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Bologna, dicembre 1311. Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista, viene incaricato dal podestà di far luce su una morte strana e orribile: un membro del Consiglio degli Anziani è stato rinvenuto carbonizzato in casa sua, eppure nella stanza nulla fa pensare a un incendio. Perfino la poltrona su cui l'uomo era seduto è rimasta quasi integra, mentre il corpo è bruciato in modo irregolare. I piedi sono illesi, un braccio è interamente ustionato, tutto il resto è ridotto in cenere. Mondino fa trasportare le spoglie nel suo studio per esaminarle.

En la época de las cruzadas, cuando la confrontación entre el cristianismo y el islam adquiere su mayor virulencia, nace en España una hermandad de caballeros para combatir en Tierra Santa al lado de los templarios y los hospitalarios: la Orden de Monte Gaudio. Esta es su fascinante, ignorada y dramática historia. En este contexto, el robo de unos objetos de culto de una fortaleza templaria en Londres desata una feroz lucha entre los templarios y los hospitalarios.

Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An urgent need to stave off the hunger of his folk calls his younger brother Edwin, Lord of Kilton, to the kingdom of Mercia, and though he fulfils his mission, finds the greater prize he sought out of reach. Four Stones now has the second son of Sidroc under its lofty roof—Yrling, come from Gotland to train under the hand of his half-brother Hrald.

Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a thoroughly modern woman, despite living almost 900 years ago. Intelligent, witty and independent, she is tough enough to forge her own destiny—and subtle enough to shape the world to her will.

Das Jahr 1268 bestimmt ein für alle Mal, wer im Heiligen Römischen Reich das Ringen um die Seelen der Menschen und die Hoheit über die Herrschaft gewinnt. Die Kirche und die Anhänger des Christentums verbünden sich mit dem grausamen Charles d'Anjou. Sie sind gewillt, jedes Mittel gegen den sechzehnjährigen Konradin, den rechtmäßigen und im Volk beliebten Thronfolger, einzusetzen. Die Hohenstaufer sind die Erzfeinde des Papstes, seit Konradins Vorfahr, Friedrich II., einen Kriegszug abbrechen musste.

Icel is becoming a warrior of Mercia, but King Ecgberht of Wessex still holds the Mercian settlement of Londonia and its valuable mint. King Wiglaf of Mercia is determined that the last bulwark be reclaimed from his sworn enemy to complete his rehabilitation as Mercia’s rightful ruler. In the heart of the shield wall, Icel suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the battle and thrust into the retreating enemy stronghold where he must take on the pretence of a Wessex warrior to survive and exact a cunning plan to bring down the Wessex force cowering behind the ancient walls.

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.

In 1282 AD, the Kingdom of Sicily is under the rule of a tyrannical French king and subject to his brutal Angevin army. Daily acts of violence and persecution are commonplace in a once-prosperous realm. For twenty-year-old Aetna Vespiri, daughter of a revered Sicilian knight, survival has become second nature. As a child, she witnessed the destruction of her family’s vineyard by Angevin soldiers and spent the next decade learning the tenets of stiletto-blade combat. Years later in Palermo, Aetna fends off a nefarious sergeant and sparks an uprising against the Angevin occupation.

Die Reliquienhändlerin Marysa steht kurz vor der ersehnten Hochzeit. Doch ihre Unruhe ist groß - der Zukünftige kehrt nicht von seiner Reise zurück. Wie lange kann sie geheim halten, dass sie sich in anderen Umständen befindet? Auch endet bald die von der Zunft auferlegte Frist für ihre Neuvermählung, um weiterhin als Meisterin arbeiten zu dürfen. Als wäre das nicht Unglück genug, ist plötzlich Marysas guter Ruf in Gefahr: Das Silber, das ihr zur Fertigung von Pilgerzeichen übergeben wurde, entpuppt sich als versilbertes Messing. Marysa steht plötzlich als Betrügerin da.

The Last Crown is the epic sequel to The Widow Queen, about a long-forgotten Polish queen. It's a sweeping saga perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Bernard Cornwell, and the TV show Vikings. Across Baltic shores, English battlegrounds, and the land of Northern Lights, The Last Crown is the follow up to The Widow Queen, and the epic conclusion of Swietoslawa's journey from Polish princess to Queen of Denmark & Sweden and Queen Mother of England.

En el año 1306, el joven Guillem Belibasta se ve obligado a cometer un asesinato con su puñal de hoja curva para proteger a su familia. Convertido en fugitivo, viaja de Occitania a Morella y comienza una aventura repleta de traiciones, acción y amor en la que conocerá a personajes de todo tipo que jamás habría imaginado. Una novela absorbente plagada de hechos y personajes históricos que nos presenta la vida cotidiana y los sueños de un grupo de herejes en tiempos de tesoros, rituales, inquisidores, moriscos, judíos y templarios.

1270: Erwartungsvoll reist Baumeister Gerhard in die aufstrebende Handelsstadt Freiburg, um mit kaum dreißig Jahren die Verantwortung für den bedeutenden Kirchenbau zu übernehmen. Ist er der Aufgabe gewachsen? Ist es der junge Bildhauer Josef, als der Turm immer höher in den Himmel strebt? Wird die Bäckerstochter Thea ihr Glück erringen, das untrennbar mit dem herrischen Grafen Egino und der Bauhütte verbunden ist?

AD 1316. Ireland has been drawn into the bitter war between Scotland and England. Richard Savage thought he had left the war behind, but arch enemy Edward Bruce won't let him just walk away. Savage stole something from him, and there are no depths to which he will not descend to get it back. To force Savage's return, Bruce takes what is most dear to him: his daughter Galiene. To rescue her, Savage must voyage back to an Ireland devastated by war and decimated by famine, where Scottish invaders ravage the countryside.

Ein Must-read für alle Geschichtsfans! Gabrielle C. J. Couillez entführt in das mittelalterliche Frankreich. Okzitanien in Südfrankreich im 13. Jahrhundert. Olivier ist zehn Jahre alt, als der Kreuzzug gegen die Katharer beginnt. Verloren in den Wirren des Krieges wächst er im Exil bei seinem Stiefvater und seinem Onkel auf. Schließlich wird er zum Ritter am barcelonischen Hof. Während die Inquisition in seiner Heimat wütet, gerät er zwischen die Fronten seiner wahren Überzeugungen, der Krone und dem Vatikan.

Gerusalemme è sotto attacco. Solo i cavalieri della croce possono salvarla. 1177 d.C. Un vento di guerra soffia verso la Terrasanta e tutto il regno di Gerusalemme teme un'immi­nente invasione da parte delle orde di Saladino. Voci, infatti, parlano di guerrieri saraceni che hanno già devastato con la loro furia città e villaggi. E così il panico si diffonde rapi­damente, come un male oscu­ro che serpeggia fino al trono di Baldovino, il re adolescente afflitto dalla lebbra.

Parigi, inverno 1302. Filippo il Bello, re di Francia, comanda l'armata più formidabile del mondo cristiano, ma il regno è sull'orlo della bancarotta. Per pagare i debiti di stato, il sovrano ha un piano che potrebbe costargli la scomunica: intende aggredire Firenze con un pretesto, per razziare le sue vaste riserve di fiorini d'oro. Ma non ha fatto i conti con Bonifacio VIII… La Signoria di Firenze, infatti, ha chiesto la protezione del pontefice, dal momento che in Vaticano abita la sola persona in grado di fermare il re di Francia.

Making a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports listeners back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking’s court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood.

Intrigas, secretos y amoríos en la cambiante Europa de 1492. La novela muestra un amplio abanico de personajes que viven algunos de los hechos más característicos de la época. Fray Genaro recorrerá el Atlántico con Cristóbal Colón, en su viaje a las Indias. Un pintor italiano verá su vida mezclada con el misterio de un asesinato. Y mientras, en el Vaticano, un cambio de papado hará tambalear los cimientos de la cristiandad.

En una edad de tinieblas, donde la vida cotidiana discurre a menudo entre hechizos y ensalmos, cualquiera puede pasar por brujo. La sabia ironía de Ángeles de Irisarri conduce estas seis historias de brujas medievales, uniendo a su proverbial sentido del humor la construcción de un universo propio en el que las mal llamadas brujas aparecen sin artificios ni prejuicios ajenos, como lo que son: mujeres de carne y hueso.

Accused of treason and stripped of his knighthood, Crispin Guest has survived on the gritty streets of London by reinventing himself as The Tracker, an investigator for hire who can locate lost objects and uncover secrets. When the merchant Nicholas Walcote hires Guest to investigate his young wife Philippa for adultery, he discovers an underground world of danger and dirty dealings. Philippa is indeed hiding something—but she's not the only one. Walcote himself is rumored to possess a holy relic so powerful that some would even kill for it.