Historical Fiction Renaissance

1752, Midsummer. Following a desperate summons from her mother, Tabitha Hart departs London for her home village of Netherlea - only to discover that her mother has drowned. Determined to discover the truth about the Widow Hart’s death, Tabitha consults her almanack and uncovers a series of cryptic notes describing her mother’s terror of someone she names only as ‘D’. Teaming up with young writer Nat Starling, Tabitha begins a race against time to unmask ‘D’ before more deaths follow.

Une écriture d'une beauté inouïe, portée par la voix de Marie Bouvet. C'est un grand jour à Ferrare. On y célèbre les noces du duc Alfonso et de Lucrèce de Médicis. La fête est extravagante et la foule n'a d'yeux que pour le couple. La mariée a quinze ans. Rien ne l'avait préparée à ce rôle. Elle n'était que la troisième fille du grand duc de Toscane, la discrète, la sensible, celle dont ses parents ne savaient que faire. Mais le décès soudain de sœur aînée a changé son histoire.

Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead. Home to the Montagues, Battle has caught the paranoid eye of King James. The Catholic household is rumoured to shelter those loyal to the Pope, disguising them as servants within the abbey walls. And the last man sent to expose them was silenced before his report could reach London. Daniel Pursglove is summoned to infiltrate Battle and find proof of treachery. He soon discovers that nearly everyone at the abbey has something to hide.

London, 1628. Nicolaes de Pelgrom, assassin and devoted servant of George Villiers, will do whatever his master asks of him—even if that means enduring the perilous voyage to the Indies to exact a grieving widow's revenge. Making that same journey is Jeronimus Cornelisz, a conniving apothecary determined to escape the backstreets of Amsterdam and become rich beyond imagination. Hired by a criminal mastermind to escort precious cargo to the Indies, he will kill anyone who stands in his way.

It should be easy to step into the position her mother left for her, since everyone thought she died the day her kingdom was destroyed. But staying hidden - remaining 'nobody' - is simpler than accepting her dark past, enduring her harrowing fate, and claiming her broken crown. This series is a detailed world full of legends and myths given flesh, and a princess chosen to save them all.

Chi se non Paolo Poli poteva calarsi nei panni di Don Abbondio e della Monaca di Monza, dando una voce inconfondibile a ciascuno dei memorabili personaggi manzoniani e tirandoci dentro nelle vicende umane e storiche del grande romanzo? Il libro di tutti e per tutti, in una lettura che è un vero spettacolo!

1586 : Le duc de Guise, surnommé le Balafré, contrôle la moitié de la France. Henri III n'est même plus le roi de Paris où la Ligue fait la loi, tandis que le huguenot Henri de Navarre conduit une guerre d'escarmouches dans l'ouest du royaume. Décidée à mettre un terme à cette guerre, Catherine de Médicis part rencontrer Navarre, héritier légitime selon la loi salique, pour le convaincre de se convertir. Mais est-ce la véritable raison de ce voyage ? Pourquoi a-t-elle choisi Michel de Montaigne, l'ami d'Henri de Navarre, comme messager ?

It’s 1605 in London, and Ben Jonson, a contemporary of Shakespeare, is finding life a struggle. With his career waning and his patron, Lord D’Aubigny, growing tired of him, he throws caution to the wind and writes a satirical play, Eastward Ho! But its laughs at the expense of the monarch cost Jonson dearly, and he lands in jail with his reputation in tatters. On his release, he searches for his estranged wife and discovers that his own long absences and the deaths of their three children from the plague have led her to take comfort with a furtive crew of ardent papists.

Spanien, 1503: In der Festung La Mota soll Johanna von Kastilien endlich zur Vernunft kommen. Zu viel steht für ihre Mutter, Isabella die Katholische, auf dem Spiel. Die Königin regiert das Land mit unerbittlicher Härte, sie hat die Mauren vertrieben und lässt Tausende als Ungläubige auf den Scheiterhaufen der Inquisition verbrennen. Sie kann ihr Reich nicht in die Hände einer Tochter geben, die nicht betet, nicht beichtet und der Macht nichts bedeutet. Johanna will nicht über andere herrschen. Alles, was sie will, ist, über sich selbst zu bestimmen.

In The Lantern: A Renaissance Mystery, a 21st century American woman searches to learn the truth about the 15th century mysterious Italian girl who dared to compete with the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Across time and space, their lives collide as they battle abuse, disease, fear and prejudice in pursuit of their dreams. Along the way, they intersect with some of the most famous figures of the Renaissance.

The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses. Plantagenet, once carried proudly by Margaret like a crown upon her head, is now, at the end of the 15th century, the most dangerous name in England...

Rival. Sister. Barmaid. Whore. Meg Henshawe has been a lot of things in her life, and few of them good. As proprietress of The Rose and Crown in Restoration Southwark, she has squandered her life catering to the comfort of workmen and thieves. Famous for her beauty as much as her reputation for rage, Meg has been coveted, abused, and discarded more than once. She is resigned to fighting alone until a passing boxer offers a helping hand.

1494. L'ombra di Carlo VIII si allunga come una maledizione sulla penisola italica. Intanto Ludovico il Moro ha da tempo usurpato il ducato di Milano. A Roma Rodrigo Borgia, eletto papa, alimenta un nepotismo sfrenato e colleziona amanti. Venezia osserva tutto grazie a una fitta rete di informatori, magistralmente orchestrata da Antonio Condulmer, Maestro delle Spie della Serenissima, mentre il re francese valica le Alpi e, complice l'alleanza con Ludovico il Moro, giunge con l'esercito alle porte di Firenze.

Brianda de Lubich, única heredera del señor más importante del condado de Orrun, ve como el mundo a su alrededor se desmorona tras la muerte de su progenitor. En una tierra convulsionada por las guerras, en la que ella y otras 23 mujeres serán acusadas de brujería, solo podrá aferrarse a un hombre: aquel a quien juró amar más allá de la muerte.

In 1450 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend her maligned sex. Her book, The City of Ladies, was built around preserving women's reputations from the slights and misunderstandings of history. In it the author is visited by three spirits - Justice, Rectitude and Reason - who guide her in sifting through countless lives, in search of worthy citizens. Nearly 600 years later, the historian and novelist Lisa Hilton picks up the book and promptly falls asleep, only to be visited by three great women from history: Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine the Great.

Antes que America entrara a la Selección, estaba enamorada de un muchacho llamado Aspen Leger. El guardián está contada desde el punto de vista de Aspen y comienza justo después de que las chicas seleccionadas fueran reducidas a la élite. Conoceremos su vida fuera de los muros del palacio y la vida real de los guardianes reales, un mundo que America nunca podrá conocer.

Roma, settembre 1683. In una locanda nel cuore della Città Santa la morte improvvisa di un viaggiatore semina il panico: veleno o peste? Per paura del contagio, gli ospiti vengono rinchiusi in quarantena nelle proprie stanze. Tra loro c'è l'abate Atto Melani, ex cantante castrato e ora agente segreto del Re Sole, deciso a scoprire cosa si celi dietro quella strana morte. Atto dovrà scontrarsi con le reticenze e le paure degli altri ospiti, con lo spettro della peste che aleggia sulla locanda.

August 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be simple, right? Wrong. He's made it as far as Exeter, but before he can secure a fresh steed in that hellish city, he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of Jack. That suits Jack just fine - he wants to leave! So when wealthy merchant Wolfe, offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps at the chance...and unwittingly into further danger!

Eine spannende, dramatische Geschichte über Liebe und Verrat, Heldentum und Opferbereitschaft, Niedertracht und Tot. Der Roman schildert außerdem die katastrophalen Lebensverhältnisse jener Zeit in Paris und London um 1790. Frankreich steht am Rande des Chaos der französischen Revolution und dem Niedergang der Aristokratie, während London sich in einem noch stabilen gesellschaftlichen Wandel wähnt.

In una sala buia della Galleria Palatina, il merlo Mercurio consegna una pergamena con un oscuro enigma a Nina, Jamal e Lorenzo. Quando un fulmine squarcia il cielo, i tre ragazzi si ritrovano smarriti in mezzo alla campagna veneta, in un tempo molto lontano. Nelle vicinanze c'è il casolare di Giorgione, ma il famoso pittore è scomparso. Tra mercanti in collera, pericolosi soldati e altre viscide insidie, i tre amici dovranno ritrovare l'artista e scoprire il suo segreto, prima di poter tornare a Firenze.