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The Earl of Cleveland has managed to put himself in King John's good graces just at the time when other barons decide to rebel. They seek more land and power. The newly appointed Earl is caught in the middle. When the Scots begin to raid once more, Sir Thomas is forced to rally the loyal knights of the north and repel them. Following the actual history which led to the Magna Carta and beyond this fast-moving novel moves from Scotland to Wales and Northampton and Lincoln. It culminates in the battle of Lincoln 1217, when the French army attempted to conquer England.

Provoked by the Dauphin's refusal to honour the terms of his father's surrender, Edward III has invaded France with the greatest army England has ever assembled. But the English lion's attempts to claw the French crown from its master are futile. After defeats at Crècy and Poitiers, the Dauphin will no longer meet the English in the field. Mired down in costly sieges and facing a stalemate, Edward's great army is forced to argee a treaty. But peace comes at a price.

Betrayal by friend and foe alike beset Sir John Hawkwood as he enters the murky world of Italian politics. He will emerge from the experience as a true leader of men but first he has to outwit his enemies of which there are many. With Montferrat secured from the Savoyards and with the White Company now firmly in his hands, Sir John Hawkwood leads his men to Pisa where they have been hired to fight the Florentines. The hero of Poitiers is about to enter a world of treachery, intrigue and double dealing for which he is quite unprepared.

It is AD 976. Olaf Tryggvason, the renegade prince of Norway, has lost his beloved wife to a tragedy that turns the lords of the land he rules against him. With his family gone and his future uncertain, Olaf leaves his realm and embarks on a decades-long quest to discover his course in life. Though his journey brings him power and wealth, it is not until he encounters the strange man in the streets of Dublin that his path to fame unfolds. And in that moment, he is forced to make a choice as the gods look on—one that could either destroy him or ensure his name lives on forever.

Spring, AD 777. Sigurd Hring, new King of the Svear, is summoning all the greatest warriors of the North to his banner. He invites Bjarki Bloodhand, the famous berserkr, to swear an oath of fealty to him. But Bjarki has already sailed away to rescue a beautiful Saxon princess. Tor Hildarsdottir, sister of Bjarki, now oath-bound to a powerful Svearland jarl, finds herself unwillingly enrolled in Sigurd’s mighty army. When Sigurd Hring arrogantly rejects the overlordship of Siegfried, King of the Dane-Mark, red war is inevitable.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. The year 1464 finds our hero Nicholas in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth and...

Betrayal lurks in the shadows of conquest and rebellion. In the shadow of William the Conqueror’s reign, loyalty dances on a knife-edge and betrayal lurks behind every corner. The fourth instalment of Griff Hosker’s Conquest series, Treachery follows the gripping journey of Baron Richard...

In the year 1526 King Henry VIII is facing a great personal crisis. He has been married to Queen Catherine of Aragon for seventeen years. But he has no son and the kingdom is without an heir. He has fallen in love with a maid of honor named Anne Boleyn. But she refuses to become his mistress and insists on being recognized as his lawful wife. The tragedy of “The King’s Great Matter” begins to unfold with terrible consequences for all concerned.

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron. James Fletcher, now the Count of Cornwall, is facing new adversaries in the Franks. They try to assassinate him and his family, precipitating a full-out war. In the meantime...

The king is dead. Long live the queen. With Duncan defeated, Gruoch becomes Queen of Scotland. Now, she must rule at Macbeth's side, a difficult prospect as the new King of Scots grows increasingly unstable. To keep her son, her love, and her country safe, Gruoch must call upon the raven. Dive into the final installment of Gruoch's epic tale in Highland Queen, a Scottish historical fantasy, book four in The Celtic Blood Series by New York Times bestselling author Melanie Karsak.

Barbarossa wähnt sich im Zenit seiner Macht. Zum Kaiser gekrönt, von Königen hofiert, legt er sich sogar mit dem Papst an. Doch mit dem jungen Sohn von König Konrad wächst ein Rivale um den Thron heran, und reihenweise gehen Fürsten erneut in Opposition gegen seinen maßlosen Freund und Vetter Heinrich den Löwen. Vor allem aber braucht Friedrich dringend einen Erben - doch dieses Glück bleibt ihm und seiner geliebten Beatrix über Jahre verwehrt.

Knapp dem Tode entkommen, sitzt Julian verwundet im Tower of London ein. Seines Titels als Earl of Waringham beraubt, steht er vor den Trümmern seiner Existenz. Dann wird auch noch Thomas Devereux, der von Blanche verschmähte Ehemann, zum neuen Earl of Waringham ernannt. Von Julians Ehefrau Janet und seinen Kindern fehlt jegliche Spur. Mit der Verhaftung Julians sind auch sie großen Gefahren ausgesetzt. Doch gerade als alles verloren scheint, erfährt Julians Schicksal eine neuerliche Wende mit dem Besuch von Warwicks Tochter Anne Neville jr. Dies ist der abschließende Teil des Hörspiels basierend auf dem Buch "Das Spiel der Könige" und die Fortsetzung zur Waringham-Hörspielreihe.

What happens when a king loses his prowess? The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished his enemies, he threw it all away with an infamous deed. No English king had executed an archbishop before. And divine judgment was quick to follow. Many thought he was struck with leprosy—God's greatest punishment for sinners. From that point on, Henry's health was cursed and he fought doggedly on as his body continued to betray him—reducing this once great warrior to an invalid. Fortunately for England, his heir was ready and eager to take over.

Málaga, Spain, 1352. Knight-errant Gerard Fox and his daring wife Willa seek young noblewoman Madelena to deliver news of her brother's death: an innocuous mission, yet one that plunges the couple into a fight for their lives against their most dangerous adversaries yet. Madelena's sister-in-law Helvira desires two things that Madelena now possesses: a considerable inheritance, and a letter that provides grounds for Helvira's execution in both the Christian and Muslim worlds.

Ein Schwergewicht im Wikinger-Genre. Unterhaltung mit Mehrwert, intensiv recherchiert und knallhart erzählt. Der vierte Teil von Tonny Gulløvs erfolgreicher Wikinger-Saga. Ulv Palnatoke ist keiner, der sich vor irgendjemandem beugt – weder vor dem König Dänemarks, Harald Blauzahn, noch vor dem blutrünstigen Otto dem Großen. Den schmerzt noch immer die demütigende Niederlage, die Palnatoke ihm zugefügt hat. Das Jahr ist 960. Otto der Große steht mit seiner enormen Streitmacht am Schutzwall Danewerk. Er will die Dänen zum Christentum zwingen.

El broche de oro a la espléndida saga medieval de Daniel Wolf, el maestro alemán del género histórico que ha cautivado a 1.000.000 de lectores en todo el mundo. Una magnífica novela que nos ilumina una época oscura, recreando con pasión y detalle los escenarios sociales y políticos de la época, y nos ofrece una trama trepidante marcada por la dignidad, el amor y la lucha por la vida. Un joven y valiente cirujano se enfrenta a una oscura epidemia al tiempo que combate otra plaga invisible provocada por los prejuicios y la injusticia.

Год 1470-й. Король Эдуард Йоркский изгнан из Англии. Королева Элизабет и ее дети дрожат от страха за свою жизнь в Вестминстерском аббатстве. Эдуард предпринимает отчаянную попытку вернуть трон — заключает союз с правителем Бургундии Карлом Смелым и получает под свое начало небольшое наемное войско и корабли.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.

Worms 1409: Vor dem Wohnhaus der heimlichen Heilerin bricht ein Mann mit blutdurchtränkter Kleidung zusammen. Bald ist sichtbar, dass sein Körper mit Stichwunden übersät ist. Madlen und Franz sind gerade erst dabei, alles für die Wundversorgung vorzubereiten, als zwei Wachmänner des Königs Ruprecht in ihr Haus stürmen. Sie behaupten, der tote Fremde habe eine geheime Botschaft überbracht, als Franz das bestreitet, wird er kurzerhand verhaftet.

Er wird um sein Leben kämpfen müssen. An der Seite seines Sohnes. Norwegen im Jahre 1007. Verbannt ins Exil auf die abgelegenen Orkney-Inseln wird Torstein Knarresmed von Rachegedanken heimgesucht. Als gejagter Mann und vertriebener Herrscher von Vingulmork weiß er, dass er seine Verbündeten nun sorgfältig auswählen muss. Denn noch immer wütet die Schlacht um Großbritannien, und König Æthelred herrscht über den Thron. Von Torstein wird erwartet, im Namen des dänischen Königs zu kämpfen und die Vorherrschaft über die englischen Gebiete zurückzuerlangen.