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England 1520: Henry VIII. ist noch immer ohne männlichen Thronfolger, was für ihn eine persönliche wie politische Katastrophe ist. Ohne einen Erben droht dem Königreich ein verheerender Bürgerkrieg. Henry VIII. will daher seine Ehe mit Katharina von Aragón annullieren lassen und seine Geliebte Anne Boleyn heiraten. Das sorgt für heftigen Widerstand in Rom und in Europa. In dieser heiklen Situation sind nun die Fähigkeiten Thomas Cromwells gefragt. Mit Bestechung, Einschüchterung und Charme steigt er zum wichtigen Vertrauten Henrys auf. Der Emporkömmling sieht sich bald von Feinden umgeben wie von einem Rudel Wölfe.

1428: Marie ist wieder schwanger - was leider auch ihre Todfeindin Hulda mitbekommt, die ebenfalls in anderen Umständen ist, und deshalb einen perfiden Plan schmiedet: Sie lässt Marie entführen und täuscht ihren Tod vor. Als Marie einen Jungen zur Welt bringt, nimmt Hulda diesen an sich und übergibt ihr stattdessen ihre Tochter und schickt beide zu dem Handelsherrn Fulbert Schäfflein, der sie als Sklavin verkauft...

Cerca del año 1000, Almanzor amenaza el norte de la península Ibérica. Unos misteriosos barcos arriban a la costa tarraconense y dejan un extraño presente en el pequeño puerto de Cubelles. Este es el inicio de la emocionante peripecia vital de dos muchachos que acabarán viajando al Alto Urgell, cuando el conde Armengol I está a punto de unirse a la gran alianza de condes y magnates que han decidido independizarse definitivamente del reino franco y, a la vez, romper con las antiguas servidumbres impuestas por el poderoso califato de Córdoba.

An ambitious noble and his three serving men travel through the Irish countryside in the stifling summer of 1348, using the advantage of the plague which has collapsed society to buy up large swathes of property and land. They come upon Nobber, a tiny town, whose only living habitants seem to be an egotistical bureaucrat, his volatile wife, a naked blacksmith and a beautiful Gaelic hostage. Meanwhile, a band of marauding Gaels are roaming around, using the confusion of the sickness to pillage and reclaim lands that once belonged to them.

Honor demands he choose a side. But with those he owes loyalty in both camps, how does a true knight fight for what is right? Scotland, 1306. The land is divided, and war looms on the horizon. In the midst of this turmoil, eighteen-year-old Thomas Randolph struggles to find his place. Raised by a beloved lord, he gives little thought to the political tensions between Scotland and England. But when he is summoned to Scone for a family council, he learns that everything has changed and that his uncle Robert the Bruce has been crowned King of Scots. Knighted by the Bruce, Thomas swears ...

En 1187, la bataille de Hattin voit la victoire éclatante de l'armée menée par Saladin contre les croisés. Échappant de justesse à la mort, le Templier Alexander Sinclair prend la décision de dissimuler son appartenance à l'ordre et se retrouve prisonnier.

Vivant parmi ses ennemis, le jeune chevalier ne tarde pas à se lier d'amitié avec eux. Deux ans plus tard, de l'autre côté de la Méditerranée, son cousin, André St. Clair, s'apprête à suivre Richard Cœur de Lion lors de la troisième croisade.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Unicorn Hunt, by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. The fifth title in the House of Niccolo sequence, recreating the perilous world of trade, war and banking in Renaissance Europe. Niccolo has returned to Venice from Africa - richer, wiser yet ever unpredictable. He journeys to Scotland, closer at hand to the secrets of his birth.

In Jim the Great, Jimmy Edwards stars as the titular medieval chieftain who has more on his plate than whatever the huntsman's brought in. From using the Venerable Bede to research the King's (perhaps questionable) ancestry and attempting to build himself an empire as cheaply as possible, to settling a debt with a Viking by way of a duel and accidentally losing his Kingdom before becoming a grumpy galley slave rowing to Rome, King Jim's adventures are history as you've never heard it before.

Two decades after the First Crusade, the warriors and monks of early 12th Century Europe are preparing another crusade to the Levante. A Polish knight, an Irish monk, and a French abbot, meet and become comrades after they embark on the sea voyage with the Venetian fleet to the Holy Land. The knight seeks glory in battle, the abbot sadly leaves the woman he loves to do his pilgrimage, and the monk seeks truth, but they all have joined the crusade and they all must fight. This novel is one of three novels in the Warriors and Monks series, but the story is complete in itself and can be read ...

In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in the city of Norwich. Margery has left her fourteen children and husband behind to make her journey. Her visions of Christ – which have long alienated her from her family and neighbours, and incurred her husband’s abuse – have placed her in danger with the men of the Church, who have begun to hound her as a heretic. Julian, an anchoress, has not left Norwich, nor the cell to which she has been confined, for twenty-­three years. She has told no one of her own visions – and knows that time is running out for her to do so.

Soldiers, Witches and Taverns is a historical novel about two families in colonial New York and New England during the 150 years prior to the nation’s founding. Many of the events in the story are historical, and most of the men and women really existed and are brought back to life in this gripping tale.

A young boy from Shropshire named Will Somers has a special talent for entertaining. His gifts bring him all the way to the court of Henry VIII where he becomes a favoured servant and close companion of the king. In his role as the royal fool, he observes the life and times of Henry and his court. He witnesses the successive rise and fall of his queens, nobles and ministers. He is the only one whom Henry trusts with his true thoughts. “The Tudor Fool” tells the story of the unlikely relationship between a tyrannical king and his humble jester.

Leonor de Habsburgo tuvo que renunciar dos veces al amor de su vida y apartarse de su hija para no volver a verla nunca más por orden del emperador a quien le debía obediencia. Leonor de Habsburgo nos despliega la vida de una mujer que tuvo que someterse a las fuertes obligaciones que imponía la Casa de Habsburgo y que convertía a las mujeres en moneda de cambio política.

Elizabeth Seymour is the unimportant daughter of a country knight, until her sister catches the eye of the king. As her family is swept up in the changing politics of the realm, they seem to be climbing higher and higher. Everything is within reach, but it all hinges on Jane giving the king what he wants: a son. Elizabeth makes a gamble of her own. But danger seems to dog her every step, and she sees firsthand how hard it is to play the courtly game of politics. It only gets worse when the man you choose to marry is the son of the most powerful man in England.

Er wollte kein Krieger sein - doch das Schicksal verlangte es. Entdecke die packenden Romane von Bernard Cornwell über Thomas of Hookton - eine mitreißende historische Saga voller Abenteuer, Schlachten und geheimnisvoller Missionen. Begib dich auf eine fesselnde Reise ins mittelalterliche Europa und erlebe die Tapferkeit eines englischen Bogenschützen auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral. Tauche ein und erlebe hier die komplette Gral-Trilogie.

1096. The Pope has called for a crusade to free Jerusalem, and half the warriors of Europe have responded. Among them is the Norman, Count Bohemund, one-time enemy of Byzantium. In company with his warrior nephew, Tancred of Lecce, Bohemund must once more cross the Adriatic to the lands of the Byzantine Empire. His first task, pushing back the infidel Turks, calls for an uneasy alliance with old enemy Emperor Alexius. But can the Crusaders trust the wily Emperor?

Thanks to the stratagems of Bohemund de Hauteville, leader of the Apulian Normans, the Crusade has taken the city of Antioch, and just in time. Once the besiegers, Bohemund and his men are about to become the besieged - a huge Turkish-led army, commanded by the fearsome General Kerbogha, is fast approaching. Provisions are desperately needed, but the surrounding countryside is near barren and the storerooms of Antioch much depleted. The Crusaders will not hold out for long without falling prey to starvation.

"Yvain - Rivalen" ist der 17. Teil des Waringham-Hörspielzyklus, steht chronologisch aber am Anfang der Waringham-Saga. Dieser und die beiden folgenden Teile des Hörspiels basieren auf dem Roman "Teufelskrone" von Bestseller-Autorin Rebecca Gablé. Mit Anton Weil, Stefan Kaminski Maximiliane Häcke und vielen anderen beliebten Stimmen aufwendig produziert, versetzt das Audible Original Hörspiel euch ins England des frühen 12. Jahrhunderts.

By land and water shall it go home, and lie hidden in the floating stone until by fire it shall be raised again. Arthur has raised the sword and claimed his birthright as High King of Briton, determined to unite the many tiny kingdoms that make up his country. Now he sits upon his throne at Camelot with Merlin by his side, his most trusted adviser. But Merlin is growing old, and his sight is dimming. He knows that Mordred, child of Arthur's unknowing union with his half-sister Morgause, will be Arthur's downfall.

*** 2023 Chaucer Book Awards Finalist*** 1365, Venice, Italy. For generations, the merchants of House Aretoli have profited through faithful service to the Republic of Venice. Despite being only a minor senatorial family, they’ve established a reputation for reliability, fidelity, and ingenuity. But the Aretoli are about to face the ultimate test. Caught up in a rebellion on Venice’s territory of Crete, young Niccolo Aretoli returns as a hero after saving the governor’s life and evacuating the loyal citizenry. Yet despite his new fame, not all is well in Venice. Niccolo’s beloved ...