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....

திருவரங்கன் உலா என்னும் சரித்திர‌ நாவல் உண்மை சம்பவங்களின் பின்னணியில்....

Kadal Pura - Part 3, an audiobook narrated in Tamil....

அமரர் சாண்டில்யனின் அற்புதமான புதினம் ஒலி வடிவில் 42 மணி....

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....

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

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....

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....

Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot....

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....

From USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War comes a heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the terrible injustice that tears them apart....

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 Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War....

திருவரங்கன் உலா என்னும் சரித்திர‌ நாவல் உண்மை சம்பவங்களின் பின்னணியில் எழுதப்பட்டு பெருத்த....

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....

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

It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence....

Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Rajaraja and the kings of Chozha Empire....

Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world....

A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.

It is the 1870s, and twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney are born into the wilds of Natal. They could not be more different, and fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart....

A daughter vanishes. Two rogues are paid a fortune to find her. It isn't enough....

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....

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....

Der Zauber einer Ballnacht. 2. März 1810: Heute habe ich mich verliebt! Dreizehn Tagebücher und neun Jahre später sind Miss Mirandas Gefühle für Viscount Turner noch genauso unsterblich – und ebenso aussichtslos. Eine kurze, verhängnisvolle Ehe hat ihn verbittert. Dennoch hegt Miranda Hoffnung. In ihrer ersten Saison will sie sich ihren Mädchentraum erfüllen und endlich mit dem Viscount tanzen. Dabei will sie ihm ihre Gefühle gestehen... Witzig und unwiderstehlich romantisch: Der erste Roman der Bevelstoke-Trilogie.

The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...

Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry, from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon, can they stay together and keep each other safe?

Frances Sweet can’t really remember her real parents. Brought up by her uncle, her cousins Ruby and Mary have always treated her like their little sister. As the war continues to keep her cousins separated from the men they love – Frances is growing up fast enough to catch the eye of dashing American soldier Declan. But she also has a greater longing – to find the mother who abandoned her years before.

he Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember. Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking and has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. while Ruby dreams of life in London. But as war threatens, there will be changes for all of the Sweet family, with brother Charlie off to serve and cousin Frances facing evacuation. But there will be opportunities, too, as the twins' baking talent catches the attention of the Ministry of Food.

Novena entrega de "Las guerreras Maxwell". Una saga romántico-histórica que nos traslada a la Escocia medieval. Lady Johanna McRae, hija de lady Megan y el laird Duncan McRae, es una joven intrépida que, junto con su hermana Amanda, trae a su padre de cabeza. Si algo le gusta a Johanna es disfrutar de su libertad ayudando a quien puede y, en especial, retar a todo aquel que se enfrente a ella. Alan McGregor es un valeroso guerrero que, junto con su buen amigo y familiar Iver McGregor y con Beth, esposa de este, se dedica a la compraventa de caballos y ovejas en sus tierras en Fort William.

Holland im Jahr 1636. Mareikje hat in Amsterdam während des Tulpenfiebers ihr Glück gemacht – und dann alles verloren, weil Rosshändler Pitt Henseler sie hintergangen hat. Sie könnte glücklich mit der Liebe ihres Lebens, dem Maler Wim, und ihrer Tochter Marie in dem beschaulichen Ort Bruikelaar leben, doch der Verrat des alten Freundes sitzt wie ein Stachel in ihrem Fleisch. Als Wim für ein Jahr mit der Ostindien-Kompanie nach Java fährt, nutzt Mareikje die Chance: Sie reist allein in die große Stadt, um den Tulpenhandel wieder aufzunehmen und um Pitt zur Rede zu stellen.

Sicilia, 1989. In vacanza a Taormina nello svogliato tentativo di salvare la sua relazione con la giovane e forse troppo solare Marta, Alberto, talent scout e agente di spettacolo, vede in tivù Elmo X, il più sovversivo stand-up comedian della storia italiana, ardere in un rogo sulla spiaggia di Riccione.

England 1147: Eingesperrt in einer verfallenen Inselfestung, fristen sie ein unwürdiges Leben, weil sie nicht zu den Kindern Gottes gehören: Simon hat die Fallsucht, Edmund hält sich für einen Märtyrerkönig, Regy ist ein Mörder, Losian hat sein Gedächtnis verloren. Er führt die Gruppe an, als ein Unwetter ihnen den Weg in die Freiheit öffnet. Ein Abenteuer beginnt und eine Suche - bis Losian einer Frau begegnet, die ihm nicht nur helfen könnte, seine Vergangenheit wiederzufinden.

Norwegen, A. D. 785: Der Krieger Sigurd Haraldarson hat blutige Rache geschworen, doch König Gorm, der einst seinen Vater verriet, lebt immer noch. Und solange ein Atemhauch in ihm ist, so lange ist der Blutdurst Sigurds nicht befriedigt. Aber Sigurd und seine Mannen brauchen mehr Waffen und mehr Silber, um ihre Aufgabe vollbringen zu können. Die Waffenbrüder machen sich auf nach Schweden, um Schlachtenruhm und Söldner für ihre Sache zu gewinnen. Im Angesicht Walhallas geraten sie in ein Inferno aus Eis und Blut.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

Marsin nettipäiväkirjat on blogipäiväkirjojen muotoon puettu humoristinen tieteissaippuaooppera, joka kertoo tosi-tv-tähtien matkasta punaiselle planeetalle ja heidän seikkailuistaan siellä. Toisessa osassa selviydytään Marsissa.

目黒不動で居酒屋を営むお夏。化粧っ気はなく毒舌で、くそ婆ァと煙たがられているが、懐かしい味のする料理は評判だ。ある日、客の一人だった遊女が殺され、お夏は静かな怒りに駆られる。

「葉月十二日、巳の刻。湯島天神内宮地芝居の舞台に、瀬川菊之丞を連れてきて欲しいのです」――濱村屋の年若い主人・吉次からこう切り出された平九郎は、驚きのあまり絶句した。

Het regiment rukt opnieuw op tegen het Rode Leger onder de nietsontziende aanvoering van hun krankzinnige legerleiding. De oorlog is zijn laatste fase ingegaan en de moraal in het Duitse leger is tot een dieptepunt gedaald. Maar voor het strafregiment van de hoofdpersonen is deserteren geen optie. Zij moeten doorvechten tot de laatste snik, aan het gevaarlijkste front van Europa.