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....

The story of Ravana and his people has been told innumerable times. This is the Hindi translation of the number one national best seller. This saga is of victory and defeat - a story that has been tainted by India's oppressed and exploited caste for 3,000 years....

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

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

Jason, Earl of Coventry, needs to discreetly locate his unwanted and abandoned bride among London society to request an annulment....

The opulent, sometimes scandalous private lives of the Mughals of India is brought to life in this book. The text covers various aspects of their lifestyles....

Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Now the actress is on the cusp of obscurity. When she’s offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has changed—but her dream is about to turn into a nightmare....

In the feuding English court, gentle Lady Madelyne suffered the cruel whims of her ruthless brother, Baron Louddon....

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....

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....

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....

The second book in the Ajaya series, Kali ka Uday tells the story of the vanquished in the epic war Mahabharata. The book narrates the story from the point of view of the Kauravas. The story starts with the Kaurava prince Duryodhana challenging Krishna.....

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other "little pigs" who could have done it....

Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon....

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....

Emperor Dharma Yudhisthir of the Kauravas and Empress Panchali Draupadi rule over the unified realm of Aryavarta, an empire built for them by Govinda Shauri with the blessings of the Firstborn....

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....

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 her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....

Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened....

For two decades Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered....

CeCe D’Aplièse, in her mid-twenties, has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt – so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe – she finds herself at breaking point....

Our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars—and meets the hero of his dreams....

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....

Ein außergewöhnlicher Generationenroman über drei Frauen am Stettiner Haff, die gegen Unrecht aufbegehren. 1936 wird die 14-jährige Gine zum Landjahr ans Stettiner Haff geschickt, wo endlose Weite Hoffnung verspricht und salzige Böden die Geheimnisse der Menschen hüten. Als sich dort ein Mann an Gine vergeht, schwört das Mädchen Rache und ahnt nicht, wie sehr es damit den Lauf der Zeit beeinflussen wird. Jahrzehnte später zieht sich die überarbeitete Berliner Ärztin Nina in die endlosen Weiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns zurück und macht einen erschreckenden Fund.

Роман о сильных чувствах и непростых женских судьбах в переломные моменты российской и мировой истории ХХ века. Вероника и Ксения совсем не похожи друг на друга. Одна — медсестра, спасает жизни во время Первой мировой войны, другая — попадает в плен к туарегам во время археологической экспедиции. Но один и тот же человек стал огромным событием в жизни каждой из них. Обе девушки прожили долгую жизнь, не сломавшись под натиском "века-волкодава": прошли две мировые войны, революцию, гражданскую войну, сталинские лагеря и гитлеровский фашизм.

Захватывающий и динамичный ретро-детектив Юлии Яковлевой в атмосфере Петербурга 1812 года. Ротмистр Матвей Мурин, получив боевое ранение, возвращается в столицу. Но ему, хлебнувшему в Бородинском сражении настоящего солдатского огня и ада, непросто найти свое место среди блестящих, но жалеющих его салонных дам и бравирующих патриотизмом штатских. Внезапно к нему обращается за помощью сестра его товарища по оружию Прошина, которого арестовали в игорном доме за жестокое убийство женщины.

Роза, роман Оксаны Васякиной в жанре автофикшн, продолжает ее исследование отношений с семьей, реальностью и самой собой. "Рана" — дебютная книга трилогии — стала прощанием с умершей матерью, "Степь" — монологом об отце и его тяжелой судьбе. В завершающем трилогию романе Роза писательница старается разгадать тайну такой короткой жизни своей тети Светланы. Из небольших фрагментов памяти словно паззл складывается сложный образ, в котором тяжелые отношения с матерью, бытовая неустроенность и равнодушие к собственной судьбе соседствуют с почти детской уязвимостью и чистотой.

The seventh audiobook in Griff Hosker's epic Lord Edward's Archer series of historical adventures.

The third audiobook in Griff Hosker's exhilarating Soldier of the Queen series.

In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.

Eine feministische Neuinterpretation dessen, was mit Wendy nach Neverland geschah. Nimmerland ist ein Paradies für Kinder. Keine Regeln, keine Erwachsenen, nur endlose Abenteuer und verwunschene Wälder – alles angeführt von dem charismatischen Jungen, der nie alt werden würde.

At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of honour Jenny. A misfit amongst the women on the base, though, Thea is struggling to get others onboard. When Flight Sergeant Fitz makes a point of befriending and standing by her, sparks fly between the two. And when Fitz’s crew member, Jack, faces being stripped of his rank due to cowardice, Thea throws herself into seeking justice and support for him.

It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.

In “The Colossus of Ylourgne,” a mysterious object of colossal proportions instills fear and intrigue among the townspeople. Its shadow falls upon the tranquil village, concealing dark secrets. When a daring individual sets out to uncover the truth, they become entangled in ancient spells, a fight for survival, and extraordinary magic.

With her mother’s dubious bloodline and her father’s death, Miss Wychwood acts as her cousin’s unpaid housekeeper and companion. However, when a childhood friend returns, will she remain a dowdy chaperone, or take a chance at love?

Giovanni ha ventiquattro anni e ha coronato il suo sogno, quello di lavorare nella redazione di un quotidiano. Intorno a sé, però, ha soltanto colleghi più anziani, ormai apatici, storditi da un mestiere sempre più in crisi. Tranne uno, Sergio Fabiani, caposervizio della cultura, che gli affida il compito di scrivere un pezzo su Donato Carretta, direttore del carcere di Regina Coeli, linciato in modo selvaggio dalla folla nel settembre 1944.

Nelle voci registrate in una canzone, nelle fotografie scattate nel corso degli anni, in un diario tenuto insieme alla persona amata per quindici giorni, nelle sottolineature sull'ultimo libro letto, cosa rimane di noi? Cosa ci dicono le tracce che lasciamo nel nostro passare? È possibile arrivare alla fine di una storia e da lì cominciare per evocare, rievocare, ridarle vita? Nella notte tra il 10 e l'11 gennaio 2022, Elisa Bricchi, Domenico Di Canio, Costantino Merli e William Pagani, quattro amici tra i venti e ventitré anni, si ribaltano con l'auto nel fiume Trebbia, nel piacentino, e muoiono annegati.

Geheimnisse unter der Mitternachtssonne. 1941: Für Solveig ist das Leben im okkupierten Stavanger ein Balanceakt. Sie arbeitet für die Besatzer und ist im Widerstand tätig - gemeinsam mit ihrer großen Liebe Roar. Der Plan, einem befreundeten deutschen Paar zur Flucht zu verhelfen, bringt diesen in Lebensgefahr. 1970: Als ihr Vater von seiner Ölbohrfirma aus den USA nach Norwegen geschickt wird, ahnt Lizzy nicht, dass in seiner alten Heimat ein Geheimnis aus seiner Vergangenheit schlummert, das auch ihr Leben durcheinanderwirbeln wird.