Showing results for "The One" in Medieval

When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.

Alternate history—1116 AD. Three hundred years of cruel Viking raids have finally united Christian Europe against the pagan Northlands. A great crusade has been called to pacify the wild Norse kingdoms. The banner of the cross has been raised against the North, and all the power and fury of the West rides under it. Ordulf, a talented young German swordsmith, is ripped from his comfortable life and cast into the bloody chaos of the crusade. As fate deals him a cruel blow in the lands of his enemies, he will have to forge a new path through the chaos or be consumed by it.

England 1520: Henry VIII. ist noch immer ohne männlichen Thronfolger, was für ihn eine persönliche wie politische Katastrophe ist. Ohne einen Erben droht dem Königreich ein verheerender Bürgerkrieg. Henry VIII. will daher seine Ehe mit Katharina von Aragón annullieren lassen und seine Geliebte Anne Boleyn heiraten. Das sorgt für heftigen Widerstand in Rom und in Europa. In dieser heiklen Situation sind nun die Fähigkeiten Thomas Cromwells gefragt. Mit Bestechung, Einschüchterung und Charme steigt er zum wichtigen Vertrauten Henrys auf. Der Emporkömmling sieht sich bald von Feinden umgeben wie von einem Rudel Wölfe.

Allerede som treårig oplevede Hildegard sine første visioner. Hun forstod hurtigt, at hun så noget, andre mennesker ikke kunne se, og holdt sine oplevelser skjult. For hvordan ville andre mennesker reagere, hvis hun fortalte dem, at hun både hørte Guds stemme og i glimt kunne se lige ind i fremtiden? Hvad skulle hendes egen mor stille op med sit tiende barn, der var sart og anderledes og næsten altid sygt? Og hvem kunne skelne Guds og Djævelens tale fra hinanden? Hildegard var kun otte år, da hun blev sendt hjemmefra.

Byzanz im Jahre 1189: Das Kreuzritterheer Barbarossas plündert und brandschatzt auf seinem Weg nach Jerusalem. Bei der Besetzung von Adrianopol wird Alkmene, eine Köchin aus der Palastküche, Ritter Diethelm als Zeltmagd zugeteilt. Dieser hat schon längst den Glauben an den Kreuzzug verloren und will sich nicht um sie kümmern. Doch sie ringt ihm ein Versprechen ab: Sie wird ihm eine so köstliche Mahlzeit vorsetzen, dass Diethelm Alkmene dem Herzog empfehlen würde. Er schlägt ein, ohne zu wissen, dass Liebe durch den Magen geht.

In a time of legends, a new hero emerges as an unlikely warrior rises from the ashes of a village destroyed by invading Saxons. Set in the late Sixth century, Saxon Dawn is a thrilling story about the last flames of resistance to the Anglo-Saxon invaders.

Amid the dust and mayhem of the Third Crusade, a fearsome knight, Thurstan Wildblood, 'a man with a hole where his soul should be', is charged with returning a female hostage to Christendom, specifically to Canterbury. Melinda of Jerusalem, they say, works miracles. She is touched by God and when she prays, astonishing cures are affected. The problem is that everyone seeks her as their prize. The crusaders captured her from an Islamic stronghold, and Sultan Saladin wants her back.

Norwegen, 875 n. Chr.: König Harald hat die Stämme des Landes unter seiner Herrschaft vereint. Doch sein Erzfeind Varl schwört erbitterte Rache. Gnadenlos ziehen seine Krieger durchs Land und ermorden die Getreuen des Königs. Um Verbündete im Kampf gegen Varl zu finden, begeben sich die beiden Wikingerbrüder Kjelvar und Thorvik auf eine gefährliche Reise. Doch als Varl das Dorf der Brüder niedermetzeln lässt und Kjelvars schwangere Frau entführt, ahnen die Brüder, welchen Weg das Schicksal für sie gezeichnet hat: Sie müssen zu Varls schlimmstem Feind werden. Eine blutige Jagd beginnt!

As the country recovers from the war with France, and whispers that the pestilence has returned to England grow louder, fear is in the heart of every nobleman and commoner alike. Sir Ralph de Mandeville, ex-solider and newly appointed Justice of the Peace is sent to Langbarugh, just outside York, to investigate the murder of Coroner Sir Boderick de Whitby. More deaths quickly follow, and while these are swiftly dealt with as plague victims, Sir Ralph and his two assistants Merek and Peter soon uncover something altogether more horrifying… A greater evil is at large in the northern wapentakes.

September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the king and his son, the dauphin. With 12,000 knights. And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive.

Король Генрих Пятый из династии Ланкастеров, победитель французов при Азенкуре, внезапно скончался, так и не сумев переломить в свою пользу ход военной кампании на континенте. Наследие великого Льва Англии досталось его сыну, слабому телом и духом младенцу. Мало того что без поддержки регентов, своих могущественных родственников, Генрих Шестой не мог править увязшим в Столетней войне королевством, он был подвержен приступам безумия. И вот настал момент, когда регент Ричард Плантагенет, герцог Йоркский, решил, что без сильного короля страна неизбежно падет.

Fiona McAfee is a proud warrior, able to outshoot any man she has ever met. When the opportunity arises for her to demonstrate her skill at the Highland Games, she happily agrees. Alisdair McClain is the eldest son of a laird, yet he knows he won’t be laird himself. When he spots Fiona at the Highland Games, he knows he wants to be her husband—and not simply because it would allow him to be laird of Clan McAfee.

1338: England has declared war on France, and Jeanette of Kent, cousin to King Edward III, says goodbye to her family and travels overseas with the royal court for the first time. Once in Antwerp, she is captivated by talented household knight, Thomas Holland, just as he in turn is powerfully drawn to her. Although both know their romance is forbidden, their love for each other grows stronger than the danger they face, and they marry in secret. But before they can make their tryst known, Thomas has to leave for war, and in his absence, Jeanette is forced into a second marriage.

Spring, 1312. At Malmaison Manor, Lord Simon is concealing a dark secret - one he arrogantly assumes will never catch up with him. But someone knows about the crime he committed and they've found a way to make him pay. And he's not alone. When he is found mysteriously slain, other deaths soon follow. Meanwhile, ships on the Devonshire coast are being deliberately wrecked, their crews slaughtered, their cargoes plundered.

I Sigurd Elkjærs vidtfavnende historiske roman Landet i våde er vi tilbage i den danske middelalder. Handlingen foregår i en lille midtjysk landsby, hvor vi møder stærke mennesker og bliver præsenteret for deres særlige blanding af vildskab og fromhed. I den lille landsby har kristendommen endnu ikke fortrængt den overtro, der har haft tag i befolkningen i århundreder. Vi ser, hvordan kongens strid med landets stormænd får vidtgående konsekvenser for landsbyens beboere, der mest af alt ønsker at leve deres liv i fred og ro.

July 1241. Christendom cowers in terror before the threat of a Mongol invasion. The swift-moving, invincible cavalry of Genghis Khan has smashed the proud, steel-clad knights of Russia, Poland and Hungary – and now Austria lies directly in their path. At a skirmish outside the walls of Vienna, German knights capture a squad of Mongol scouts, and are astonished to discover one of their number is an Englishman – a Templar knight – who has been riding with these Devil’s horsemen for more than 20 years.

Долгожданное продолжение истории о братьях, начатой романами «Тайный воин» и «Царский витязь»! Второй десяток лет длится зима, постигшая мир. Всё свирепее метели, всё беспощаднее морозы, но люди живут, странствуют, отстаивают каждый свою правду... Юный царевич проходит новые испытания, доказывая, что достоин править отеческим городом Шегардаем. Удастся ли ему увезти с собой сестру, которой уже начали подыскивать выгодного жениха? Между тем истинного наследника престола, ставшего витязем, после ранения оставляют отлёживаться в деревне.

As King Svenson Two-Sword is about to embark upon his summer viking, Eric steals the king’s most-prized heirloom and sails to England … leaving behind a message of where he’s going. Arriving at Castle Bristlen, Eric offers the king’s golden heirloom as a gift, and they allow Eric inside. Seven hours later, the angry king sails up with his fleet, seven thousand Viking warriors, to recapture his property.

«UNA MAGNÍFICA ÓPERA PRIMA DEL AUTOR ENMARCADA EN PLENO DECLIVE DEL IMPERIO ROMANO» En el siglo III de nuestra era, el Imperio romano se halla sumido en una profunda crisis a todos los niveles: los violentos movimientos sociales, políticos y religiosos que han sucedido a lo largo de su...

When Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor declares war on the pagans of Denmark, Pomerania and the Baltic lands, he is unaware of the true might of the storm he is about to unleash. Meanwhile, in a small fjord in the north of Norway, a young Norse warrior is about to embark on a journey that will take him far to the south, beyond the land of the Angles and the Franks.