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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.

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.

Rafi Dubois is five years old when his mother is murdered after the Battle of Crecy in 1346. Alone and lost, Rafi is given a token by the dying Englishman who tried to save his mother’s life: a half-broken family seal which he urges Rafi to return one day to Winchester. Years later, when Rafi saves a wealthy merchant’s wife from a brutal robbery, he is rewarded with the chance to travel to England, taking the seal with him.

Luminita: As a woman in medieval Romania, the inability to control my fate quickly grew from annoyance to a festering wound. Even as a Durand, who can rip the soul from a man, I have no place in power because I am female. When I left my home in Kotor, I vowed to prove the world wrong. Then I stumbled across a true mystery who eventually called me Draga, Beloved. Aaron: After seven thousand years of life, I thought I'd uncovered all of life's secrets.

Rebecca Gablés Epos "Die Waringham Saga" setzt als Audible Original neue Standards: schon jetzt ist es das wahrscheinlich längste Hörspiel der Welt. Als Sprecher der aufwendigen Hörspielproduktion u. a. dabei Maria Koschny, Manja Doering, Sascha Rotermund und Detlef Bierstedt, bekannt als deutsche Stimme von George Clooney. Teil 2 der neuen dreiteiligen Hörspielreihe um die Generation von Isaac und Eleanor setzt die Geschichte im Jahr 1566 fort.

Azincourt, un joli nom de village, le vague souvenir d'une bataille perdue. Ce 25 octobre 1415, il pleut dru sur l'Artois. Quelques milliers de soldats anglais qui ne songent qu'à rentrer chez eux se retrouvent pris au piège par des Français en surnombre. Bottés, casqués, cuirassés, armés jusqu'aux dents, brandissant fièrement leurs étendards, tous les aristocrates de la cour de France se précipitent pour participer à la curée. Ils ont bien l'intention de se couvrir de gloire, dans la grande tradition de la chevalerie française. Aucun n'en reviendra vivant.

1265. England has a new master. Simon de Montfort's victory at the Battle of Lewes has made him king in all but name. He has vowed to restore the rights and liberties of the kingdom, but now even his friends grow wary of his power. As old alliances break down, new rebellions gather strength. The captive king's supporters muster, vowing to overthrow the new regime. Meanwhile Adam de Norton, who won the honour of knighthood on the field at Lewes, has reclaimed his ancestral lands. A peaceful and prosperous future lies before him - until he receives a summons he cannot refuse.

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.

Der Roman erzählt das Leben des englischen Seefahrers und Nordpolforschers John Franklin, der schon als Jugendlicher an Seeschlachten teilnahm...

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.

London, 1337. England is at war, and the King is in financial straits, meaning that Jonah's hard-earned business and fortune hang in the balance. A far cry from his humble beginnings as a draper's apprentice, Jonah is now one of the influential merchants in England, and he manages to secure the hand of the daughter of one of the most powerful and dangerous nobles in the country. As Jonah's wealth and prominence grow, so do his enemies and the threats they bring.

October 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St Benet’s in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest. Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. Other disturbing discoveries include an empty coffin and a ransacked money chest. Who would commit murder inside a holy church? Who would spirit away a corpse the night before the funeral - and who would be brave enough to steal treasure belonging to the most feared gang leader in London?

February 1381. A ruthless killer known as the Ignifer - Fire Bringer - is rampaging through London. He appears to be targeting all those involved in the recent trial and conviction of the beautiful Lady Isolda Beaumont, burned at the stake for the murder of her husband. As the late Sir Walter Beaumont was a close friend of the Regent, John of Gaunt orders Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan to investigate. In the dead man’s possession was a copy of the mysterious Book of Fires, containing the secret formula of a devastating weapon....

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.

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!

Alternate history—1116 AD. Three hundred years of cruel Viking raids have finally united Christian Europe against the pagan Northlands. A great crusade has been called to pacify the wild Norse kingdoms. The banner of the cross has been raised against the North, and all the power and fury of the West rides under it. Ordulf, a talented young German swordsmith, is ripped from his comfortable life and cast into the bloody chaos of the crusade. As fate deals him a cruel blow in the lands of his enemies, he will have to forge a new path through the chaos or be consumed by it.

In 1066, 16-year-old Saxon Cerdic lives with his elder brother, Unferth, and his father, Rothgar, Earl of Ripon, in Swaledale. As the younger brother, he studies for the priesthood while Unferth trains to take on the mantle of earl one day. When news arrives that the King of Norway, Harald Hardraada, is invading northern England with the treacherous Tostig Godwinson, Earl Rothgar joins the northern nobles to repel them.

When Robert Baratheon died suddenly after a boar hunt, all hell broke loose. When Edward IV, King of England, died suddenly after a fishing trip in April 1483, another phase of the Wars of the Roses ensued, the Yorks (Starks) battling the Lancasters (Lannisters). Thwarted Queen is told mainly in the voice of Lady Cecylee Neville (1415-1495), the thwarted queen, but other voices are important to this tale, not least those of the Londoners, who forged their own political destiny by engaging in public debate with the powerful aristocrats of the time

As Tudor England erupts following the death of Edward VI, can one young spy protect his queen? International best-selling author Sam Burnell takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with this magnificent new epic, A Queen’s Spy. In 1553, England is torn apart by religious conflict. Power shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash testing friendship, loyalty, and brotherly love.