Historical

Prithvi, a twenty-one-year-old, is searching for a mysterious middle-aged aghori (Shiva devotee), Om Shastri, who was traced more than 200 years ago before he was captured and transported to a high-tech facility on an isolated Indian island....

India, 1025 AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India’s northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging....

In Tamil: Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

2017, Delhi – Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction....

Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

लेकिन आदर्शवाद की एक कीमत होती है. उसे वह कीमत चुकानी पड़ी....

Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations....

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds two people's lives together for more than half a century....

Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty....

2017, Delhi - Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction....

The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school....

In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad moments - caught between past and present....

India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time....

1700 BCE, Harappa - The devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....

एक विस्मृत नायक। एक अविस्मरणीय युद्ध।....

After losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief. Scanning trillions of different dimensions, Alexander finally finds a world that is reminiscent of the only time he was ever happy....

1699 BCE, the Marshes of Aryavarta - As the titanic waves of pralay swallow city after city, a final battle for the Ark and the Earth begins. A ruthless barbarian-king threatens the very existence of mankind, heralding Kaliyuga - the eon of Kali....

1699 BCE, the Marshes of Aryavarta – As the titanic waves of pralay swallow city after city, a final battle for the Ark and the Earth begins. A ruthless barbarian-king threatens the very existence of mankind, heralding Kaliyuga - the eon of Kali....

Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

Thiruvarangan Ula is a novel written by Sri Venugopalan based on the historical fact that the forces of Delhi Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq led by Malik Kapoor looted Thiruvarangan....

The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing - she had been strangled....

After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts....

A onetime Crusader turned Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael is a most unusual detective....

Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion, both within and beyond the Republic’s blood-soaked borders, to protect it from total annihilation....

In Tamil: Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

Am Vorabend der Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929 versucht der Potsdamer Textilunternehmer Theodor Simon gemeinsam mit den Zeppelin-Werken einen Befreiungsschlag zur Umgehung der wirtschaftlichen und außenpolitischen Isolation Deutschlands: Unter Vermittlung des Auswärtigen Amtes soll in Persien ein Lufthandelsstützpunkt für das neue Luftschiff LZ 128 "Schahnameh" entstehen und den Handel mit feinen indischen Seiden erleichtern. Konkurrenz droht aus Großbritannien durch die Luftschiffe R100 und R101, doch der Schah von Persien hält zu Deutschland.

Marie Benedict widmet sich einer weiteren klugen Frau, die die Weltgeschichte entscheidend geprägt hat und deren Namen wir dennoch nicht kennen. Rosalind Franklin fand nach jahrelanger Forschung die Doppelhelixstruktur unserer DNA, doch für diesen Coup geehrt wurden fälschlicherweise drei Männer... Rosalind Franklin war schon immer eine Außenseiterin - brillant, aber anders. Sie fühlt sich der Wissenschaft am nächsten, den unveränderlichen Gesetzen der Physik und Chemie, die ihre Experimente leiten. Sie wird beauftragt, das Geheimnis unserer DNA zu entschlüsseln.

Der fulminante Abschluss der Bestseller-Trilogie endlich im Taschenbuch. Henny Unger feiert Geburtstag, siebzig Jahre ist sie geworden. So alt wie das Jahrhundert. Beim Gartenfest an ihrer Seite: die Freundinnen Käthe, Lina und Ida. Doch längst hat sich der Kreis der Gratulanten erweitert. Aus den vier Freundinnen sind Mütter und Großmütter geworden. Hennys Enkelin Katja träumt davon, als Fotoreporterin um die Welt zu reisen, Idas Tochter Florentine kehrt mit einer Überraschung nach Hamburg zurück. Und auch Ruth, die Adoptivtochter von Käthe, ist fester Teil des Freundschaftsbunds.

Ein Blitz zerstört die vorweihnachtliche Ruhe auf der Chiemseeinsel: In der gespaltenen Klostereiche wird eine mumifizierte Frauenleiche aus der Zeit der Hexenverfolgung entdeckt. Kurz darauf wird eine junge Novizin ermordet aufgefunden, gefesselt wie für eine Hexenprobe. Schwester Althea macht sich auf der Insel und im Klosterarchiv auf Spurensuche, ahnt aber bald, dass keineswegs düstere Mächte am Werk sind. Im Gegenteil: Der Täter ist durchaus irdisch - und für neugierige Nonnen höchst gefährlich.

War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.

各都道府県で一人、武将を取り上げて掌編小説に！　直木賞作家・今村翔吾が挑む“驚天動地”の衝撃作。秀吉に、毛利、長宗我部、島津、さらには黒田官兵衛、立花宗茂……。西の空に漢たちが舞う！

紫式部が支えた国母の一代記！　七代の天皇を見守り、“望月の栄華”を成し遂げた藤原彰子の波瀾の生涯。わずか十二歳で入内した、藤原道長の娘・彰子。

Por primera vez en español. La serie "La Leyenda del Pueblo del Hielo" ya ha cautivado a 40 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Cuando Sölve Lind alcanza la madurez descubre que es uno de los elegido del Pueblo del Hielo, con habilidades fuera de lo común. Siempre consigue lo que desea, aunque sus deseos sean egoístas o se salgan de la ley. Sölve explota sin pudor sus habilidades para obtener riqueza y seducir a las mujeres más hermosas. Pero un día le comunican que tiene un hijo, un monstruo, que el mundo no debería conocer.

Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.

Emily rents a room in a boarding house in London where she makes a modest living as an assistant to aristocratic ladies. One summer, Lady Maria Bayne asks Emily to her country estate and it’s there that Emily receives a very surprising offer of marriage from a wealthy widower in need of a wife. But Emily’s new life is not without its own obstacles and challenges.

1948: Die Frau im Bonner Johannes-Hospital weiß, dass sie nur noch wenige Tage zu leben hat. Auf dem Sterbebett ziehen Szenen ihres Lebens an ihr vorbei. Gussie ist 24, als sie den 19 Jahre älteren Witwer Konrad Adenauer heiratet. Aufgewachsen in einem liberalen und protestantischen rheinischen Elternhaus, wird sie die Ehefrau eines preußischen Katholiken und damit Stiefmutter seiner drei Kinder. Sie schenkt fünf Kindern das Leben.

The horrors have only just begun... When Lady Violet Thorn's unbearable Aunt Igitha unexpectedly arrives at her doorstep and disrupts her peaceful existence, it sets off unsettling events eerily reminiscent of the infamous Montford Maniac’s reign. Violet must unravel the connection between her unwelcome guest and the brutal incidents – from savage beasts at her doorstep to horrifying public executions.

As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. Anything to escape the grief coming in waves for her beloved brother Jack. Her sister Corran is about to put her academic career to use among the troops in France, a chance to see what the experience was like for countless men, including her fiancé Rob.

Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is persuaded into one last con. Their marks are the de Jacquinots: dysfunctional aristocrats who believe they are haunted by their great aunt, brutally murdered during the French Revolution. Sylvie and Charlotte will need to deploy every trick to terrify the family out of their gold – until they experience inexplicable horrors themselves.

Meirionydd, 1783. Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital. The only job he can find is as a physician in the backwaters of Wales where he can't speak the language, belief in myth and magic is rife, and the villagers treat him with bewildering suspicion. When Henry discovers his predecessor died under mysterious circumstances, he is determined to find answers.