Kethe finds himself caught in the web of Sir James Turner, the former Covenanter turned military leader of the persecutors. Duncan is torn by his hatred of Turner's dragoons, who have treated his friends cruelly, and his father's instructions to love them. He must be true to Jesus Christ while attempting to rescue his father from enemy hands.

Based on the extraordinary true story of the female stonemason who carved a queen's tomb, The Stone Rose traces the life of fierce, self-destructive Isabella of France. Wife to a weak king, Isabella finds herself facing enemies from the wild North, in a war with Scotland, and from within her own family: her uncle Lancaster, whose attempts to rein in royal power cause a rift between them. But Isabella soon comes to realise that this is a love story. And the threat to the kingdom is a threat to her marriage—and to her own life....

Three years after the Essex Dogs battled through the Siege of Calais, the Black Death has torn through Europe. Romford, basking in his new riches, now finds himself living as a knight errant. Loveday, whose businesses have been destroyed by the plague, must return to the life he vowed to abandon: fighting. And Millstone and Thorp enlist themselves on a deadly mission to escort a princess to Castille.

In The King's Witches, the second novel from Kate Foster, the lives of three very different women in sixteenth-century Britain become intertwined as the first rumours of witchcraft grip the country.

Lüneburg im 14. Jh. Nach dem Tod ihrer Familie hat die junge Adlige Jakoba in einem Kloster ihre Bestimmung als Krankenpflegerin gefunden. Doch ihr Bruder zwingt sie in eine neue Ehe, und als ihr brutaler Mann einem Unfall zum Opfer fällt, muss Jakoba fliehen. Nur der Hilfe Arnolds, eines Theriak-Krämers, hat sie es zu verdanken, dass sie sich nach Paris durchschlagen und als Heilerin einen Namen machen kann. Rasch ist sie so erfolgreich, dass sogar der sieche König nach ihr ruft und nach der "Arznei der Könige" verlangt. Doch damit macht sie sich gefährliche Feinde.

Zwei strategische Hochzeiten, eine dramatische Flucht und eine tödliche Intrige bestimmen Yvains Leben im 18. Teil des Waringham-Hörspielzyklus. Basierend auf dem Roman "Teufelskrone" von Bestseller-Autorin Rebecca Gablée lebt in diesem aufwendig produzierten Audible Original Hörspiel die Zeit des englischen Königs John Ohneland wieder auf. England, 1199: John Ohneland glaubt sich am Ziel seiner Träume - Richard ist tot und er selbst König von England. Auch sein treuer Ritter Yvain bekleidet als "Master of the Horses" ein einflussreiches Amt.

A storm is brewing. As the last male heir of the dún Scoti clan, Keane dún Scoti's future is known from the hour of his birth: someday, he must take his brother's place as Guardian of the True Stone of Destiny. But alas, the fickle Highland winds must turn. To quell a looming rebellion, David mac Maíl Chaluim commands the marriage of a granddaughter of MacBeth to deMoray's new laird, a man rumored to be as dangerous and conniving as his father.

The running wolf inscription told the world that a Solingen blade was at its throat. When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne's powerful right-hand man, the Earl of Nottingham, take such a keen interest? At the end of the turbulent 17th century, the ties that bind men are fraying, turning neighbour against neighbour, friend against friend and brother against brother.

Vissel am Rhein, 1188: Als das Bauernmädchen Lioba einen bewusstlosen jungen Mann im Wald findet, ahnt sie nicht, dass ihr Leben eine entscheidende Wendung nehmen wird. Der Verletzte überlebt, hat aber keinerlei Erinnerung an sein früheres Leben. Thomas, wie er genannt wird, arbeitet von nun an als Tagelöhner auf dem Bauernhof ihrer Eltern. Lioba und er kommen sich näher und spüren eine starke Verbindung, werden aber getrennt, als Thomas zurück zu seiner wahren Identität und Familie findet. Er erfährt, dass er ein Ritter ist, der sich einem Kreuzzug verschrieben hat.

Three men are trapped in time. One woman could save them all. Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. But instead of finding solace in the region's quiet hills and medieval ruins, she falls in love with Raoul, a man whose very existence challenges everything she knows about life - and about her husband's death.

Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?

Un thriller histórico que te dejará sin aliento. Una comunidad de mujeres al margen de la sociedad. Una acusación de herejía. Una serie de muertes cada vez más violentas. Lovaina, comienzos del siglo XIII . En una floreciente comunidad de beguinas -mujeres laicas que decidían vivir juntas apartadas de los hombres, consagradas a sus labores intelectuales y al cuidado de los desamparados- una serie de muertes alteran repentinamente la paz.

February 1381. A ruthless killer known as the Ignifer - Fire Bringer - is rampaging through London. He appears to be targeting all those involved in the recent trial and conviction of the beautiful Lady Isolda Beaumont, burned at the stake for the murder of her husband. As the late Sir Walter Beaumont was a close friend of the Regent, John of Gaunt orders Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan to investigate. In the dead man’s possession was a copy of the mysterious Book of Fires, containing the secret formula of a devastating weapon....

AD 1055. With the crisis of 1051 long behind them and finally coming to terms with the death of Sweyn, the Godwin family's influence across England is growing. Harold enjoys a position of trust with King Edward and the country is at peace, but Edward knows that he needs an heir before it is too late. In Hungary, there is one potential heir with royal blood running through his veins, but before he can be contacted another king, much closer to home, rises to power, and Harold finds himself torn between diplomacy and violence to maintain the peace.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.

In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love, unaware that Jerusalem has just been taken by Saladin’s army and that their city will soon be engulfed by war. Meanwhile in England, John Savage, a foundling boy, runs away from his cruel life in a priory with The Moor, a mysterious man driven by a dream of perfection. John and The Moor become members of a band of conmen traveling through the English countryside faking religious miracles for cash, until they are recruited by Richard the Lionheart.

Sulle tracce di un manoscritto antichissimo, un mercante di reliquie attraversa Italia, Francia e Spagna nel Duecento...

After years as a soldier and mercenary, Rasheed has retired from battle to run the bathhouse in Thebes with his friends Gillen and Eudocia. The simple life suits them, so when Venetian strangers come to town looking to hire the renowned crew, their answer is no. But when one of his friends is abducted, Rasheed is left with no choice but to take up his weapon and join forces with the Venetians, including the beautiful and clever Cecilia, whose betrothed has also been seized by the unknown foe.

An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415.

Una reina que gobernó con justicia los Países Bajos, Hungría y Bohemia y que renunció a su infancia para convertirse en la gran reina que fue y la hermana predilecta de Carlos V. María de Habsburgo ha abandonado la regencia de los Países Bajos después de más de 25 años de un gobierno sabio y justo, acompaña a su hermano Carlos V a España, pero tras la muerte del emperador y de su hermana ordena, abatida, su correspondencia para enviársela a su hermana Catalina.