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After getting Master Mercurius jailed and nearly put to death with one of his schemes, the Stadhouder, William of Orange, has finally left Mercurius in peace. But Mercurius is not able to remain in Leiden for long. A friendly debate on the sin of witchcraft has been proposed between the University of Leiden and the University of Leuven. And the scholars are to meet part-way in the city of Maastricht.

Sullo sfondo degli splendidi paesaggi della Transilvania del tardo sedicesimo secolo, in un alternarsi di realtà storica e fantasia si svolge, tra avventure, amori tormentati, battaglie, congiure e misteri, la catarsi morale di Olivér Abafi, giovane cavaliere di nobile famiglia. La determinazione, la gratitudine e il sacrificio sono le colonne portanti di quest'opera senza tempo, primo esempio di romanzo storico della letteratura ungherese. "Una volta mi imbattei in una novella intitolata Il Figlio Di Aba, una traduzione serba dell'opera di Josika, un famosissimo scrittore ungherese.

After losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has found a new calling as the Tracker, a private investigator who can locate anything—or anyone. Now famed French alchemist Nicholas Flamel needs Crispin to locate his wife, Perenelle, and his apprentice, Thomas Cornhill. But the case takes a sinister turn when Flamel's apprentice is found murdered. The kidnapper promises that Flamel's wife will be next...unless he hands over his precious Philosopher's Stone, a magical object that can turn lead into gold.

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

Anna DeMarco’s creative world shatters when a remorseless stranger tears it apart—no blood spilled, just her spirit broken. He thinks he’s won. He’s wrong. Dragged into a realm where karma wields a jagged edge and magic fuels vengeance, Milton Smith faces a brutal reckoning. How dare he make her cry. This modern-day critic obsessed with medieval lore crossed the wrong writer—and finds himself hurled into a brutal world of his own making.

Nicaea, 1097. Daniel has gone from a petty thief living in the shadows of Constantinople to a budding squire serving the gruff Sir Hendry. He’s earned his place among the crusaders, proving himself capable during the capture of the impenetrable city, but he is still a meager player in a massive army of princes and lords.

1527: At seventeen, Thomasin Marwood is plunged into court society when a husband is found for her elder sister, Cecilia. But the mood at court is tense. It is split between the conservative Catholics, loyal to Queen Catherine of Aragon, and the fashionable Francophiles, enthralled by King Henry's mistress, Anne Boleyn. While her parents sympathize with the old queen and her faith, Thomasin cannot help but be drawn to the glamour and vitality Anne represents. And her head is soon turned by the tall, dark and handsome Rafe Danvers who seems equally entranced with her.

In quella zona del basso Piemonte dove, anni dopo, sorgerà Alessandria, Baudolino, un piccolo contadino fantasioso e bugiardo, conquista Federico Barbarossa e ne diventa figlio adottivo. Baudolino affabula e inventa ma, quasi per miracolo, tutto quello che immagina, produce Storia. Così, tra le altre cose, costruisce la mitica lettera del Prete Gianni, che prometteva all'Occidente un regno favoloso, nel lontano Oriente, governato da un re cristiano.

Originally published in the February-March 1931 issue of Oriental Stories, Red Blades of Black Cathay is an early work of historical fiction by Robert E. Howard. This epic tale follows the violent exploits of Norman Crusader Godric de Villehard after finding himself in the mysterious Eastern land of Cathay. With its rich tapestry of intrigue, betrayal, and fierce combat, the short story showcases Howard's unparalleled ability to blend raw action with profound themes of honor and righteousness.

Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he is to rule the Mercian kingdom of his dead father and prevent the neighboring king of Northumbria from claiming it. Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races to battle the alliance of the Northumbrian king, unsure if his brother stands with him or against him as they seek battle glory for themselves, and the right to rule gained through bloody conquest. There will be a victor and a bloody loser and a king will rise from the ashes of the great and terrible battle of Hædfeld.

Al-Khidr, a medieval alchemist, is awestruck when he discovers a mysterious metallic sphere inside a pyramid. His curiosity catapults him through space and time to an alien planet called Lyra, where he learns that aliens consider Earth a cursed planet, and the pyramids on Earth were built by them. The queen wants to send the human back to Earth to bring a cure to the Mutmut disease. But a rebellion breaks out! With danger looming, a short time frame, and his life on the line, Al-Khidr has to do what he thinks is right and just.

Bishop’s Lynn, England, 1413. At the age of forty, Margery Kempe has nearly died giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can’t trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich. Pouring out her heart, Margery confesses that she has been haunted by visceral religious visions. Julian then offers up a confession of her own: she has written a secret, radical book about her own visions, Revelations of Divine Love.

Lüneburg im 14. Jh. Nach dem Tod ihrer Familie hat die junge Adlige Jakoba in einem Kloster ihre Bestimmung als Krankenpflegerin gefunden. Doch ihr Bruder zwingt sie in eine neue Ehe, und als ihr brutaler Mann einem Unfall zum Opfer fällt, muss Jakoba fliehen. Nur der Hilfe Arnolds, eines Theriak-Krämers, hat sie es zu verdanken, dass sie sich nach Paris durchschlagen und als Heilerin einen Namen machen kann. Rasch ist sie so erfolgreich, dass sogar der sieche König nach ihr ruft und nach der "Arznei der Könige" verlangt. Doch damit macht sie sich gefährliche Feinde.

Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disrupts the longstanding Maccabee Dynasty of Judea when he crowns Mariamne's new husband, Herod the Great, as King, setting off a firestorm of power-grabbing, betrayal, and tragedy in the quest for the ultimate prize: the throne. Mariamne never surrenders her belief that her brother Aris, scion of the royal line descending from King David, is the rightful King of Judea.

Von Bremen und Mallorca in den Süden Frankreichs und den Norden Italiens - eine spannende Reise durch die mittelalterliche Medizin und die Geschichte der Kreuzzüge 1217. Weil sein Vater ihn ins Kloster geben möchte, flieht der junge Bremer Adlige Thonis und schließt sich einem Kreuzzugsheer an. Doch er kommt nicht weit: Schon auf dem Weg ins Heilige Land erblindet er, wird zum Sterben zurückgelassen. Dass er gesundet, verdankt er allein dem betörenden Gesang einer Spielfrau, der ihn im Leben hält, und der Kunst des Chirurgen Wilhelm.

Not everyone approves of Edward’s choice of bride. Even the king’s mother, Emma of Normandy, detests her daughter-in-law, and Edith is soon on the receiving end of her displeasure. Balancing her sense of family obligation with her duty to her husband, Edith must also prove herself to her detractors. Edward and Edith’s relationship is respectful and caring, but when Edith’s enemies engineer her family’s fall from grace, the king is forced to send her away. She vows to do anything to protect her family’s interests at any cost, if she returns.

Na panství olomouckého biskupa se stalo několik žen obětí bestiální vraždy, kterou vesničané připisují vlkodlakovi. I když se místním po usilovné snaze podaří vraha chytit a odsoudit k smrti na hranici, po čase však nevysvětlitelná úmrtí pokračují. Přemysl Otakar II. dojde k závěru, že spíše než inkvizice pomůže zkušený vyšetřovatel a rozhodne se na Moravu vyslat královského prokurátora Oldřicha z Chlumu. Doprovází ho pomocník panoš Ota a písař Wolfgang.

Ein fanatischer Inquisitor, eine junge Frau, eine erbarmungslose Hexenjagd Schlettstadt im Elsass 1484: Margaretha, die Mutter der jungen Krämertochter Susanna, liegt tot in der Stube aufgebahrt. Bruder Heinrich, päpstlicher Inquisitor und Prior des hiesigen Predigerklosters, erscheint, um Trost zu spenden. Fast väterlich sorgt er sich um die junge Susanna. Doch bald schlägt die Fürsorge in Wahn um. Er lässt Susanna nicht mehr aus den Augen. Was sie nicht weiß: Seit einiger Zeit verfolgt Bruder Heinrich als Inquisitor die Vernichtung der "brandgefährlichen Sekte der Hexen".

Nachdem Nicholas - genannt Nick - verhaftet wurde und nun auf der Flucht vor Cromwell ist, droht seine Grafschaft an die Krone oder gar an seine Stiefmutter Yolanda zu fallen. Beides wäre für den jungen Adligen unvorstellbar und so wendet er sich hilfesuchend an Nathaniel Durham, einen alten Freund seines Vaters. Durham, Meister der Tuchhändlergilde und einer der reichsten Männer Englands, stimmt zu, Waringham vorübergehend zu belehnen. Sobald die ausgefallenen Zinsen ausgeglichen wären und es ruhiger um Nick stünde, würde er seinen Familiensitz zurückerhalten.

England, 1529: Die Gesellschaft ist im Umbruch - und die Reformation in vollem Gange. Unruhen, Intrigen und Machtspiele des Adels sind an der Tagesordnung. In dieser schwierigen Phase des Spätmittelalters findet Nicholas' Kindheit ein plötzliches Ende: Der 14-Jährige übernimmt die heruntergewirtschaftete Grafschaft seines Vaters, Jasper of Waringham. Aufgrund seiner "ketzerischen" - sprich: reformatorischen - Ansichten ist dieser beim König in Ungnade gefallen. Nun soll Nicholas, genannt Nick, den guten Ruf seiner zerrütteten Familie wiederherstellen.