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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!

The third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. After achieving victory at King Alfred’s...

The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. At the end of the ninth century, King...

Set in 12th-century Jerusalem, Pilgrim follows the treacherous journey of a German knight and his companions as they return home after seven arduous years battling for God in the Holy Land. Within this sprawling tale lies a tapestry of medieval horror, intertwining history and folklore, encompassing both a metaphysical and literal odyssey.

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.

1075 and Dowager Queen Edith has died. Her niece Gunnhild longs to leave Wilton Abbey, but is her suitor, Breton knight Count Alain of Richmond, interested in her inheritance as the daughter of King Harold and Edith Swan-Neck, or does he love her for herself? Is her own love for Count Alain an enduring love, or has she made a terrible mistake? The Swan Daughter is woven around a true 11th-century tale of elopement, love and courage.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of Thrones The final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the...

Autor Patrick Klein hat auf Basis des berühmten deutschen Nationalepos einen historischen Roman vorgelegt, der erzählt, wie sich die berühmte Sage wirklich zugetragen haben könnte. Die Nibelungen können in einer harten und grausamen Schlacht eine römische Streitmacht besiegen und ihren Einflussbereich erweitern, sowie eine wertvolle Geisel nehmen. Doch die Römer schwören Rache, um diese Schmach wieder wettzumachen. Ränkeschmiede, Verräter und Neider wittern ihre große Stunde. Wird es Siegfried gelingen, das Erreichte zu sichern?

Nach der Eroberung Mailands gelingt Reinald von Dassel, dem mächtigen Erzbischof von Köln, ein Coup: Er spürt die Gebeine der Heiligen Drei Könige auf und überzeugt Kaiser Barbarossa, dass er diese in sein Erzbistum mitnehmen darf. Jahre später ist Köln überlaufen von Pilgern, die sich von den Reliquien Heilung versprechen. Noch liegen die Gebeine in einer unscheinbaren Kiste. Doch längst ist den Mächtigen der herausragende Ruf des Verduner Goldschmieds Nicolaus zu Ohren gekommen.

Eine große Zeit der Weltgeschichte gesehen durch die Augen eines einfachen, jedoch abenteuerlichen Königsboten. Gerold ist Cousin Karls des Großen, dient ihm als Bote und schreibt dessen Geschichte nieder. So nimmt er an den großen Schlachten der Zeit Teil, wird Augenzeuge der Hinrichtung tausender Sachsen bei Verdun und wird, dank seiner großen Sprachgabe, auch als Gesandter nach Bagdad geschickt. Doch sein Leben ist nicht nur Krieg und Politik, auch eine tragische Liebesaffäre mit des Kaisers Tochter wütet wie ein Sturm zwischen den Zeilen. Spannung von Anfang bis Ende am Hofe Karls des Großen.

Tyll Ulenspiegel - Vagant und Schausteller, Entertainer und Provokateur - wird zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts in einem Dorf geboren, in dem sein Vater, ein Müller, als Magier und Welterforscher schon bald mit der Kirche in Konflikt gerät. Tyll muss fliehen, die Bäckerstochter Nele begleitet ihn. Auf ihren Wegen durch das vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg verheerte Land begegnen sie vielen kleinen Leuten und einigen der sogenannten Großen: Gelehrten, Ärzten, Henkern und Jongleuren.

On a remote Gaelic farmstead in medieval Ireland, word reaches Alberic of conquering Norman knights arriving from England. Oppressed by the social order that enslaved his Norman father, he yearns for the reckoning he believes the invaders will bring—but his world is about to burn. Captured by the Norman knight Hugo de Lacy and installed at Dublin Castle as a translator, Alberic's confused loyalties are tested at every turn. When de Lacy marches inland, Alberic is set on a collision course with his former masters amidst rumours of a great Gaelic army rising in the west.

1399: Constance of York, Lady Despenser, proves herself more than a mere observer in the devious intrigues of her magnificently dysfunctional family, the House of York. Surrounded by power-hungry men, including her aggressively self-centred husband, Thomas, and ruthless siblings, Edward and Richard, Constance places herself at the heart of two treasonous plots against King Henry IV. Will it be possible for this Plantagenet family to safeguard its own political power by restoring either King Richard II to the throne, or the precarious Mortimer claimant?

Students of biblical Greek will learn all New Testament Greek vocabulary words that occur ten times or more in the New Testament by interacting with this audio product. Jonathan Pennington speaks all New Testament Greek words in descending order of frequency. Different tracks enable students to...

Dragon Heart's daughter and daughter in law had been kidnapped. He has to to search for them in the lands and the seas of his enemies. He faces enemies with magical powers as well as enemies who have castles which cannot be taken. In a fast moving story filled with battles at sea and on land our Viking hero has more twists and turns to contend with than he has encountered before. The story moves from the north to Cornwall, Wales and back to the north as Dragon Heart and his men are stretched to the limit.

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.

La Navarra del siglo XIII no es precisamente el mejor lugar para la tolerancia religiosa y el pueblo de los agotes lo está sufriendo en su propia piel. En este entorno de fanatismo y brutalidad, Toti Martínez de Lezea sitúa el escenario del enfrentamiento entre dos personajes inolvidables. Bertrand Detroyes es un prestigioso maestro de obras cuya mujer ha sido acusada de herejía, el mayor crimen posible en aquella tenebrosa época.

Il prequel de "I pilastri della Terra". 17 giugno 997. Non è ancora l'alba quando a Combe, sulla costa sudoccidentale dell'Inghilterra, il giovane costruttore di barche Edgar si prepara con trepidazione a fuggire di nascosto con la donna che ama. Ma i suoi piani vengono spazzati via in un attimo da una feroce incursione dei vichinghi, che mettono a ferro e fuoco la sua cittadina, distruggendo ogni cosa e uccidendo chiunque capiti loro a tiro. Edgar sarà costretto a partire con la sua famiglia per ricominciare tutto da capo nel piccolo e desolato villaggio di Dreng's Ferry.

Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them is a historical novel like no other, one that immerses the listener in the dailiness of history, rather than history as the given sequence of events that, in time, it comes to seem. Time ebbs and flows and characters come and go in this novel, set in the era of the Black Death, about a Benedictine convent of no great note. The nuns do their chores, seek to maintain and improve the fabric of their house and chapel, and struggle with each other and with themselves.

"Devotees of rich historical fiction and contemporary social discourse alike will be enthralled.” —Booklist, starred review From bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in a world of banned books and censorship, in which an encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of...