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Ein Schwergewicht im Wikinger-Genre. Unterhaltung mit Mehrwert, intensiv recherchiert und knallhart erzählt. Der vierte Teil von Tonny Gulløvs erfolgreicher Wikinger-Saga. Ulv Palnatoke ist keiner, der sich vor irgendjemandem beugt – weder vor dem König Dänemarks, Harald Blauzahn, noch vor dem blutrünstigen Otto dem Großen. Den schmerzt noch immer die demütigende Niederlage, die Palnatoke ihm zugefügt hat. Das Jahr ist 960. Otto der Große steht mit seiner enormen Streitmacht am Schutzwall Danewerk. Er will die Dänen zum Christentum zwingen.

Год 1470-й. Король Эдуард Йоркский изгнан из Англии. Королева Элизабет и ее дети дрожат от страха за свою жизнь в Вестминстерском аббатстве. Эдуард предпринимает отчаянную попытку вернуть трон — заключает союз с правителем Бургундии Карлом Смелым и получает под свое начало небольшое наемное войско и корабли.

Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle. But Sir William Gold has other problems. Just to reach Europe, he must capture its most unassailable fortress. He must also protect his liege lord, the Green Count, from assassins hell-bent on his death.

AD 1044. All eyes are on the marriage of Beatrix de Hautville to Armand de Mortain. The union could calm a tense political situation in Normandy: a young, illegitimate nobleman called William is vying for the ducal throne, and making plenty of enemies along the way.

Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free. Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city.

Dschingis Khan ist tot, aber sein Vermächtnis lebt in der Nation weiter. Einer Nation, deren Unterschiede in diesen unruhigen Zeiten schwerer wiegen als je zuvor. Nur einer von Dschingis’ Söhnen kann die Völker wieder einen und einen neuen Feind bezwingen. Aber wer wird es sein? Währenddessen erobert Subotai im Westen weitere Gebiete und dringt ungehindert in unbekanntes Gebiet vor. Doch in dem Moment seines größten Triumphes muss er eine Entscheidung treffen, die alles verändern wird.

It is AD 976. Olaf Tryggvason, the renegade prince of Norway, has lost his beloved wife to a tragedy that turns the lords of the land he rules against him. With his family gone and his future uncertain, Olaf leaves his realm and embarks on a decades-long quest to discover his course in life. Though his journey brings him power and wealth, it is not until he encounters the strange man in the streets of Dublin that his path to fame unfolds. And in that moment, he is forced to make a choice as the gods look on—one that could either destroy him or ensure his name lives on forever.

997 na Christus. Engeland wordt van twee kanten belaagd, in het westen door Wales en in het oosten door de Vikingen. Gerechtigheid is ver te zoeken en geweld en wetteloosheid zijn aan de orde van de dag. De koning staat machteloos en de chaos regeert. In deze turbulente tijden raken de levens van drie mensen onlosmakelijk verbonden met elkaar en met een klein gehucht dat later Kingsbridge zal worden genoemd. Het dorp van een jonge botenbouwer wordt geplunderd door de Vikingen en hij vlucht met zijn familie naar een ander dorp om daar een nieuw leven op te bouwen.

Italien 1211: Die junge Cecilia begibt sich auf eine wagemutige Reise, um ihren Vater im fernen Sachsen zu finden, nachdem ihr herzoglicher Gemahl an ...

Spring, AD 777. Sigurd Hring, new King of the Svear, is summoning all the greatest warriors of the North to his banner. He invites Bjarki Bloodhand, the famous berserkr, to swear an oath of fealty to him. But Bjarki has already sailed away to rescue a beautiful Saxon princess. Tor Hildarsdottir, sister of Bjarki, now oath-bound to a powerful Svearland jarl, finds herself unwillingly enrolled in Sigurd’s mighty army. When Sigurd Hring arrogantly rejects the overlordship of Siegfried, King of the Dane-Mark, red war is inevitable.

In the depths of winter at an ancient German castle, high up in the mountains, a noble is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Back at Rourell, Arnau is taking on the responsibilities of a full Templar Knight. But when he is tasked with returning Brother LUtolf's papers to settle a legal dispute between his family and the Order, Arnau is unexpectedly drawn into the killing at the castle. Here he enters a dark game of knives and double-crosses.

AD 1294. Caernarfon has fallen to Madog, and the Welsh uprising spreads like a wildfire. The four main warlords of Wales join forces to wreak havoc amongst the English settlers and rampage across the country in a frenzy of aggression born of a lifetime of servitude. One by one, Edward’s castles fall before the Welsh onslaught, but though there seems to be little reaction from the king, across the border, he musters his armies and plans the re-taking of his famed Ring of Steel.

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron. James Fletcher, now the Count of Cornwall, is facing new adversaries in the Franks. They try to assassinate him and his family, precipitating a full-out war.

Worms 1409: Vor dem Wohnhaus der heimlichen Heilerin bricht ein Mann mit blutdurchtränkter Kleidung zusammen. Bald ist sichtbar, dass sein Körper mit Stichwunden übersät ist. Madlen und Franz sind gerade erst dabei, alles für die Wundversorgung vorzubereiten, als zwei Wachmänner des Königs Ruprecht in ihr Haus stürmen. Sie behaupten, der tote Fremde habe eine geheime Botschaft überbracht, als Franz das bestreitet, wird er kurzerhand verhaftet.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.