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Et ils vécurent heureux à jamais... L’histoire de Breena et Tov aurait pu s’achever ainsi, si seulement le sort avait cessé de s’acharner sur eux et d’éprouver leur amour. Après avoir été faits prisonniers, les deux amants ont réussi à s’échapper, mais ils ont été séparés, et le prix à payer est lourd de conséquences. Fiancée à Tov, mais revendiquée par Edmond, Breena lutte de toutes ses forces pour sauver l’un et fuir l’autre. Espérant que son grand amour est toujours en vie, elle se rend jusqu’au clan de Tov en compagnie de son seul allié, le frère de celui-ci.

An only child of Anglo-French descent, young James Bretherton has known a life of privilege; well-educated and mild mannered, his path is filled with promise. But when James suddenly finds himself orphaned and penniless, his future looks decidedly bleak. It is only when Fate intervenes in the...

Das Emsland zur Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs: Martha ist die Tochter des Bürgermeisters im kleinen Städtchen Schüttorf und damit eine gute Partie. Doch auch wenn sie jung ist, weiß sie, was sie will: Ein selbstbestimmtes Leben - und Jost, den Nachtwächter. Doch heiraten soll sie Valentin, den Sohn eines Ratsherren. Und Valentin drängt auf eine rasche Hochzeit, denn katholische Söldnertruppen rücken vor, um die Stadt einzunehmen - will er womöglich der nächste Bürgermeister werden?

Winifred Maxwell is found guilty of treason, and her brother William could be found guilty of the same charge for helping her escape from London. . . She has been persecuted throughout her life for her family's loyalty to the exiled Stuart dynasty. Winifred and her husband make it to Rome, to the exiled court of the James III, where Winifred becomes governess to the princes Charles and Henry. Meanwhile, her niece Mary is in Paris with her lover. Are Winifred's resolve and tenacity a match for her niece's imprudent behaviour?

The Port of Barfleur, 1120. Sabin FitzSimon, disgraced son of an earl, finally has the chance to salvage his reputation when renowned knight Edmund Strongfist asks Sabin to join a journey to Jerusalem. The only thing Sabin must promise is to keep away from Strongfist’s beautiful daughter, Annais. Sabin obeys, but his attraction to Annais’s spirit, courage and her wonderful harp playing become increasingly difficult to resist.

The year is 1140 and England is torn by the strife of civil war. Oliver Pascal chances upon a village raided by mercenaries and rescues the survivors: an orphaned boy, who is the illegitimate son of the old king, and his mother's maid, a young widow named Catrin. After escorting them to Bristol Castle, they are accepted into the household of Robert of Gloucester, and while Catrin finds herself falling in love with Oliver, she suffers a deep boredom at the frivolity of court life. Thus when the old midwife Etheldreda offers to teach her the secrets of her ancient art, Catrin agrees.

Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unravelling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumours, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth’s road to the...

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. In the meantime...

Schwaben anno 926. Ungarische Reiterhorden fallen plündernd und mordend über die Siedlungen und Klöster im Bodenseeraum her. Dabei geraten der junge Krieger Marcus und die kämpferische Magd Anna unfreiwillig zwischen die Fronten und werden zu einer erbarmungslosen Flucht durch die wilde Landschaft des frühmittelalterlichen Schwabens gezwungen. Bald wird ihnen klar, dass sie nicht mehr nur ums eigene Überleben kämpfen, sondern um das Vermächtnis eines ganzen Herzogtums.

Casey Clemens is having a bad day. And it’s going to get worse. It’s the day before Casey’s fortieth birthday and Hollywood doesn’t want her anymore (not that it ever did). Her career and personal life are a disaster. Frantic to escape her own emptiness, she hops on a plane to England and heads to the countryside to hide. But she can’t hide from herself. A lightning strike, a skidding car, and a horse that might be magical send her through a gap in time to the Dark Ages, where she inadvertently saves King Arthur from Saxon warriors.

Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning—until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her.

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.

The story of a young illegitimate son of a Norman noble and the daughter of an English housecarl. Forced to be little more than a servant Robert fitz Malet shows the world and his half brothers that he has qualities which mark him as different. When he meets the famous troubadour, Taillefer, he...

Rasend schnell verbreitet sich die Schreckensmeldung: Eine chinesische Stadt nach der anderen fällt unter den donnernden mongolischen Reitangriffen und beugt sich ihrem neuen Herrscher: Dschingis Khan. Doch im Westen erhebt sich ein neuer Feind: Für den Schah von Arabien sind die Mongolen nichts als Barbaren. Und so richtet er eine Gruppe von Dschingis Gesandten grausam hin. Um Vergeltung zu üben, marschiert Dschingis Kahn mit tausenden Kriegern in die Wüste Arabiens ein.

Man schreibt das Jahr des Herrn 1066: Eigenwillig, hoch gewachsen und von unbändigem Freiheitsdrang, hadert Alienor, die Tochter des verwitweten Freigrafen zu Sassenberg in der Eifel, mit ihrem eintönigen Schicksal als Burgherrin. Ausgerechnet der weihnachtliche Almosengang in den Kerker verändert ihr Leben. Sie findet heraus, dass der angeblich stumme, rätselhafte Gefangene Normannisch spricht, die Sprache ihrer Mutter. Alienor erhält den "Barbaren" von ihrem Vater als Reitknecht zum Geschenk.

The unmissable new story from bestseller Val McDermid A thousand years ago in an ancient Scottish landscape, a woman is on the run with her three bosom companions – a healer, a weaver and a seer. If the men hunting her find them, they will kill her because she is the only one who stands...

Tradimenti, amori, cospirazioni nell'affascinante epoca Tudor. Due donne, due diversi destini, uniti per sempre sotto l'ombra della torre di Londra. Finché i corvi abiteranno la Torre di Londra, il Regno d’Inghilterra sopravvivrà. Joan Vaux non è come tutte le altre dame di corte. Ha la carnagione olivastra, si veste sempre con abiti scuri e i suoi capelli sono neri come le ali dei corvi che tanto ama. Li considera suoi amici e guardiani della Corona da quando è piccola. E oggi più che mai il Regno sembra in pericolo.

Marysia, wracając po latach do rodzinnej Białej Podlaskiej, staje twarzą w twarz z przeszłością – śmiercią mamy, przykrym dzieciństwem pod okiem ciotki, dla której zawsze była bajstrukiem, i nieszczęśliwą młodzieńczą miłością. W leśniczówce, otrzymanej w spadku od babci, znajduje pamiętnik Iny, łączniczki AK. Lektura pamiętnika pochłania ją bezgranicznie, choć w tym samym czasie zmaga się z wieloma problemami... Kim była tajemnicza Ina, zakochana we włoskim jeńcu wojennym? Czy Marysia dla dobra chorego synka odważy się odbudować relację z jego ojcem?

The seventh audiobook in Griff Hosker's epic Lord Edward's Archer series of historical adventures. Stirling Bridge is a haunting memory for King Edward. When Scottish rebels threaten his northern borders the king acts swiftly to quash it. William Wallace remains a threat and hiding across the...

There's more to Norman of Torn than meets the eye Prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer Edgar Rice Burroughs's second novel follows a rebel outlaw in 13th century England during the Second Barons' War, making for an adventurous tale akin to Robin Hood that's perfect for anyone that loves an...