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Richard III is trapped in the afterlife, waiting with his guide, Raven, for an angel to take his soul to Heaven. Though he's been between worlds for hundreds of years, up in the real world it's 2013 and Molly Stern has a broken heart from losing her father and a recent breakup. Leaving London, Molly goes home to seek solace from her Aunt Peggy and Uncle Frank in Oxenbridge. But there are strange noises in the basement of her childhood house and nothing feels right, not even between Peggy and Frank.

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.

Rome, 1518. The church is tarnished by greed. Peasants are rebelling. Tumultuous times demand drastic recourse - before the devil gets his due. Johann Faust is a renowned magician, astrologer, and chiromancer traveling through Germany with his successful troupe: the orphaned juggler Greta and his loyal companion Karl. The avaricious Pope Leo X now requires Johann’s services to replenish the papacy’s drained coffers through alchemy. But the devil, with whom a regretful Johann once agreed to an unholy trade for fame, wants something else.

1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne. There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy.... 2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.

Mein Schwert kann mir die ganze Welt erobern. Uhtred, der Krieger, hat in der Schlacht von Ethandun das letzte englische Königreich gerettet. Nun kehrt er zurück in seine vom Krieg erschütterte Heimat. Tritt ein in den Dienst König Guthreds von Northumbrien, den er selbst aus dänischer Gefangenschaft befreit hat. Doch sein neuer Herr verrät ihn. An die Ruder eines Sklavenschiffs gekettet, beginnt für Uhtred eine Reise ins Ungewisse.

AD934. King Athelstan of the English has been successful in uniting the many kingdoms of Britain against one enemy, the Viking raiders. But men who are kings don’t wish to be ruled. Constantin, King of the Scots, rebelled against the Imperium and was forcibly brought to bend the knee to Athelstan and England at Cirencester. His son Ildulb seeks bloody vengeance from Athelstan following the battle at Cait and the death of his son. Olaf Gothfrithson, king of the Dublin Norse, having asserted his power following his father's death has his sights set on reclaiming Jorvik.

England 1147: Eingesperrt in einer verfallenen Inselfestung, fristen sie ein unwürdiges Leben, weil sie nicht zu den Kindern Gottes gehören: Simon hat die Fallsucht, Edmund hält sich für einen Märtyrerkönig, Regy ist ein Mörder, Losian hat sein Gedächtnis verloren. Er führt die Gruppe an, als ein Unwetter ihnen den Weg in die Freiheit öffnet. Ein Abenteuer beginnt und eine Suche - bis Losian einer Frau begegnet, die ihm nicht nur helfen könnte, seine Vergangenheit wiederzufinden.

Gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann James wird Enja mit der Aufgabe betraut, das einbalsamierte Herz des Herrschers nach Jerusalem zu bringen. Plötzlich ist sie allein dafür verantwortlich, ihr kostbares Gut sicher ans Ziel zu bringen.

Kurz vor einem Turnier kommt der Falkner der gastgebenden Markgrafschaft Baden tragisch ums Leben. Alles sieht nach einem Unfall aus, doch der Vogelhändler Theobald und Walther von der Vogelweide, als Bote König Philipps unterwegs, vermuten ein Komplott und begeben sich auf die gefährliche Suche nach dem Mörder. Als die Gastgeber nur knapp einem Anschlag entkommen, sich auf der Hochburg die Unfälle häufen und eine geheimnisvolle Fremde Wunden der Vergangenheit aufreißt, beginnt ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit.

A beautiful weaver, the discerning son of the notorious William Tell and a fugitive Templar knight meet in this tale of allegiance, mystery, romance, and perhaps a little medieval magic, set in the magnificent but menacing Alps in the 14th century.

In the aftermath of Prince Rhun's death, King Owain and King Madog agreed their children should marry as a way to seal the peace between them. Two years later, the wedding date has finally arrived, though relations between the two kingdoms have improved only to the extent that they aren't actually at war.

Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free. Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city.

In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, a young actor named Nathan Field becomes the sensation of the London stage. He is acclaimed for his skill in playing female roles. But he is ambitious to achieve far more. He aspires to become the leading male actor of his generation and a famous playwright.

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

1552, Paris: Against a backdrop of turmoil, suspicion, and paranoia, the printing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives one day at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas.

Noël 1558, le jeune Ned Willard rentre à Kingsbridge : le monde qu'il connaissait va changer à tout jamais... Les pierres patinées de la cathédrale dominent une ville déchirée par la haine religieuse et Ned se retrouve dans le camp adverse de celle qu'il voulait épouser, Margery Fitzgerald. L'accession d'Élisabeth Ire au trône met le feu à toute l'Europe.

My name is Lady Margaret Pole, and I am the last of the Plantagenets. I am the daughter of the duke of Clarence and the niece of King Edward IV. No one could have been better born than I was, but I have led an unfortunate life.

A young boy from Shropshire named Will Somers has a special talent for entertaining. His gifts bring him all the way to the court of Henry VIII where he becomes a favoured servant and close companion of the king. In his role as the royal fool, he observes the life and times of Henry and his court. He witnesses the successive rise and fall of his queens, nobles and ministers. He is the only one whom Henry trusts with his true thoughts. “The Tudor Fool” tells the story of the unlikely relationship between a tyrannical king and his humble jester.

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.

Na Inglaterra do século XIV, quatro crianças se esgueiram da multidão que sai da catedral de Kingsbridge e vão para a floresta. Lá, elas presenciam a morte de dois homens. Já adultas, suas vidas se unem numa trama feita de determinação, desejo, cobiça e retaliação. Elas verão a prosperidade e a fome, a peste e a guerra. Apesar disso, viverão sempre à sombra do inexplicável assassinato ocorrido naquele dia fatídico.