Showing results for "The Priest" in Historical Fiction

Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg. But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen, and the people of Ellinburg - his people - have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend, Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother, Jochan, and his new gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his. 

Jacqueline (Jac) has survived on the streets ever since escaping from the clutches of her ruthless uncle, the city’s powerful governor. He craves more than political influence and believes a legendary talisman in Jac’s possession can give it to him. To survive, Jac has honed her skills as a thief, catching the eye of Rhys Mayhew, a brother in an order of warrior priests. Rhys enlists her as a spy, and their partnership soon deepens into more. But Rhys’s faith demands strict adherence to oaths of denial.

His courage covered his brother's fear. His sacrifices atoned for the peoples sin. His voice carried the words of God. Moses parted the red sea. But in his shadow stood a man who symbolizes forever our great High Priest: Aaron.

When Tomas Piety and his Pious Men returned from the war, he just wanted to rebuild his crime empire and look after his people. But the sinister Queen's Men had different ideas, and whether he likes it or not, he's now a spy as well. Now, half the city of Ellinburg lies in ashes, and the webs of political intrigue are stretching out from the Queen's capital to pull Tomas in. Dannsburg is calling.   

When the last Templar Knight dies screaming in the papal square, his execution should have ended the Church's war against forbidden knowledge. Instead, it draws the attention of something far older and more dangerous than any medieval conspiracy. Brother Marcus of Prague arrives in Avignon as a simple scholar, seeking rare manuscripts for his monastery. But beneath his scholarly robes lies an immortal predator who has hunted cosmic horrors for ten thousand years. And in the papal palace, Cardinal Arnaud de Gasques is trafficking with forces that predate Christianity itself.

Piran Chegwin had known since he was just a boy that he wanted to be a priest—to bring comfort and care to ordinary folk in a little parish church. So when his father manages to scrape together the money for him to study theology at Oxford, it seems his future is set. That is, until he encounters Martin de Villiers, an ambitious, self-important fellow student who takes an instant dislike to Piran. Piran's only offense? Having been born a Cornishman. But to Martin's eyes, it's an offense that must be set right.

Liverpool, 1539. A pregnant novice nun, Agnes Moore, ejected from her convent, claims to have been attacked in the ancient chapel of St Mary del Quay by Satan himself. Her former abbess, Lady Katheryn Lukeley, comes to her aid, but Agnes refuses to identify her lover.

Follow Elijah on his epic journey through the four elements. In volume one, discover how Elijah must first become Earth in order to begin his road to achieving his full potential in Christ. Elijah rediscovers his roots, learns about the world outside of his narrow modern world view, makes friends, loses friends, journeys through the seasons of life.

Becket: Warrior - 1159. Toulouse. Thomas of London, Chancellor of England, has spent a lifetime as a clerk, administrator, and ambassador. Now he must prove himself a warrior and leader of men, if his friend and master King Henry II of England is to achieve his ambition to rule all France. The fiery King and calculating Chancellor are as close as brothers, but many at court see Thomas as an upstart. Becket must fight on a political as well as military front. The city of Toulouse controls trade into Spain and the Mediterranean.

The throne of Israel is in peril. A band of outlaws have pledged their allegiance to King Saul's son-in-law, David. Living in caves and deserts, the men of David try to keep hidden from the ever-vengeful wrath of their king. Meanwhile, in the small village of Kabzeel, Benaiah the priest lives peacefully with his wife and child. Against his wishes, providence continues to place Benaiah in the middle of Saul and David's battle. Rumors begin to spread that David has been chosen by God. Benaiah is told that he must pick a side. But whose side will he choose?

Father Thomas Abell's tranquil life in Oxford is shattered when the powerful Cardinal Wolsey summons him to the royal court. Embroiled in King Henry VIII's quest for a divorce, Wolsey asks Thomas to become Queen Katherine’s personal chaplain—and the king's loyal spy. Then, when a covert mission to Spain forces Thomas to choose between the king's demands and his own conscience, he must decide who he will serve. Will he risk everything to do what is right?

It was late autumn, 1850, in the little farming town of Cideville, France. Seeking revenge for the jailing of his coven leader, a male witch named Thorel cast a hex upon two boys who lived with Father Jean Lariat, the parish priest. Immediately strange noises began in Lariat's parsonage. What followed was history's only known trial where a witch was the plaintiff, not the defendant.

The man known as Falconer was born the bastard son of a whore, served the royal court as a predator trainer, and warred against the infidel Saracens as a conscripted soldier in the Holy Land. But it wasn't until he found himself in the arms of a creature called Pythia that he found his destiny - as a vampire.

Yet there is one other person who may have known all, Marie Dernanaud, the priest's housekeeper and, some say, his lover. Interweaving the history of France at the turn of the twentieth century, scenes of ancient Judea, and the romantic and religious journey of a spirited and intense heroine, The Priest's Madonna gives Marie a chance to tell her version of what transpired, as well as her own story of belief, doubt, and illicit passions.

All Jean wants is a peaceful life as a monk, but everything his adoptive father Wimer built is under threat, as the much larger Holy Trinity church tries to swallow Dodnash Priory whole. Jean must find a way to fight them off amidst all the chaos of King John's reign...or break the promise he made on his father's grave.

Wimer could have become a monk. Instead, his decision to become a Chaplain–to make his way in the wider world of men–has put his soul in mortal danger. In 12th Century East Anglia, poor Saxon boys stay poor. It takes an exceptional one to win Henry II's friendship, and to rise to the job of High Sheriff of all Norfolk and Suffolk. Falling foul of the stormy relationship between Henry and his Archbishop, he is excommunicated three times, twice by Thomas a' Becket, and once by the Pope.

ما من شيء سيكون إلا وقد كان ما من شيء سيزول إلا وقد زال وكأن اليوم قد جاء بالأمس وكأن الأمس سيجيء غدا لا تقرأ هذه الرواية إلا إذا كنت على أتم الاستعداد لرؤية العالم...

An assassin sent by Arma Dei disappears into the night, with him a collection of heretical art and writings. For five centuries, the satchel—containing sketches and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others—is pursued by kings, popes, princes, and scavengers. The Paletti notebook lives on through rumor and legend, which also suggest that it contains the infamous Gospel of Matthias, thought to be lost forever.

To protect his friend, one man risks it all by becoming a pirate. In an age of pirates who are slaves to no man, John Roberts is torn between a world of just and righteous men and evil sinners around every corner. John makes an unlikely friend named Bartholomew aboard a slave ship, and when pirates claim them as their prize, he becomes one of them to keep him safe.

Su nombre Padre Daniel proviene de la parábola del Viejo Testamento en la que Daniel, el judío que fue enviado por el Rey Darío a la cueva de leones por orar a Dios 3 veces por día. Dios cerró la boca de los leones y Daniel salvó su vida. Oswald Rufeisen sobrevivió en la guarida de los leones cuando trabajó de traductor para los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra mundial y decidió tomar su nombre. Como monje era Hermano Daniel y como sacerdote era el Padre Daniel.