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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 wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the Norse, Edmund returns to Wessex to reflect and rebuild, impatient to reverse his losses at Lincoln. But this is the winter of discontent. In Jorvik and the kingdom of the Scots, those who’ve waited too long to become kings in their own right grow restless. As the enemies of the English turn on themselves, Edmund senses the opportunity to reclaim all his brother, the victor of Brunanburh, managed to gain before his untimely death plunged England back into war with her many foes.

Trescientos años antes de que la Revolución Francesa proclame la igualdad entre los seres humanos, un clamor se adueña de los valles vascos: el de los hombres y mujeres que ansían su libertad. Sus anhelos coinciden con un nuevo tiempo en el que las villas asumen el liderazgo frente a la...

When a comet appears in the sky over England in 1066, Ailith, a young Saxon wife, feels sure that it can only bode well, in spite of her husband's fears. With a child on its way, the couple are prosperous and content. Yet, within a year, Ailith's joy turns to heartache as her husband and her child are taken from her and the conquering Normans' advance.

Fresh from his defeat of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy has returned home in triumph, accompanied by the English nobles he cannot trust to leave behind. For Waltheof of Huntington, however, rebellion is not at the forefront of his thoughts. From the moment he catches sight of Judith, daughter of the King's formidable sister, he knows he has found his future wife. When Waltheof saves Judith's life, it is clear that the attraction is mutual. But marriage has little to do with love in medieval Europe.

Macht, Krieg, Seefahrt, Treueschwüre und Intrigen: Dänemarks blutiger Weg in ein tausendjähriges Königreich. Die Wikingersaga um den verwegenen Schwertkämpfer und Bogenschützen Ulv Palnatoki. Jütland. Man schreibt das Jahr 943. Nach seinen Taten bei der blutigen Schlacht von Fünen erwartet Ulv, genannt Ulv Schnellfuß, gefährlichster Bogenschütze der Wikingerzeit, seinen Lohn von König Gorm. Er will die Norneborg, die einst seinem Onkel Jarl Ottar gehörte. Dieser ist nun tot, gefallen in der Schlacht bei seiner eigenen Wikingerburg.

Thanks to the stratagems of Bohemund de Hauteville, leader of the Apulian Normans, the Crusade has taken the city of Antioch, and just in time. Once the besiegers, Bohemund and his men are about to become the besieged - a huge Turkish-led army, commanded by the fearsome General Kerbogha, is fast approaching. Provisions are desperately needed, but the surrounding countryside is near barren and the storerooms of Antioch much depleted. The Crusaders will not hold out for long without falling prey to starvation.

1266. Eleanor of Castile, adored wife of the Crown Prince of England, is still only a princess when she is held hostage in the brutal Baron's Rebellion and her baby daughter dies. Scarred by privation, a bitter Eleanor swears revenge on those who would harm her family - and vows never to let herself be vulnerable again. As she rises to become queen, Eleanor keeps Olwen - a trusted herbalist, who tried to save her daughter - by her side. But it is dangerous to be friendless in a royal household.

England, 1459: Cecily, duchess of York, is embroiled in a plot to topple the weak-minded King Henry VI from the throne. But when the Yorkists are defeated at the Battle of Ludford Bridge, Cecily’s family flee and abandon her to face a marauding Lancastrian army on her own. Cecily can only watch as her lands are torn apart and divided up by the ruthless Queen Marguerite.

Lina is no stranger to conflict. When her clan arrives on the shores of Cardiganshire for the summer, she is prepared for trouble. Sea warriors are tolerated in the Irish Sea but never on land. Luckily, the Wolfvanir are not hunting for friends but for food. They will not survive the winter without it. But the territory is already occupied by the Carmarthen Militia, an army with a history as dark as their own. A violent welcome brings Lina face to face with the general himself, a man who wants her gone—but not dead. In fact, he seems intent on keeping her alive. The question is why?

England, 1120. When Henry I dies with no legitimate male heir, the nation is thrown into chaos. The two rivals for the crown are Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen of Blois, both of whom are determined to emerge victorious. A bitter struggle ensues which threatens to reduce England to a barren wasteland and many ordinary people find themselves torn apart from each other in the confusion of deciding which side to fight for.

Blood Blizzard follows the Redshaws—a small, tight-knit Yorkshire family—caught in the brutal crosscurrents of the Wars of the Roses. As the House of York rises and the road to the Battle of Towton is paved with blood and betrayal, eldest son William Redshaw joins Edward of York’s forces, determined to fight for a future beyond his family’s windswept farmstead. By his side is Elena, his sharp-witted sister, as loyal with a dagger as she is to her kin.

It is 1191 and King Richard the Lionheart is on crusade to pitch battle against Saladin and liberate the city of Jerusalem and her lands. His mother, the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine and his promised bride, Princess Berengaria of Navarre, make a perilous journey over the Alps in midwinter. They are to rendezvous with Richard in the Sicilian port of Messina. There are hazards along the way - vicious assassins, marauding pirates, violent storms and a shipwreck. Berengaria is as feisty as her foes and, surviving it all, she and Richard marry in Cyprus and continue to the Holy Land.

England, 1064: Ein Piratenüberfall setzt der Kindheit des jungen Cædmon of Helmsby ein jähes Ende - ein Pfeil verletzt ihn so schwer, dass er zum Krüppel wird. Sein Vater schiebt ihn in die normannische Heimat seiner Mutter ab. Nach seiner Rückkehr mit Herzog William und dessen Erobererheer wird Cædmon zum Mittler zwischen Siegern und Besiegten und schafft sich damit erbitterte Feinde. Doch er hat das Ohr des despotischen, oft grausamen Königs. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem William erfährt, wer die normannische Dame ist, die Cædmon liebt.

1096. The Pope has called for a crusade to free Jerusalem, and half the warriors of Europe have responded. Among them is the Norman, Count Bohemund, one-time enemy of Byzantium. In company with his warrior nephew, Tancred of Lecce, Bohemund must once more cross the Adriatic to the lands of the Byzantine Empire. His first task, pushing back the infidel Turks, calls for an uneasy alliance with old enemy Emperor Alexius. But can the Crusaders trust the wily Emperor?

King Henry is dead, and his son, Edward Longshanks, is on his way back from crusade to claim the crown and impose his iron will on a weakened country. The nobles of north Wales are nervous and grow frustrated at the inaction of their own leader, and make a daring pact to replace him with a figurehead to unite the warring factions against the English prince. In the south, two young men attempt to rebuild their lives after a terrifying ordeal in Acre.

For all fifteen years of her life, Pauline de Pamiers has witnessed an attack on her family, friends, and faith. It's the early thirteenth century and the Pope and King of France are conducting a Crusade against the Cathars; the only crusade on European soil and against another Christian sect. As a member of this sect in France that sits outside the dominant Roman Church, Pauline is an outsider: young, but independent and bold.

Dezember 1137: Kaiser Lothar ist tot. Auf dem Rückzug aus Italien durch Krankheit dahingerafft. Reihe um Reihe der edelsten seiner Ritter kniet nieder, mit Entsetzen, Trauer und Verbitterung auf den Gesichtern. Besonders eine Frage drängt sich in ihre Gedanken: Wer wird Lothars Nachfolger? Sofort entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf um den Thron, in dem Welfen, Askanier und Wettiner ein raffiniertes Intrigenspiel treiben.

Au début du XIVe siècle, une abbaye située aux confins de la Provence et de la Ligurie. Un lieu voué à la prière et à l'étude avec sa bibliothèque qui fait l'admiration de tout l'Occident chrétien, à l'écart des violences et des luttes de pouvoir qui déchirent les royaumes voisins. Jusqu'au jour où un moine est trouvé mort au bas des murailles.

In the year 1553, King Edward VI has turned sixteen. His minority has come to an end. He is ready to rule England as the next Tudor King and Head of the Church of England. However, his Catholic sister Lady Mary poses a threat to his dream of a ruling over a united godly nation.