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AD 796. Sailing in search of an object of great power, Hunlaf and his comrades are far from home when they are caught up in a violent skirmish against pirates. After the bloody onslaught, an encounter with ships from Islamic Spain soon sees them escorted under guard to the city of Qadis, one of the jewels of the Emirate of Al-Andalus and the true destination of their voyage. Hunlaf believes the Emir's lands hold the key to his search, but there are dangerous games at play.

Audiolibro de Vive el Tiempo. Las leyendas de Valladolid guardan relación con la construcción de historias en las ciudades coloniales de la Nueva España, en las que se funden también las historias de los pobladores originales. Las leyendas que se presentan, como las que se cuentan en el origen y desarrollo de todos los grupos humanos, llevan a la valoración del pasado, al que se le coloca rostro, sabor, olor, paisaje, sentimientos, amor.

London, 1991: Alex Johns, trainee art intern at the Courtauld, believes a hidden secret lies within Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas—one of the most written about paintings of all time. Her own mother died in mysterious circumstances while trying to uncover its secrets and Alex is troubled by memories of her own encounter as a child with the girl in the painting—the Infanta Margarita—who continues to haunt her. Alex must take up her mother's work and find evidence to uncover the truths within the canvas