Novedades

January 1313. As London is gripped by a freezing winter, Sir Hugh Corbett becomes embroiled in a ghoulish game of kings played out between the English and French courts. Years earlier, Corbett prevented a gang of rifflers from breaking into the Royal Treasury, but the leading chieftain, Sarasin, escaped. Now Sarasin is caught killing a squire of Queen Isabella's and Corbett swiftly has the riffler tried and hanged from the signpost of The Twilight tavern.

In spring 1095, Christian and Emelye make love for the first time. When it is announced Christian must fulfill his obligation to marry Lady Arianna the lovers know their dream of bring together is over. Months later Emelye realizes she is with child but refuses to tell anyone who the father is and is exiled from the home and family she loves. Emelye suffers the ultimate pain a mother can feel and is left without the man she loves and the child they created. The arrival of Christian and his newborn daughter gives Emelye a purpose. Christian is being forced to join the crusade and decides to ...

The eighth book in Griff Hosker's incredible Lord Edward's Archer series of historical novels.

A new home under threat... Family and friends in mortal danger... Will Richard be able to save everyone? Can Richard survive being plunged into the cut-throat world of medieval campaigning, complete with sieges, pitched battles and more. Book Two in The Legend of Richard Keynes series follows Richard as he struggles to assert authority over his new land, as well as his new wife. He will have to battle against bad omens, prejudice and the consequences of his actions.

📖 Ademar: El heredero oculto 📖 La lucha de un príncipe contra la traición y las sombras para salvar su reino. En un reino al borde del caos, una conspiración acecha en las sombras, esperando el momento para destruir al legítimo heredero al trono. Ademar, un oculto desde su nacimiento, ha vivido lejos de la opulencia y las intrigas del palacio, bajo el cuidado de un fiel siervo en tierras remotas, sin conocer la verdad sobre su linaje real. Los años de paz están a punto de llegar a su fin. El rey, debilitado por la enfermedad y rodeado de cortesanos corruptos, ya no tiene la ...

Thierry Villar is a well-known - even notorious - tavern poet, intimately familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be swept into the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies. But he is indeed drawn into all these things on a savagely cold night in his beloved city of Orane. And so Thierry must use all the intelligence and charm he can muster as power struggles merge with a decades-long war to bring his country to the brink of destruction.

1346. Calais. Berenger Fripper and the men of his Vintaine are stationed near the ancient port city, a French city under English siege. They are here to capture the city from and use it as a staging-post for future incursions into France. But with the French army and Genoese mercenaries all about them, and trouble brewing among the unit, Berenger must keep a calm head. Someone in the Vintaine is leaking vital information to the French, jeopardizing not only the safety of his men but also the future of the war, and Berenger must find out who before it's too late.

It’s never been easy being a high schooler, and for four students stuck in detention, it’s about to get a whole lot harder. After opening a magical board game they find in a dark closet during detention, each is teleported to another world—the world of Byzantium. What’s worse: this place is in trouble. A slave rebellion has overrun entire cities, and barbarians from the east and west are on the march. On top of that, fantastic monsters and mystical warriors have joined the fray, throwing Byzantium into chaos.

King of Gwynedd, Gruffydd ap Cynan, grapples with demons following the Norman attack on the Welsh; Henry I of England summons him to account for his support of the young firebrand Griffith ap Rhys. Leaving his wife Angharad as regent, Gruffydd knows he must go but may not return from the English Court. As Gruffydd tries to distinguish friend from foe on the most dangerous journey of his life, Angharad’s brother, Gronwy, moves to take over Gwynedd in Gruffydd’s absence. Gwenllian, who dreams of being a warrior princess, and her brothers take matters into their own hands, risking their ...

Private investigator and former knight Crispin Guest faces his most complicated case yet when he witnesses a body fall from London bridge into the frigid River Thames. Though the man's death is declared a suicide, Guest sees evidence of foul play. His investigation leads him to Sir Thomas Saunfayl, an old acquaintance from his knighthood days. It seems the dead man was bargaining with Sir Thomas for the Spear of Longinus, the weapon used to pierce the side of Christ on the Cross, which grants invincibility to its owner.

"'Now the Holy Thing is among us once again. So fast, brother, and pray. Tell the others to fast and pray, that perchance the vision may come to you too—and to them—and so the world may be healed.'" This book is a novelisation of The Holy Grail, Book 8 of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. In this account of the Grail legend, Percivale, having retired to a monastery, recounts to a fellow monk his experience of the Grail quest. This prose version is intended to make the poem more accessible to the general reader and students of the poem, as well as being a good read in itself.

Transport yourself to late 11th-century Wales in 'The Welsh Traitor's Daughter', a captivating tale inspired by the noble lives of Angharad ferch Owain and Gruffydd ap Cynan. Immerse yourself in the tumultuous changes of this era as hostile Norman expansion threatens the Welsh way of life. In this thrilling story, Angharad is torn between two worlds, navigating the Welsh's chaotic yet rich culture while facing the cold brutality of their Norman overlords. As she enters womanhood, Angharad is faced with difficult choices, complicated further by her passionate love for her father's enemy, ...

All Hallows Eve comes to the town of Middleham in a swirl of autumnal leaves and bonfire smoke. Young Edward, the son of Duke Richard of Gloucester, wants to join in with the traditional festivities--the turnip lanterns, the Soul Caking, the storytelling in the churchyard. Richard agrees, despite the reluctance of his wife, Duchess Anne, and the frail little boy and his half-sister, Katherine, go to join the festivities. Old Gatty tells traditional, haunting tales of the Yorkshire dales--the man-eating Water Horse of the Ure, the witch of the hazelnut tree, the evil giant of Penhill with ...

Dschingis Khan ist tot, aber sein Vermächtnis lebt in der Nation weiter. Einer Nation, deren Unterschiede in diesen unruhigen Zeiten schwerer wiegen als je zuvor. Nur einer von Dschingis’ Söhnen kann die Völker wieder einen und einen neuen Feind bezwingen. Aber wer wird es sein? Währenddessen erobert Subotai im Westen weitere Gebiete und dringt ungehindert in unbekanntes Gebiet vor. Doch in dem Moment seines größten Triumphes muss er eine Entscheidung treffen, die alles verändern wird.

Realms of the Round Table presents for the first time an extensive collection of forgotten tales, retold for a new generation of readers by a modern-day Merlin, the world-renowned Arthurian authority, John Matthews. Contained within are a rich feast of Arthurian love stories and tales that delve deep into the darker mysteries of the Great Wood and the denizens of fantastic lands beyond.

In a plague-ruined medieval England, Adam, the last knight of Fall Castle, mourns his lord, Peter. Driven by loyalty, Adam embarks on a perilous quest to find a priest to secure Peter’s soul, navigating a desolate land of smoke, death, and off-putting strangers. As the lines of reality blur, Adam’s journey becomes a haunting descent into a world where faith, duty, and survival collide. Perfect for fans of dark historical fiction, The “Shadow of the Valley” is a gripping, atmospheric tale of loss and redemption that will linger long after the final page.

A hidden past. A dangerous truth. A young knight’s fight for survival. Holy Land, 1097 At the tender age of twelve, Giles fitzAlain is forced to leave the only home he has ever known—a monastery in Normandy— to follow a father he has never met. Alain de Folliot, a battle-hardened knight in the service of Robert, Duke of Normandy, drags his son into the heart of the First Crusade, where the horrors of war are only the beginning of Giles’ struggles. As battles rage and loyalties are tested, Giles soon realizes that his father’s past is shrouded in dark secrets —secrets that pull ...

Zwei Männer finden im Wald etwas Wertvolles, in einem Turm auf einer Burg wird ein Schatz entdeckt und in einem Buch aus dem Mittelalter wird eine unglaubliche Geschichte erzählt. Ein Team von Archäologen aus Oldenburg muss nun all diese Fundstücke und Ereignisse miteinander in Einklang bringen. Dabei machen sie eine Entdeckung, die ihr Leben verändern wird. Dies ist eine Geschichte voller Liebe, Hass, Eifersucht, Mord und Rache.