Novedades

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, but it was also not an empire in the sense people expect when hearing the term, but it is clear that church clergy occupied a privileged place in medieval society. Europe had inherited Christianity from the Roman Empire, and the concept of a united Christendom and empire were practically synonymous. Indeed, there was no real consciousness of the Roman Empire ever having ended.

A streak of lightning and a roar of thunder disturb the night and seem to be a prelude to the storm sweeping over England. The boy king, Edward VI is dead and the ambitious lords who stand over him, like preying vultures, are ready to fight over who will be the next to wear the crown. In defense of the legitimate heir—Mary Tudor—Richard Morgan must risk his life to flee from his enemies and ride to warn her. Heather Bowen, the sheltered daughter of London’s richest silk merchant, had known desire only in her dreams until she met the dark, handsome rebel. Now her dawning love for this ...