Showing results for "Una" in Medieval

The Welsh Marches, 1301. Strong-willed heiress Johane de Geneville is married to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, at just fifteen years old. Soon Johane finds herself swept up in a world of treacherous court politics and dangerous secrets as her husband deposes Edward II and rules England alongside Queen Isabella. Yet when Roger is accused of treason, she is robbed of her freedom and must survive catastrophic events in her fight for justice - with her life, and her children's, hanging in the balance.

Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, el emperador, reúne a su corte para comunicar una decisión trascendental. A su muerte, el reino quedará dividido: Sancho, su primogénito, reflexivo y débil, heredará Castilla, mientras que Fernando, su impulsivo hijo menor, ceñirá la corona de León. Con este punto de partida, José María Pérez, Peridis, recrea amenísimamente en esta novela un medievo fascinante, protagonizado por reyes y nobles, leales y traidores.

Año 711, las huestes musulmanas han tomado Hispania por la fuerza de la espada y avanzan imparables. El reino visigodo de Toledo se desmorona y los nuevos amos toman su botín. Entre los cientos de cautivos se encuentra Egilo, la altiva y orgullosa viuda de Rodrigo. Una mujer destinada a adentrarse en la anónima niebla del pasado que, sin embargo, se convertirá en pieza clave de un momento histórico convulso. La última reina goda es una novela de pequeños y grandes personajes que asistieron al amanecer de un nuevo mundo, donde el peligro y las amenazas eran constantes.

Owen has completed his latest mission for the Duke of Lancaster, but his plan to return home is thrown into peril when the young stonemason carving the tomb of Owen's late father-in-law, English knight Sir Robert D'Arcy, is discovered hanged. The Archdeacon of St. David's wants Owen to find out whether Cynog was executed due to his support for the would-be Welsh redeemer, Owain Lawgoch's, rebellion against English rule. Prolonging his stay in Wales means that Owen will be unable to deliver the news of Sir Robert's death to Lucie in person, but can he really leave her father's tomb unfinished?

From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson, an audacious American epic set in rural Georgia during the years of the Depression and Prohibition. Cotton County, Georgia, 1930: in a house full of secrets, two babies--one light-skinned, the other dark--are born to Elma Jesup, a white...

Three years ago, Danilo’s people won their freedom from the hated Ottoman Empire, but with enemies on every side, the Serbs’ hard-earned peace remains fragile. Knowing the sultan will soon come for revenge, Danilo sets out to gain key allies for the coming war—and to escape the haunting grief of personal loss.

This is Dreamland, a uniquely fierce and magical tale that delivers both a sweeping chronicle of America at the turn of the century and an intimate, heart-wrenching portrait of the lives of its denizens. Among the thousands of immigrants who arrive in New York harbor is an Eastern European...

Queen Margaret knows she must protect the crown - and her son Prince Edward's claim to it - at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it is up to Margaret to fight for their inheritance. And as the Wars of the Roses rage on, her enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.

Barcelona im 14. Jahrhundert: Die Landbevölkerung stöhnt unter dem Joch der Feudalherren. Barcelona jedoch ist frei. Und Barcelona ist reich. Hier macht der junge Arnau seinen Weg vom mittellosen Steinträger zu einem der angesehensten Bürger der Stadt. Er ist Teil eines unerhörten Plans: die Errichtung einer Kathedrale, die den Himmel stürmen soll.

Barcellona, XIV secolo. Nel cuore dell'umile quartiere della Ribera gli occhi curiosi del piccolo Arnau sono catturati dalle maestose mura di una grande chiesa in costruzione. Un incontro decisivo, poiché la storia di Santa Maria del Mar sarà il cardine delle tormentate vicende della sua esistenza.

Robert FitzStephan and his wife, Noor, have been temporarily exiled. Officially, they are to travel to the courts of Aragon and Castile as emissaries of Queen Eleanor of England. Unofficially, the queen demands two things: that they abandon Lionel, their foster son, in foreign lands and that they bring back a precious jewel—the Castilian Pomegranate. Noor would rather chop off a foot than leave Lionel in a foreign land—especially as he’s been entrusted to her by his dead father, the last true prince of Wales. And as to the jewel, stealing it would mean immediate execution.

Award-winning author Michèle Phoenix weaves an unforgettable tale of hope and survival in The Space Between Words. In this split-time "powerful and compelling novel" (Library Journal starred review), one woman recovers from a traumatic event by uncovering secrets from the past. "There were...

Le premier volet d'une grande saga historique en plein Moyen-Âge, au tournant entre le XIVe et XVe siècles, qui traverse la France de la Touraine aux terres de Bourgogne. Anne a six ans lorsque sa mère est emmenée par l'Inquisition. Elle ne la reverra jamais. Suivant ses pas, elle devient à son tour herboriste et guérisseuse. Son destin hors normes la jettera dans une vie semée de violences, d'émeutes et de recherches alchimiques à travers le pays, jusqu'à ce que l'amour et un enfant la sédentarise en Champagne.

AD 1055. With the crisis of 1051 long behind them and finally coming to terms with the death of Sweyn, the Godwin family's influence across England is growing. Harold enjoys a position of trust with King Edward and the country is at peace, but Edward knows that he needs an heir before it is too late. In Hungary, there is one potential heir with royal blood running through his veins, but before he can be contacted another king, much closer to home, rises to power, and Harold finds himself torn between diplomacy and violence to maintain the peace.

Året är 1346 och Sveriges kung Magnus Eriksson reser mot Skåne för ett betydelsefullt bröllop som ska stärka freden mellan Sverige och Danmark. Kungen är ovetande om att en grupp svenska adelsmän planerar ett blodigt uppror. Kvar på Stockholms slott är drottning Blanche och de två prinsarna. Adelsman Lars Karlsson slits mellan sina lojaliteter - ska han följa sina vänner i förräderiet, eller ska han värna den oskyldiga drottningens och barnens liv? "Blodbokens tid" är en trilogi fylld av spänning, maktkamp och het romantik.

She suddenly wished that her medical school had offered a course on the art of intrigue... What seemed to be just an accident now carries an ugly and poisonous truth inside. Time to lift the veil. Aliya, now Countess Lillian Elizabeth Mariella Earton and wife to the Earl of Earton, is trying to uncover the truth behind Lillian’s miscarriage and the unhappy course of her marriage. How many enemies does Lilian have? And what do they want of her? King Edward's interest in the estate of Earton - once collapsing, now prospering - has sparked.

Barcelona im 14. Jahrhundert: Die Landbevölkerung stöhnt unter dem Joch der Feudalherren. Barcelona jedoch ist frei. Und Barcelona ist reich. Hier macht der junge Arnau seinen Weg vom mittellosen Steinträger zu einem der angesehensten Bürger der Stadt. Er ist Teil eines unerhörten Plans: die Errichtung einer Kathedrale, die den Himmel stürmen soll.

I begyndelsen af 1000-tallet udspilledes voldsomme magtkampe om herredømmet over landene langs Nordsøen. Æthelred, angelsaksernes konge, var herre over England, der var rigt på guld og sølv, men også ustabilt og fuldt af egenrådige stormænd. Fra Danmark forsøgte den unge Knud den Store at erobre England og satte hele sin fremtid ind i forsøget. I midten stod den ambitiøse norske vikingekonge Olav Haraldsson, en mand med egen agenda, som så det som sit kald at samle Norge i eet rige - og som efter sin død blev helgenkåret og i dag er kendt som Olav den Hellige.

Annie MacPherson’s world was torn apart when her family’s castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds Lieutenant Craig MacLean left for dead. Soon her heart belongs to the fierce warrior. As the English dragoons draw closer to Annie’s makeshift hospital, Craig knows they have to escape together if they’ll have any chance to survive. But when they come face-to-face with the enemy and Craig is imprisoned, Annie will have to risk everything she has to save the man she can’t live without.

Köln, 1206: Das Heilige Römische Reich ist seit Jahren in einem erbitterten Krieg zerrissen, weil zwei Könige um den Thron kämpfen. Trotz großer Gefahr reist die junge Heilerin Maria vom Niederrhein nach Köln, um einer geheimen Schwesternschaft beizutreten. Doch mit Entsetzen muss sie feststellen, dass die Schwestern nicht mehr in dem Kloster leben. Die willensstarke Maria gibt nicht auf und bleibt in der Stadt, die bald vom Stauferkönig Philipp bedrängt wird. Auf ihrer Suche nach den Schwestern begegnet sie den staufischen Feinden.