Showing results for "Absolution" in Historical

It has been three years since the fall of Simon de Montfort and, still, there are lingering de Montfort supporters in England that are being systematically rooted out and subdued. At a particularly nasty battle at Kennington Castle, Torran and the royal army manage to raze the castle and kill all but two members of the oppositionist's family—a lovely young woman and her excitable younger brother. Torran is introduced to Lady Andia St. Albans.

Redemption and revenge: can they be one and the same? Marcus Sempronius Gracchus, a soldier of Rome, has spent two thousand years cursed to walk the earth, but that journey may soon end. He has secured the only weapon capable of stopping ultimate evil, but is he already too late? Will Thomas find the ancient seal and open the gates of hell, ushering in the end of times?

Amaury de Villiers est un homme intransigeant. Trop. Le jeune et ambitieux inquisiteur, éloigné par ses supérieurs, est envoyé dans un petit village des monts des Corbières, dans le Languedoc, afin de traquer l'un des derniers hérétiques appelés Cathares. Son arrivée à Coulhens ne manquera pas de provoquer des tensions au sein de la petite communauté et Amaury pourrait trouver bien plus que ce qu'il était venu chercher.

A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace. And four worlds collide. This "neatly crafted story about lives connected and changed by one night" (New York Journal of Books) is perfect for fans of Liz Moore and Charlotte McConaghy. Everyone in...