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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.

Now that the destructive force of black powder has been unleashed, Alfred must reinforce his alliances in a world where the nature of conflict has been changed for all time. Against this backdrop, he faces the daunting task of finding a suitable match for his eldest daughter, knowing he must balance the needs of the kingdom against his vow to ensure the happiness of the child whose anticipated arrival kept him alive during his ordeal in captivity.

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.

England, 1351. The Pestilence has ravaged the land. Villages lie abandoned but for crows and corpses. Highways are patrolled by marauders and murderers. In these dark and dangerous times, the wise keep to themselves. But Gerard Fox cannot afford to be wise. The young knight has been robbed of his ancestral home, his family name tarnished. To regain his lands and reputation, he sets forth to petition the one man who can restore them. Fate places Fox on the wrong road at the wrong time as he hurtles towards a chance encounter.

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.

Based on the extraordinary true story of the female stonemason who carved a queen's tomb, The Stone Rose traces the life of fierce, self-destructive Isabella of France. Wife to a weak king, Isabella finds herself facing enemies from the wild North, in a war with Scotland, and from within her own family: her uncle Lancaster, whose attempts to rein in royal power cause a rift between them. But Isabella soon comes to realise that this is a love story. And the threat to the kingdom is a threat to her marriage—and to her own life....

Fourteenth-century Europe. The Black Death has killed half the known world, and in an isolated convent, a small group of nuns spends their days in work, austerity, and devotion, chanting the Liturgy of the Hours. But their community is threatened. Rumors of heresy and a scandalous Book of Ursula, based on the teachings of the charismatic former abbess and founder of the order, have prompted the male church hierarchy to launch an investigation. Disrespect and rebellion infect some novices, and the youngest among them pines for the bishop's chief inquisitor.

Ausgezeichnet als "Buch des Jahres". Ritter, König und zu Lebzeiten schon eine Legende: Reiten Sie Seite an Seite mit dem Mann, den sie "Löwenherz" nannten! In seinem historischen Roman lässt Mac P. Lorne mit Richard I. von England einen der berühmtesten Herrscher des Mittelalters lebendig werden. Nur wenig Zeit ist Richard Löwenherz in seiner Heimat England vergönnt: Nachdem er die Rebellion seines Bruders Johann Ohneland niedergeschlagen hat, bricht Richard mit einem kleinen Heer nach Frankreich auf.

January, 1145. Godfrey Bowyer, the best but least likeable bow maker in Worcester, dies an agonising death by poisoning. Although similarly struck down after the same meal, his wife, Blanche, survives. The number of people who could have administered the poison should mean a very short investigation for the sheriff’s men, Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin, but perhaps someone was pulling the strings, and that widens the net considerably.

1413. Ganz Aachen ist in Aufruhr: Am Todestag Karls des Großen soll die neue Chorhalle des Doms eingeweiht werden. Doch eine Serie mysteriöser Morde und Unfälle überschattet die Vorbereitungen zu dem Ereignis. Ausgerechnet der angesehene Goldschmied Bardolf Goldschläger gerät in Verdacht. Seine Stieftochter, die Reliquienhändlerin Marysa, nimmt die Spur des Täters auf. Dabei kommt sie einer Verschwörung auf die Schliche, die bis in die allerhöchsten Kreise reicht. Dort ist man nicht gewillt, sich die ehrgeizigen Pläne durchkreuzen zu lassen: Marysa gerät in Lebensgefahr.

The Emperor Henry of the Holy Roman Empire is dying, and his wife, the Empress Matilda, is in danger from those who would use her to gain the title and the power. King Henry of England sends Alfraed of Norton to rescue her and avoid a war. With enemies from France, Flanders and the empire, as well as Norman traitors, the handful of Northern Knights have to fight across Europe and back. A fast-moving novel that moves from Germany to the Scottish borders in the turbulent times of the early 12th century, when friends could become foes overnight.

Having fought valiantly for Lord–now King–Edward, Gerald Warbow has settled into the life of a country gentleman. He has a comfortable life with a wife he loves and three growing–if occasionally irritating–children. Conscious that time is passing, Gerald devotes his time to farming and to training local archers, including his eldest son, Hamo.

Der Drehbuchautor Jonathan L. Williams erzählt die Geschichte des Ordenskrieger Roan, der es sich zur Aufgabe macht den alten Ruhm des Ordens wieder herzustellen.

Destinado desde su nacimiento a dirigir a su pueblo, Musa ibn Musa toma su nombre del gran conquistador de la Península, que varias generaciones antes había alcanzado el valle del Ebro para someter al conde visigodo Casio. Sus descendientes, los Banu Qasi, ya convertidos al Islam, desempeñarán un papel más que relevante en la región durante el siglo IX de nuestra era. Junto al caudillo árabe, comparten el protagonismo de esta historia Íñigo Arista, hermano de madre de Musa, que ha de convertirse en el primer rey de Pamplona.

Aachen, anno 1412: Der Geselle Klas liegt erschlagen im Dom. Verdächtigt wird sein Meister, der Reliquienhändler Reinold Markwardt. Dessen Frau Marysa glaubt an eine Verschwörung. Unterstützt von dem Mönch Christophorus stößt sie bei ihren Nachforschungen auf einen Handel mit gefälschten Reliquien. Doch ihre Feinde sind mächtig: Marysa wird der Ketzerei angeklagt und soll auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt werden. Und die Zeit arbeitet gegen Christophorus... Die Mittelalter-Krimireihe von Petra Schier.

In summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maudhave temporarily exhausted each other. Brother Cadfael, herbalist-sleuth of Shrewsbury's Benedictine Abbey, agrees to accompany wise young Brother Mark on Church business in Wales. But the brothers soon find themselves caught up in yet another feud. A Welsh prince has banished his brother, accusing him of the treacherous murder of an ally, and the country teeters on the brink of civil war. Cadfael has to survive the brotherly quarrel that could plunge an entire kingdom into chaos.

They set sail from Norway, two swift-moving longships and their handpicked crews, following the route navigated by the legendary Leif Ericson. But for young shipmaster Nils Thorsson and his fellow Norsemen, the real journey begins when they push on into the uncharted continent of Vinland. There the explorers revel in the chance to penetrate a virgin land—until they trespass on the grounds of a primitive people who have seen enough of the light-hairs' cruelty to believe they are too dangerous to ignore.

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.

It is a dangerous time for a woman to travel alone in England. That is why young Lady Rosalynde of Stanwood has an entourage of knights with her as she urgently returns home to her father. But when a gang of thugs attacks, she is forced to flee and search a nearby town for help. Although she finds a suitable escort, he is also an alleged criminal known as “Blacksword.” The only way she can now ensure herself a safe journey home is to save the scoundrel by handfasting him.