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Mucho antes del nacimiento de la Grecia Clásica, hubo otra civilización extraordinaria emplazada en Creta, que alcanzó un alto grado de desarrollo cultural y artístico debido al dominio incontestable que poseía sobre el mar. Desde el fabuloso palacio de Cnosos, el rey Minos gobierna sobre su pueblo centrado en mantener la paz, tras haber promovido el desarrollo del comercio y haber limpiado de piratas las aguas del Egeo. Su hijo, el príncipe Androgeo, sueña con convertirse en un gran héroe....

Distribution de cette représentation historique : Edwige Feuillère, Marguerite Gautier ; Jean-Pierre Aumont, Armand Duval ; Germaine Michel, Prudence ; Louis Seigner (Sociétaire de la Comédie Française), Monsieur Duval ; Dora Doll, Olympe ; Michel Etcheverry, Varville ; Chantal de Rieux, Nichette ; Varny, Saint-Gaudens ; Germaine Delba, Nanine ; Jean Michau, G. Rieu ; Y. Brieux, Adèle ; Georges Saillard, Le Docteur ; Micheline Pizani, Esther ; Roland Bourdin, Gustave.

« Mina de Vanghel naquit dans le pays de la philosophie et de l'imagination. » Ainsi commence l'histoire d'une jeune fille noble de Koenigsberg qui, au XIXe siècle, décide de vivre pleinement « le feu qui l'anime ». Mais si elle réchauffe un cœur, la passion peut aussi bien le consumer lentement. À la vie, à la mort ! Pour sentir cette brûlure même un instant, Mina s'engage jusqu'au crime. Reprenant la question de l'amour, Stendhal (1783-1842) poursuit son étude de la « cristallisation » des sentiments.

Princess of Troy, sister of Hector and Paris, Priestess of Apollo. Blessed by the Sun God with the gift of prophecy, and then - for rejecting his advances - cursed by him to never be believed. Diomenes, the enemy Achaean with the healing hands, and Cassandra become puppets of the gods. Their passions are thwarted, their gifts rendered useless for the sake of a wager between two immortals. And now doomed, magnificent Troy is burning. If Cassandra and Diomenes find each other, can their love survive the games of malicious gods, victorious warriors and hated kings?

Pie and Pell are like two peas in a pod: meant for each other, madly in love, and living their best lives as Mr. and Mrs. Monster of Saint Mark’s...kind of. Pie is dreading her new job working for the tall, dark, and sleek Modern Minotaur. And the irony that just a few weeks ago she was demanding that Pell allow her to get a job to support the sanctuary, isn’t lost. It’s like the gods are playing with her on purpose. Pell is still his grumpy self but he’s got a new job as well—babysitting a bag of magic rings that seem to have a mind of their own.

Continuing the international bestselling saga of Alexander the Great, Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes his quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture, the mighty Alexander and his men...

“The Library of Legends is a gorgeous, poetic journey threaded with mist and magic about a group from a Chinese university who take to the road to escape the Japanese invasion of 1937 – only to discover that danger stalks them from within. Janie Chang pens pure enchantment!” —Kate Quinn...

Bloomsbury presents Lion Hearts by Dan Jones, read by Ben Miles including a bonus interview with author Dan Jones and actor Genevieve Gaunt. THE GREATEST FIGHTERS HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE 1350 Three years on from the Siege of Calais: The Black Death has wreaked havoc in Europe. The Castilians are...

A YEAR OF RAVENS Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton...

Robert Harris' "Pompeji" war ein internationaler Triumph. Der Autor versteht es wie kein Zweiter, als Gegenwart zu beschreiben, was zweitausend Jahre zurückliegt. Auch "Imperium" spielt in der Antike und bietet erneut eine spannende Mischung aus historischen Fakten und Fiktion. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein gerissener, mit allen Wassern gewaschener Anwalt und geborener Machtpolitiker: Marcus Tullius Cicero.

When a two-thousand-year-old curse is the only thing keeping you safe, you should probably just leave it alone. Here’s the problem—the curse is now breaking itself. The sanctuary is crumbling, Pell’s anger issues come with a new destructive voice, Pie has no control over her spellings, and Tomas is trying to convince himself that, one day, Madeline is going to love being a dragon.

Ny roman af den danske forfatter Anne Fortier, der har skrevet bl.a. bestselleren Julie. Diana Morgan er en ambitiøs og eventyrlysten forsker ved Oxford. Hun er ekspert i amazonerne, de mytologiske kvindelige krigere. Dianas fascination er dybt forbundet med hendes egen families historie, så da hun inviteres til at deltage i en arkæologisk udgravning, forlader hun trods sine kollegers advarsler universitets trygge rammer.

The epic second Roman adventure in The Centurions series, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have found the life of a Centurion to be a dangerous one. After imprisonment and torture, Flavius has found his strength and proven his mettle. Correus, son of a slave, has found glory on the battlefield. But now the brothers have been stationed to Wales, a land full of barbarians, mud and freezing rain. Here they must face the pain of lost love, the shame of lost battle, and the thrill of a new era for their beloved Rome. And in Wales awaits a princess that could change one of their lives forever.

One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907. It immediately provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous "Playboy" riots. It has been recorded and adapted many times, but this timeless recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack.

Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city . . . Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Spartan is the saga of a Spartan family, torn...

An action-packed tale of betrayal and revenge set amid the war between Alexander the Great's generals and climaxing in the most spectacular battle of the ancient world. Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Srayanka, is cut down in a savage act of betrayal. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must make a perilous journey west, pursued by ruthless assassins, to find sanctuary with the army of their father's closest friend, Diodorus.

A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. Soon an even more disturbing outrage...

Nella Terra tra i due mari chiamata Messapia, la giovane Ellis vede il suo villaggio distrutto dalla ferocia dei guerrieri greci di Taras. Il re suo padre è costretto a giurare fedeltà al vincitore e lei viene condotta in ostaggio dinanzi al sovrano nemico. Furiosa e impotente, ma desiderosa di vendetta, Ellis promette al guerriero che l'ha derisa che lui sarà il primo a morire per mano sua. Questi non è altri che il figlio primogenito del re di Taras, Alexios, un combattente rispettato da tutti per la sua forza, il quale rimane però colpito dal coraggio della bella prigioniera.

Ретеллинг древнегреческого мифа о споре трех богинь: войны, мудрости и красоты. Перевоплотившись в зверей, те незримо следят за королевским конкурсом невест, у каждой — своя фаворитка из трех: царевна, жрица или маркиза. Кто победит? Необычное обыгрывание тропа "отбор невест" с повествованием от лица разных персонажей. Закрученная история с элементами романтики и даже детектива. Великолепное авторское чувство юмора.

180 n. Chr.: Nördlich des Hadrianswalls kämpfen der sarmatische Krieger Kai und sein Adoptivstamm, die Votadini, ums Überleben, nachdem sie durch römische Repressalien in ein unbekanntes Land vertrieben wurden. Dann trifft die Nachricht ein, dass ein verfeindetes Volk sich bereit macht, gegen die Votadini ins Feld zu ziehen, angeführt von einem altem Feind Kais. Sofort macht sich Kai auf den Weg nach Süden, in der Hoffnung, sich mit den Römern gegen diese neuerliche Bedrohung zu verbünden. In der Zwischenzeit haben die Römer jedoch von Chaos und Gemetzel jenseits des Walls gehört.