Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will not be disappointed by Candace Robb's enthralling and evocative murder mystery - full of intrigue and bolstered by a wealth of authentic historical detail.
Eine wagemutige Frau – ein unerhörtes Abenteuer – und eine große Liebe:Im historischen Roman »Die Weltenseglerin« begleiten Sie die junge Portugiesin Mariella Alvaro und ihren berühmten Onkel Fernando Magellan auf einer der spektakulärsten Entdeckungsreisen der Seefahrt.
Auf ihrer Flucht vor dem Grafensohn Drogo geraten Faolán, Svea und der Edelherr Brandolf in die Fänge der Eiswölfe und werden als Sklaven in das Reich der Svear verschleppt.
Set in a district of the Cape Colony, a British settlement in South Africa, young Allan Quatermain and Marie Marias meet when they share the same tutor.
AD 69: The Rhine frontier has exploded into bloody rebellion, and four centurions who once fought in the same army find themselves on opposite sides of a vicious insurrection.
Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in the eighth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of THE MONK WHO VANISHED, VALLEY OF THE SHADOW and many more.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN'The novel explores incest in a manner that is entirely unexpected for that period' JUSTINE PICARDIE 'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'His first instinct was to stretch out his hands to the sky.
A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER seriesAbandoned by the retreating Spanish army during the Peninsular War, the gun is an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, weighing three tons.
Sister Fidelma must investigate the murder of the High King himself and by doing so risk civil war, in Peter Tremayne's brilliant eighteenth novel in the ever-popular series.
From his chlidhood in Fez, having fled the Christian Inquisition, through his many journeys to the East as an itinerant merhcant, Hasans story is a quixotic catalogue of pirates, slave girls and princesses, encompassing the complexities of a world in a state of religious flux.
Chosen by The Times as one of the Top Ten Crime Novels Written by Women since 2000Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family.
THE EPIC AND EMOTIONAL NEW YORK TIMES AND TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionShortlisted for the Booker PrizeAmazon Book of the YearTime Magazine Book of the YearWaterstones fiction Book of the Month______________'A GRIPPING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE' STYLIST'SO BEAUTIFUL, SO DARING, SO COMPLETE' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of Carrie Soto is Back'A MASTERPIECE' NIGELLA LAWSONEXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES'ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE NOVELS' READER REVIEW *****_______________________A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen.
Assassin's Reign, the fourth in The Civil War Chronicles, Michael Arnold's acclaimed series of historical thrillers, sees battle-scarred hero Captain Stryker, 'the Sharpe of the Civil War', in the fight of his life.
TWENTY-ONE DAYS is the first in an exciting new generation of Pitt novels, featuring Daniel Pitt, by New York Times bestseller and queen of Victorian crime, Anne Perry.
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION - FEATURES READING GROUP QUESTIONS AND NEW MATERIAL FROM STEF'S UPCOMING EPIC NOVEL, UNDER A POLE STARCOSTA AWARD WINNER and WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER.
A keepsake collection of Lord John Grey's shorter adventures and a spectacular addition to any Gabaldon fan's library, Lord John and the Hand of the Devils brings these three unique novellas together for the first time.
