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Solomon Ha Levi is the chief rabbi of Burgos, in the Kingdom of Castile, but in 1391, after anti-Jewish riots raged throughout the land, he decided to convert to Christianity. He becomes a priest and takes the name Pablo de Santa María. In time, he is appointed Bishop of Burgos and joins the heady world of court politics and church hierarchy. He is not alone amongst the Jewish elite of his time to convert to Christianity, but he begins to doubt the sincerity of his conversion and regrets the loss of the life he left behind.

Sent into exile once more, Don Rodrigo de Vivar has just Will Redbeard and two warriors for companions. Over the next years, he creates the legend of El Cid, defeating enemy after enemy. Fighting overwhelming odds, he succeeds every time until, at last, he has his fiefdom of Valencia. This is the final chronicle in the series and details the last 18 years of the life of the man known as El Cid. Although this is the last in the series, it is a standalone book. Forget the film and listen to the reality of the man who was the greatest knight of his age - some would say, any age!

Robert FitzStephan and his wife, Noor, have been temporarily exiled. Officially, they are to travel to the courts of Aragon and Castile as emissaries of Queen Eleanor of England. Unofficially, the queen demands two things: that they abandon Lionel, their foster son, in foreign lands and that they bring back a precious jewel—the Castilian Pomegranate. Noor would rather chop off a foot than leave Lionel in a foreign land—especially as he’s been entrusted to her by his dead father, the last true prince of Wales. And as to the jewel, stealing it would mean immediate execution.

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.

Ein rasantes Abenteuer um das Gold des Rheins Frühjahr 1771. Das beschauliche Leben des Goldwäschers Frieder ändert sich schlagartig, als er eines Tages statt Gold eine Wasserleiche findet und einen Buchhändler kennenlernt, der mit seiner Tochter und einem Mönch dem sagenhaften Schatz der Nibelungen auf der Spur ist. Sie schweben in höchster Gefahr, denn ein französischer Duc hat sich ihnen an die Fersen geheftet, begierig nach dem Gold und völlig skrupellos. Da hilft es wenig, dass sich ihnen auch noch der junge Jura-Student Johann Wolfgang Goethe anschließt.

Johanna wächst im Frankenreich des neunten Jahrhunderts auf. Ihr gelingt, was anderen Frauen verwehrt bleibt: Sie erhält eine heilkundliche Ausbildung. Doch sie weiß, dass sie als gelehrte Frau kaum überleben kann. Als Mönch verkleidet, zieht sie erst ins Kloster Fulda, dann nach Rom. Dort steigt sie zum Leibarzt des Papstes auf. Dann geschieht das Unerhörte: Johanna wird zum Papst gewählt. Wenig später erfährt sie, dass sie schwanger ist - von ihrem Schutzherrn Gerold.

Meriel Schellden knows that marrying Craig McTiernay will strengthen the ties between their clans. She insists she is motivated by duty and responsibility, nothing more. But when a mere formality becomes a far from platonic kiss, Meriel must question where her true intentions lie. Though Meriel entices him far more than she realizes, Craig's commitments have always kept his passions restrained. But no sense of duty to his clan can make Craig forget the way Meriel's touch left him teased, tantalized, and desperate for more.

In the second half of the first millennium, the legends say that London disappeared for over four hundred years. We know almost nothing about what happened during that time. But if we could shine a light on the city's ruined walls, we would be in for a shock. For here the Romans are long forgotten. King Scarabold now rules what little remains of the city, together with his over-entitled daughter Giniva, her effete brother Leperdandy and their wayward, lunatic relatives—all squabbling and fighting amongst themselves for the future of their corrupted dynasty.

Ireland. AD 672. The body of a dead man has been found on a lonely mountain road and taken to the isolated abbey of Gleann Da Loch for a proper burial. The abbot quickly identifies him as Brehon Brocc, who had been travelling to the abbey on a secret mission with Princess Gelgeis and her steward. When news reaches Colgu, king of Muman, that his betrothed, Princess Gelgeis, has disappeared, Fidelma with her trusted companions, Eadulf and Enda, enter the hostile Kingdom of Laigin in search of the truth.

In 1282, David and his sister Anna crashed through time to save the life of their father, the last Prince of Wales. Thirteen years later, David is a grown man - husband, father, and high king of Britain. He is also the Duke of Aquitaine, a fact which King Philip of France appears to resent. So, when Philip summons David to Paris to bend the knee for the right to remain Aquitaine's duke, David is the first to suspect treachery.

Štiavnický notář Matej Barbarič pátrá po dceři kastelána sitnianského hradu, která během noci záhadně zmizela. Jeho druhové Stein a Jaroš nejsou k mání, a tak se Barbarič pouští do svého prvního samostatného vyšetřování. Kde je krásné Veroně konec? Šlo o útěk, o únos či dokonce o vraždu? Notář čelí záhadě, která se vzpírá řešení. Navíc se píše rok 1599 a na hradě sídlí dobře vyzbrojená posádka. Vždyť Turek řinčí zbraněmi! Situaci komplikuje i přítomnost krásné šlechtičny a to, že hradní stěny ukrývají dalšího tajemného obyvatele.

January 1313. As London is gripped by a freezing winter, Sir Hugh Corbett becomes embroiled in a ghoulish game of kings played out between the English and French courts. Years earlier, Corbett prevented a gang of rifflers from breaking into the Royal Treasury, but the leading chieftain, Sarasin, escaped. Now Sarasin is caught killing a squire of Queen Isabella's and Corbett swiftly has the riffler tried and hanged from the signpost of The Twilight tavern.

September, 1145. The body of a Templar knight is discovered in the Forest of Wyre on Worcestershire's northern border, and concealed upon his person is a bloodstained document that reveals the identity of a traitor.

Kämpfe und Abenteuer, Machtspiele und Intrigen, Liebe und Rache: Band 3 der spannenden Reihe um den Bibliothekar Tankred, der mit dem Schwert in der Hand gegen Wikinger, für Gerechtigkeit und für sein Erbe kämpft. 882: Nach der Belagerung der Wikinger in Asselt fordert Tankred endlich Gerechtigkeit für seine Mutter ein, damit er sein Erbe antreten kann. Doch dafür braucht er die Unterstützung des Papstes. Es trifft sich gut, dass der Kaiser ihn für einen heiklen Auftrag nach Rom schickt. Und so begibt sich der weltgewandte Kämpfer mit seinen Weggefährten in doppelter Mission auf die gefährliche Reise nach Süden.

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 continues on his world conquest. He has realized that nothing short of world domination will allow him to live in peace. No matter how he expands the new neighbors will covet his goods and lands.

Diözese Mainz, 12. Jahrhundert: Im Garten des Klosters Disibodenberg gedeihen unter Fürsorge der Nonne Hildegard allerlei Heilpflanzen. Sie forscht an diversen Mitteln, von Wundheilung bis Zahnhygiene - wer krank ist, klopft an ihre Pforte. Doch dem Abt sind ihre Experimente ein Dorn im Auge, er untersagt die weitere Herstellung von Heilmitteln aus Pflanzen. Hildegards Wissensdurst spornt sie an, trotzdem weiterzuforschen. Unermüdlich schreibt sie ihre Erkenntnisse über Glauben und Natur nieder und arbeitet auf ihr großes Ziel hin: ein eigenes Kloster, in dem jede Frau willkommen ist.

The bold one, they call her - too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side.

Segle XIV. La ciutat de Barcelona és en un moment de màxima prosperitat, ha crescut cap a la Ribera, l'humil barri dels pescadors, i els seus habitants decideixen construir, amb els diners d'uns i l'esforç dels altres, el temple marià més gran conegut: Santa Maria de la Mar.

Saeric, a recently escaped slave, is running for his life. Prompted to flee his Saxon masters by visions of his younger brother, Saeric runs westward towards his former home. Weakened by years of thralldom and hindered by the iron chains that bind his ankles, he eventually succumbs to his exhaustion, to be found by a new master.

An ambitious noble and his three serving men travel through the Irish countryside in the stifling summer of 1348, using the advantage of the plague which has collapsed society to buy up large swathes of property and land. They come upon Nobber, a tiny town, whose only living habitants seem to be an egotistical bureaucrat, his volatile wife, a naked blacksmith and a beautiful Gaelic hostage. Meanwhile, a band of marauding Gaels are roaming around, using the confusion of the sickness to pillage and reclaim lands that once belonged to them.