München 1955: Der alternde Lebenskünstler Gagge hat neben seinen Erinnerungen an Luna und Esther nur noch einen Gedanken, der ihn am Leben hält: Einmal bei einem Boxkampf im Madison Square Garden live dabei zu sein!
Auf dem Weg nach Heidelberg, um eine Mission für den Tugendbund abzuschließen, eine geheime Gesellschaft, die sich für die Freiheit des deutschen Volkes einsetzt, befinden sich die beiden Studenten, den schüchternen Julius Hermelindfeld und den unheimlichen Samuel Gelb in einem gewaltigen Sturm nahe einer Schlucht, genannt das Loch der Hölle.
'A master of the genre' The TimesThe Tungrian auxiliary cohorts return to Hadrian's Wall after their successful Dacian campaign, only to find Britannia in chaos.
En el marco de la conquista del Oeste americano se narran las aventuras de un pobre enfermo norteamericano a quien la vida salvaje, entre rebaños y caballos, devuelve la salud perdida.
From the author of the internationally acclaimed, Whitbread Award-winning 'The Harmony Silk Factory' comes an enthralling new novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent and often frightening world.
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.
'Yankee Mission is a jewel in Julian Stockwin's crown as a master in naval fiction, with a ship-to-ship fight so vivid that the battle's sounds and scents fly off the pages like lethal wooden splinters' - Quarterdeck1812.
AN EPIC STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE NOVELLA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted.
Esta obra narra los mejores momentos de la vida de Rodrigo, supuesto hijo bastardo del Rey Prudente, Felipe II, que es entregado en adopcion, despues del destete, a la familia de un hidalgo portugues que vive en la capital lanera, Burgos.
1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung.
En el año 1187, el sultán Saladino destruyó al ejército del rey de Jerusalén, Guido de Lusignan, apoderándose de la ciudad santa y de todo el reino latino.
Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in the twentieth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of THE COUNCIL OF THE CURSED, DANCING WITH DEMONS and many more.
'A sparkling and witty crime debut with a female protagonist to challenge Miss Marple' LIN ANDERSON, Award winning Scottish crime authorA Death on Stage - the sixteenth edition of the nail-biting Euphemia Martins Mysteries!
Die Wirren des zweiten und dritten Schlesischen Krieges verlangen der Hofmeisterin Wilhelmines, Markgräfin von Bayreuth und Schwester Friedrich des Großen, ihr ganzes diplomatisches, intrigantes, aber auch erbarmungsloses Geschick ab.
Les Trois Mousquetaires Alexandre Dumas - Aux trois gentilshommes mousquetaires Athos, Porthos et Aramis, toujours prêts à en découdre avec les gardes du Cardinal de Richelieu, s'associe le jeune gascon d'Artagnan fraîchement débarqué de sa province avec pour ambition de servir le roi Louis XIII.
El señor de Ballantrae ( en inglés The Master of Ballantrae) es una de las mejores novelas de Robert Louis Stevenson, escrita en su madurez y publicada en 1888.
Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.
Bored with the distractions of London, Judy Cameron insists on taking herself, her parents and her fiance to remote Glen Suilag in the Scottish Highlands.
Un grupo de jóvenes ingleses se ponen al servicio de un hombre misterioso (la Pimpinela Escarlata) con el propósito de liberar a nobles y aristócratas franceses de la guillotina y ponerlos a salvo en tierras británicas.
'Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill' IAN RANKIN'An atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller' SUNDAY TIMES'Kept me guessing until the end.
