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The running wolf inscription told the world that a Solingen blade was at its throat. When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne's powerful right-hand man, the Earl of Nottingham, take such a keen interest? At the end of the turbulent 17th century, the ties that bind men are fraying, turning neighbour against neighbour, friend against friend and brother against brother.

Mit den Drachenbooten kommt der Tod. Nordengland im Jahre 866: Mit zehn Jahren erlebt der Fürstensohn Uhtred den Einfall der Wikinger. Sein ungestümer Mut in der Schlacht beeindruckt den Anführer der Dänen so sehr, dass er Uhtred verschont und als Ziehkind aufnimmt. Mit den Jahren wird der Junge fast einer von ihnen. Nach Raub- und Eroberungszügen voller Blut und Gewalt droht auch Wessex, das letzte der fünf angelsächsischen Königreiche, an die Eroberer zu fallen. Doch da wechselt Uhtred wieder die Seiten.

On their return home from their pilgrimage, Baldwin and Simon's ship is attacked off the coast of the Scilly Isles by pirates and Simon looks on in horror as Baldwin is swept overboard. Washed ashore on the tiny island of Ennor, Simon is distraught to think that his closest friend is dead, but he has to put aside his grief when the master of the castle orders him to investigate a murder. Meanwhile, Baldwin himself has been washed up on St Nicholas and is nursed back to health by the beautiful Tedia.

When Robin takes a shortcut through Sherwood Forest, the path he chooses leads not to Nottingham’s archery contest, but to a life on the run from the law. Unable now to become a knight and joined by his childhood friends, Robin Hood leads the most infamous outlaw band ever to evade the king and his sheriff.

London 1348. Jonah Durham hat Intrigen, zerstörerische Kriege und Schicksalsschläge überwunden. Sein mit List und Vorsicht aufgebautes Handelsimperium floriert. Nun will er auch die letzten Sprossen seines Aufstiegs erklimmen - mächtige Ämter im Königreich winken. Nur sein ältester Sohn Lukas bereitet ihm Sorgen. Er weigert sich, in die Fußstapfen zu treten und Jonahs Vermächtnis weiterzuführen. Doch all das wird bedeutungslos, als in den engen Gassen Londons die Pest ausbricht.

England 1238: Die junge Adela of Waringham und Bedric, Sohn einer leibeigenen Bauernfamilie, sind zusammen aufgewachsen. Während Adela als Hofdame zur Schwester des Königs geschickt und später mit einem Ritter verheiratet wird, schuftet Bedric auf den Feldern von Waringham - dem Elend der Leibeigenschaft und der Willkür von Adelas Bruder ausgeliefert. Als die Situation unerträglich wird, flieht er, nicht ahnend, dass Adela von ihm schwanger ist. In London begegnet Bedric Simon de Montfort, dem charismatischen Schwager des Königs.

"Krzyzacy" w zupelnie innej odslonie. Jest upalne lato 1409 roku. Dagobert z Saint-Amand, burgundzki rycerz na sluzbie Wladyslawa Jagielly wyrusza z tajna misja na wschód. Jej celem jest skontaktowanie sie z królewskim bratem - Witoldem i przekazanie zgody na rozpoczecie powstania na Zmudzi. W tym miejscu konczy sie historia, a zaczyna fantastyka. Mlody rycerz okazuje sie tajemnicza osoba, a za jego poczynaniami stoja nadnaturalne sily.

You change the world, but the world changes you too. There is no getting around it. And thus, the simple wish to live changed the life of medical student Aliya irrevocably. Trapped in a body that isn’t hers, and a world in which she does not belong, Aliya has made her decision - she must survive. Similar to the Middle Ages, but not entirely, Medieval Tale takes place in the dark ages of Ativerna, a universe inhabited by different populations that worship different gods. In this world, women are deprived their voices and their abilities to pursue ambition.

Varennes-Saint-Jacques, 1260: Die Gebrüder Fleury könnten verschiedener nicht sein. Während Michel das kaufmännische Talent seines legendären Großvaters geerbt hat und das Handelsimperium der Familie ausbaut, träumt Balian von Ruhm und Ehre auf dem Schlachtfeld. Doch das Schicksal hat andere Pläne. Nach einem schrecklichen Vorfall in London muss Balian die Geschäfte plötzlich allein führen.

Dive into the heart of medieval Ireland with this historical tale of courage, deception, and the relentless pursuit of power. Aoife, the defiant daughter of the dethroned King of Leinster, is thrust from a life of privilege into the heart of political and familial turmoil. Promised in marriage to the formidable Norman warrior, Strongbow, her life becomes a canvas of conflict, painted with the broad strokes of national upheaval and the intricate lines of personal betrayal.

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.

In 1274, Edward the First ruled England having inherited the crown from his father, Henry the Third. Across the border to the west, the smaller country of Wales was ruled by Prince Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, a direct descendant of Llewellyn the Great. Tensions were strained between the two countries and minor conflicts were commonplace between the lesser nobles, but when Edward found out about Llewellyn’s proposed marriage to Eleanor du Montfort, he was incensed, and in 1275, arranged for her ship to be intercepted as she travelled from France to be with the Welsh prince.

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.

Twelfth-century Europe. Newly crowned King Philip of France is determined to restore his nation to its former empire and bring glory to his name. But when his greatest enemy, King Henry of England, threatens to end his reign before it can even begin, Philip is forced to make a precarious alliance with Henry’s volatile son—risking both his throne, and his heart.

Begiloc, a young freedman from Wimborne, is a man of action. But his world turns upside down when the young Briton and his best friend Meryn are ordered away to protect English missionaries in Germany. For a man accustomed to brutality, Begiloc has a soft spot for the purple-tinged mountains, waterfalls, lakes, animals, trees and flowers - beginning to muse whether they, rather than man, do not better embody the essence of God.

Bernard Cornwell has been thinking about this subject for years. He has long wanted to write a book about a single battle, the events that lead up to it, the actual days in the battle and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints. Lively historical characters abound on all sides but in Bernard Cornwell's hands the fictional characters, horsemen, archers, nobles, peasants are authentic and vivid, and the hour by hour view of the battle is dramatic and gripping.

Time travel to Medieval Wales...A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike...A modern woman with a troubled past, Meg's life is in tatters when she slips through time and into medieval Wales...Only by working together can Meg and Llywelyn navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales - and create their own history that defies the laws of time.

Venezia, 1327. Giulia Bondimier è l'unica erede di un'illustre famiglia patrizia della Venezia del Quattordicesimo secolo. La sua relazione con il giovane Samuel Macalia, setaiolo ebreo, è intensa e passionale, ma anche impossibile. Quando Giulia rimane incinta, deve cambiare vita e rinunciare al frutto della sua colpa. Un destino simile a quello di Nicoleta, figlia di un umile carpentiere e vittima di uno stupro, costretta a privarsi della creatura che porta in grembo. Giulia viene costretta alla vita monastica, in una Venezia trasformatasi per lei in una prigione.

July 1284. King Edward has invited the nobility of England, Ireland, and Scotland to Nefyn, one of the most remote spots in Wales, for a Round Table - a tournament as in the tales of King Arthur to celebrate Edward's victory over the Welsh and his ascension to Arthur's throne. Not everyone sees the tournament as a friendly competition, however, and in short order, Rhys and Catrin are called to investigate the death of a knight in the retinue of the Earl of Gloucester.

Bei einem brutalen Überfall der dänischen Wikinger auf ein angelsächsisches Dorf wird Thyra Danebod gefangen genommen. Voller Hass auf ihre Entführer lehnt Thyra sich gegen die brutalen und mordenden Nordmänner auf. Doch ihrem neuen Leben auf dem Wasser und dem Dänenhäuptling Gorm kann sie nicht entkommen. Thyra beginnt, die Sprache, die fremden Gebräuche und die Lebensart des Seefahrervolks zu verstehen. Auch Gorm kann sie immer mehr abgewinnen. Doch kann die Liebe einer Gefangenen zu einem groben Berserker bestehen?