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It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of the "other" has reached a fever pitch. Against this tumultuous backdrop, two families share the spotlight in this sweeping saga: the Himelbaums of Poland and the Browns of Iowa. All Harry Himelbaum wants is to live somewhere happy and to send for the wife and child he must deny having.

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army, he takes over a struggling newspaper and with unrivalled ruthlessness begins building his media empire. Meanwhile, Keith Townsend, the son of a millionaire and Oxford educated, returns to Australia from London to take over his father's newspaper with similar ambitions. As both men move their quest for power to the world stage, they realise they are more than a match for one another's brilliance and ambition.

Kämpfe und Abenteuer, Machtspiele und Intrigen, Liebe und Rache: Die spannende Reihe um Tankred, der mit dem Schwert in der Hand gegen Wikinger, für Gerechtigkeit und für sein Erbe kämpft. Während die Plünderer die Kirche stürmen, rettet er den berühmten Bücherschatz, bevor er aus dem brennenden Gemäuer entkommt. Um Judith zu retten, muss er nun erneut zum Schwert greifen. Im Auftrag des Königs soll der gebildete Kämpfer in einen erbarmungslosen Krieg gegen die Normannen ziehen, die sich unweit seiner Heimatstadt Maastricht verschanzt haben.

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift. Renowned magus Taita is now over 100 years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt has ever faced: the great plagues and the failure of the Nile, brought about by the fire witch Eos, an ancient force of sheer evil.

**Pre-order The Knight's Pledge, the second book in the Will Bowman series, now!** 1190 - Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will is beaten unconscious, and awakes to find his wife murdered...

In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. When a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction. Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to William the Conqueror. When the sons of Harold return to reclaim their birthright, Styrkar must choose: stand with his blood brother or his brothers-in-arms?

England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his. Alongside him sails Styrkar, the legendary Danish warrior, to forge a fragile alliance in Denmark.

Styrkar the Dane emerges from the blood-soaked fields of Senlac Hill, wounded, furious, and filled with purpose. Driven by loyalty and wrath, he becomes a hunted outlaw, a ghost in the woods, feared as the Red Wolf. Styrkar will carve his vengeance into the flesh of his enemies, or fall like the rest of his shield-brothers.

En 1837, durante el cuarto año de la Primera Guerra Carlista, el capitán Juan Miralles regresa a España para luchar por la causa liberal. Con su buque, Bien Parecida, patrulla las costas de Castellón, enfrentándose a contrabandistas y piratas carlistas. A bordo también viaja su sobrina Mercedes, a quien protege de sus propios enemigos. Sin embargo, la llegada del teniente Jerónimo González, un hombre de la Milicia Nacional, cambiará el curso de sus destinos cuando busque unas valiosas obras religiosas que, en su día, el hermano del capitán salvó de las tropas napoleónicas.

Johnny Rossendale zou liever op zee blijven, maar hij moet terug naar huis als het nieuws hem bereikt dat zijn moeder elk ogenblik kan sterven. Hij wordt opgewacht door ongure types die het gemunt hebben op de erfenis van zijn bemiddelde familie. De inzet: een echte Van Gogh. Meerdere daarvan (allemaal geschreven in de late jaren 1980 en vroege jaren 1990) spelen zich af op het water, met zeilboten in een belangrijke rol.

In 1938, as the Third Reich is just beginning its reign of terror, hundreds of Jewish orphans are hidden away in Austria, in the midst of their underground escape to Palestine. The only man who knows their location is killed, leaving the children with precious little time to survive. The dead man leaves a single set of instructions: Find US Department of War agent Neil Reuter - he will save the children.

Partire dal fondo per arrivare in cima. New York, inizi del Novecento. Charlie Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel e Frank Costello sono soltanto dei ragazzini: figli degli ultimi, emigranti senza un soldo in tasca, rinchiusi a Ellis Island e poi risputati nel fango del Lower East Side, il quartiere più miserabile di tutti e cinque i distretti. I ragazzi hanno sete di riscatto, non vogliono assomigliare ai propri genitori che tirano a campare con un salario da fame. Decidono di diventare qualcuno a qualunque costo: onoreranno la Terra delle Opportunità a modo loro.

A gripping historical thriller and the third instalment in the Rome's Invincibles saga. The battle for control of Rome continues. Octavian has defeated and killed Caesar's assassins, but the road to absolute power is still long and treacherous. A threat now comes from Sextus Pompeius – a cunning pirate who rules the Italian coastline, terrorising Perugia's citizens. Suddenly, Civil War seems like child's play in comparison to a campaign against piracy. Octavian is close to defeat and death.

How the mighty will fall... 1497. Pope Alexander VI Borgia is perfecting his plans for the control of Italy when a heinous crime deprives him of one of the people dearest to him. All of Rome is mobilised to discover the perpetrator but a strange series of coincidences means famous court painter Pinturicchio finds himself on the front line. To shed light on a murder, Pinturicchio is assisted by the city's most established artists, from Michelangelo Buonarroti and Filippino Lippi to Piermatteo d'Amelia and Perugino.

Würzburg 1574: Bäckerlehrling Simon leidet unter seinem brutalen Stiefvater und dessen Sohn Wulf. Als die Streitigkeiten eskalieren, muss er die Stadt verlassen und erlernt in Venedig die Kunst der Zuckerbäckerei. Nach Jahren in der Ferne kehrt Simon nach Würzburg zurück. Dort übernimmt er die Backstube des Juliusspitals und gewinnt die Zuneigung des mächtigen, unnahbaren Fürstbischofs Julius Echter. Doch Simons Stiefbruder Wulf, getrieben von Neid und Missgunst, lässt nichts unversucht, um ihm zu schaden.

Retrouvez les Clifton et les Barrington dans leur traversée du XXe siècle. Giles, Harry, Emma et leurs enfants sont loin d'en avoir terminé avec leur destinée. Des jeux politiques de la compagnie maritime Barrington à la Chambre des Lords, de l'URSS au Mur de Berlin, la Guerre Froide et les conflits avec l'Irlande heurtent les Clifton et Barrington de plein fouet. Et alors que le poids des années est de plus en plus lourds sur les épaules d'Harry et Emma, une question les taraude : quel héritage laisseront-ils à leurs enfants ? Et tous devront choisir entre amour et ambition.

Hösten 1979 anländer Alexejev Rostov vid den skånska ostkusten. Han är specialutbildad sovjetisk spion och har färdats till Sverige med ubåt. Målet är att kartlägga Österlen - och förbereda den sovjetiska invasionen. Från och med nu är han en yrkesfiskare från Göteborg. En vanlig, hederlig svensk som idogt arbetar för att få vardagen att gå ihop. Men kommer han lyckas lura lokalbefolkningen med sin nya identitet? Alexejevs täckmantel är övertygande och snart får han smeknamnet "Sillastryparen".

Eine faszinierende Reise ins schillernde Berlin der dreißiger Jahre. In den turbulenten Zwischenkriegsjahren ist in Berlin nichts wie es scheint. Die junge Kunststudentin Emmeline imitiert bekannte Künstlerporträts für Werbekampagnen und lässt sich auf riskante Bekanntschaften ein. Der Kunstkritiker Julius, der seine Gemälde mehr liebt als seine Familie, überschätzt sich gnadenlos selbst und tappt damit in die Falle. Und der jüdische Anwalt Frank versucht verzweifelt, seinen Prinzipien treu zu bleiben, ohne dabei das Leben seiner Frau zu gefährden.

On assignment for the Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1927, Trey Ramsey seeks information regarding the disappearances of young Sioux women from their reservations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Meanwhile, young rancher Kate Connolly is at the right place at the right time to thwart an assassination attempt on the president of the United States, who has made the State Game Lodge in South Dakota his "Summer White House".

A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia and risk everything in the service of his Caesar.