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Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family's past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe.

Rome 998 AD. Galen and his friends have taken shelter in an abbey where there is much to learn from the local scribes and illustrators. Galen is grateful for the order and tranquillity of their temporary new home, but is it a false peace?

In 1351, many in England begin thinking that their mighty overlords - Church and Crown - have no control over their fates and a new horizon beckons. It’s a time when labor is in high demand, and nature offers immense bounty to those who have survived death and disease.

Агне – обычная ведьма в забытой богами деревеньке на скалах Нормандии, ведущая тихий, аскетичный быт. Все меняется, когда в доме ведьмы появляется одиннадцатилетняя Богданка – одаренная девочка с южных берегов, которая пока не ведает, каким могуществом владеет, и для чего эта сила дана. Чтобы заполучить хотя-бы частичку магии Богданки, вся нечисть, от мала до велика, развязывает кровопролитную войну, в жерновах которой перемалываются человеческие души.

The old Duke of Brittany had vacillated for years over who would succeed him and finally settles in his will on his half-brother, John de Montfort. But the years of vacillation had left others believing the ducal crown would pass to them, and no one understands this better than Montfort's wife, Jeanne de Flandre. When the schemes and political maneuvers of the Countess of Penthièvre land Montfort in the French king's prison, it falls to Jeanne to defend his rights to the duchy and protect their son's patrimony.

El broche de oro a la espléndida saga medieval de Daniel Wolf, el maestro alemán del género histórico que ha cautivado a 1.000.000 de lectores en todo el mundo. Una magnífica novela que nos ilumina una época oscura, recreando con pasión y detalle los escenarios sociales y políticos de la época, y nos ofrece una trama trepidante marcada por la dignidad, el amor y la lucha por la vida. Un joven y valiente cirujano se enfrenta a una oscura epidemia al tiempo que combate otra plaga invisible provocada por los prejuicios y la injusticia.

यह ऑडियो शो 1606 में मेवाड़ और मुग़लों के बीच हुए दिवेर के युद्ध की एक काल्पनिक, लेकिन ऐतिहासिक घटनाओं से प्रेरित कहानी है। यह हल्दीघाटी की हार और अरावली के जंगलों में महाराणा प्रताप के संघर्ष के बाद उनके बेटे अमर सिंह प्रथम की नायक और राजनयिक बनने की यात्रा को दिखाती है।

‘इश्क़ मुग़लई’ में मुग़लकाल की 10 ऐसी प्रेम कहानियाँ है जो किवंदंतियों में हैं, जिसकी चर्चा इतिहास में नहीं होती लेकिन मुग़लकालीन कुछ फ़िक्शन-नॉन फ़िक्शन में इनका ज़िक्र होता है।

Students of biblical Greek will learn all New Testament Greek vocabulary words that occur 10 times or more in the New Testament by interacting with this audio product. Jonathan Pennington speaks all New Testament Greek words in descending order of frequency. Different tracks enable students to concentrate on different word groupings.

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.

Et ils vécurent heureux à jamais... L’histoire de Breena et Tov aurait pu s’achever ainsi, si seulement le sort avait cessé de s’acharner sur eux et d’éprouver leur amour. Après avoir été faits prisonniers, les deux amants ont réussi à s’échapper, mais ils ont été séparés, et le prix à payer est lourd de conséquences. Fiancée à Tov, mais revendiquée par Edmond, Breena lutte de toutes ses forces pour sauver l’un et fuir l’autre. Espérant que son grand amour est toujours en vie, elle se rend jusqu’au clan de Tov en compagnie de son seul allié, le frère de celui-ci.

The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the vaulting ambitions of proud, profligate barons….

When young Tyballis discovers her husband has been arrested for murder, she is delighted. As a young orphan coerced to marry her abusive neighbor, she was horribly used. Now is her chance to be rid of him for good and find the confidence she never had. When Tyballis joins forces with the motley network of Andrew’s informers and thieves, they are lured into the dark and dangerous world of medieval London’s political intrigue and back alley slums.

Una apasionante aventura de intriga ambientada en la Edad Media, con París, Venecia y el camino de Santiago como grandes escenarios. La historia de un escribano que se convertirá en peregrino para llevar a cabo una peligrosa misión: descifrar los misterios de la alquimia ocultos en el Livro de Abraham el Judío. Un secreto por el que llegará hasta el fin del mundo.

England is under attack. Chaos reigns. Northumbria, the last kingdom, is threatened by armies from all sides, by land and sea - and only one man stands in their way. Torn between loyalty and sworn oaths, the warrior king Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg faces his greatest ever battle - and prepares for his ultimate fate....

"Sa robe caresse le sol. À cet instant, nous sommes comme les pierres des voûtes, immobiles et sans souffle. Mais ce qui raidit mes frères, ce n'est pas l'indifférence, car ils sont habitués à ne pas être regardés ; ni non plus la solennité de l'entretien - tout ce qui touche à Aliénor est solennel. Non, ce qui nous fige, à cet instant-là, c'est sa voix. Car c'est d'une voix douce, pleine de menaces, que ma mère ordonne d'aller renverser notre père." Aliénor d'Aquitaine racontée par son fils Richard Cœur de Lion.

Born on Christmas Eve, Arthur Pendragon is the illegitimate son of the married duchess Ygraine and Uther Pendragon, brother of a great king: a union Merlin arranged. But Arthur's birth is not welcomed by everyone: his father demands he be hidden until a legitimate son can be born, and Merlin is forced to give the babe to his own childhood nurse for safekeeping and go into hiding....

While Uhtred might have regained his family’s fortress, it seems a peaceful life is not to be - as he is under threat from both an old enemy and a new foe. The old enemy comes from Wessex, where a dynastic struggle will determine who will be the next king. And the new foe is Sköll, a Norseman, whose ambition is to be king of Northumbria and who leads a frightening army of wolf-warriors, men who fight half-crazed in the belief they are indeed wolves. Uhtred, believing he is cursed, must fend off one enemy while he tries to destroy the other.

King Richard the Lionheart is dead, and his brother, John Lackland, sits uneasily upon the throne of England. Across the sea, Prince Louis, heir to the powerful King Philip Augustus of France, looks to King John’s crown with a covetous eye. But King John must be wary of rebellion, as well as invasion, for even his own barons would see their king unseated, and the French pretender put in his place. Thrust amid this tumult is young Estienne Wace, orphan squire to Earl William Marshal – the greatest knight to ever serve the kings of England.

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.