Showing results for "Exiled" in Historical Fiction

In the middle of the XVI century, when he abandoned his town, the Exiled knew that the only thing he could aspire to was survival. He would not begin at zero but under zero. He was going to a strange country, up north, in search of a place where thinking or feeling was not punishable by death. In this journey towards life and freedom, the Exiled has to distinguish between two paths: one that leads to survival and the one that leads to death. It’s a vital choice, the same one that individuals, cultures, and nations must also make if they wish to advance and not become extinct.

She spent years following the path reserved for highborn men. When she's thrust back into a subservient role, how will she forge her own destiny? Rome is marching. Cities and temples are falling. On the outskirts of the empire, Princess Andrada convinces her father to tutor her as his heir despite a ban on women rulers. But her lifelong battle against entrenched customs shatters when she fails the King's Challenge and is sentenced to death. To save Andrada from execution, her father marries her off to a neighboring king who doesn't care about governing.

1652. The English King is dead, his heir a fugitive in a foreign land. Amid the cold grandeur of the Louvre, young Henry Nash is drawn into a covert world of political intrigue and whispered passions. Handsome, streetwise and carrying secrets of his own, Henry is tasked with raising funds for the Royalist cause by charming the jewels off the necks of England’s lonely noblewomen. But each flirtation brings him closer to betrayal—and each secret he keeps risks destroying the only loves he has left.

Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.

In the shadowed corridors of history where power and intrigue converge, one name stands out with a brilliance both formidable and tragic: Sayyida Al Hurra. Born into the splendor of Granada's final years, her life unfolds like a tapestry of ambition, courage, and unyielding resolve. This sweeping historical novel invites listeners into the vibrant world of the 16th-century Mediterranean, where Sayyida’s journey from a noble family in Granada to the formidable queen of Tétouan reveals a tale of epic proportions.