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All Adanel MackBaythe knows about her Highland lover is that he is a McTiernay soldier - and a means of escaping her cruel father. But Dugan is not a man with whom to be toyed. His distrust of Adanel's motives will put a distance between them that can't be breached. Yet when their secret trysts are discovered - sparking a war between clans - a lust for vengeance will drive Dugan back into her arms, where he will embark on his greatest battle: for her heart....

Lady Aveline, with Athlestan, Giles, and Quentin, returns to Froulingham after years of heartbreaking trials and her tryst as deputy commander of King Richard the Lionheart's King's Guard in the Holy Land. With a royal pardon from the king, she hopes to right the wrongs inflicted on her, her family, and Quentin's. But the Abbot has other plans brewing. The time has come for the Church to claim their family's lands. And nothing will stand in his way. The finale of the Lady Crusader series is filled with suspenseful battles and conflicts. Will Aveline reclaim her family's honor?

Die zentrale und titelgebende Figur dieses Hörbuchs ist König Heinrich IV. von Frankreich (1553-1610). Heinrich Mann, der deutsche Schriftsteller und Bruder des berühmteren Thomas Mann, hat das Leben und Wirken Heinrichs IV. in einem historischen Roman beschrieben und gedeutet, der aus zwei voluminösen Bänden besteht. "Die Jugend des Königs Henri Quatre" von 1935 und "Die Vollendung des Königs Henri Quatre" von 1938 gelten als Heinrich Manns bedeutendstes Werk. Beide Bände sind ungekürzt als Hörbuch eingelesen von Hans Jochim Schmidt. Die Romane selbst spielen auf drei Zeitebenen.

The engrossing and propulsive historical fiction debut from a talented new writer, for readers of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, Lauren Groff's Matrix, Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress, Pip Williams's The Dictionary of Lost Words. She must write her rage ... to...

Wales, 1369. Owen Archer is travelling to Wales on a mission for the Duke of Lancaster, recruiting archers in anticipation of King Charles of France's invasion of England. Joining him are Brother Michaelo, Geoffrey Chaucer and his father-in-law, Sir Robert D'Arby, who is on pilgrimage to the shrine of St David. When the body of John de Reine, one of the Duke of Lancaster's men, is found at the gate of St David's, the bishop asks Owen to return the corpse to John's father, Sir John Lascelles.

Owen has completed his latest mission for the Duke of Lancaster, but his plan to return home is thrown into peril when the young stonemason carving the tomb of Owen's late father-in-law, English knight Sir Robert D'Arcy, is discovered hanged. The Archdeacon of St. David's wants Owen to find out whether Cynog was executed due to his support for the would-be Welsh redeemer, Owain Lawgoch's, rebellion against English rule. Prolonging his stay in Wales means that Owen will be unable to deliver the news of Sir Robert's death to Lucie in person, but can he really leave her father's tomb unfinished?

Coming to his senses in a place he's never seen before, Alfred discovers he has survived the deadly sickness sweeping the land and has also managed, quite by accident, to find his family. But he's also a traitor to the Crown for desertion on the field of battle, so he and his family must live in complete seclusion in a remote corner of Gwen's homeland.

Lady Leila Barrington is the youngest daughter of the Earl of Werrick. While she has always known she is loved, she still carries the guilt of her birth and feels set apart from her sisters—not only in appearance but also by the visions that haunt her. In a world where fear and superstition rule, her gifts may cost her everything, including her life. But when she has a premonition of the great pestilence, she knows she will not be able to turn her back on the sick and dying. Not even after she sees her own death at the hands of the man she is fated to love.

Um den dänischen Gefangenen Hakon bei Hofe abzuliefern, reist der junge Engländer Ælfric of Helmsby nach London. Die Stadt liegt in Trümmern, denn dem schwachen König Ethelred gelingt es nicht, sein Reich gegen die ständigen Wikingerüberfälle zu schützen. Doch anders als England und Dänemark sind Ælfric und Hakon keine Feinde - während der gefährlichen Reise sind sie zu Freunden geworden.

The year is 1290. At the twilight of the Crusades, war-weary Knight Templar Jonathan St. Clair is garrisoned in the port city of Acre in the Holy Land. In possession of an ancient scroll with a cryptic inscription, he learns that it holds the key to unlock the secrets of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. But time is running out. Acre will soon come under siege, and the one man able to divine the scroll's meaning, Rabbi Samuel of Baghdad, has been targeted for assassination. St. Clair apprentices himself to Rabbi Samuel and together they travel to Jerusalem.

A young boy from Shropshire named Will Somers has a special talent for entertaining. His gifts bring him all the way to the court of Henry VIII where he becomes a favoured servant and close companion of the king. In his role as the royal fool, he observes the life and times of Henry and his court. He witnesses the successive rise and fall of his queens, nobles and ministers. He is the only one whom Henry trusts with his true thoughts. “The Tudor Fool” tells the story of the unlikely relationship between a tyrannical king and his humble jester.

For all fifteen years of her life, Pauline de Pamiers has witnessed an attack on her family, friends, and faith. It's the early thirteenth century and the Pope and King of France are conducting a Crusade against the Cathars; the only crusade on European soil and against another Christian sect. As a member of this sect in France that sits outside the dominant Roman Church, Pauline is an outsider: young, but independent and bold.

May 1483: The Tower of London. When King Edward IV dies and Lady Elysabeth Scrope delivers her young godson, Edward V, into the Tower of London to prepare for his coronation, she is engulfed in political turmoil. Within months, the prince and his brother have disappeared, Richard III is declared king, and Elysabeth's sister Margaret Beaufort conspires with her son Henry Tudor to invade England and claim the throne. Desperate to protect her godson, Elysabeth battles the intrigue, betrayal and power of the last medieval court to keep Prince Edward safe.

Heidelberg 1388: Die junge Madlen steht schon früh im Dienst einer Hebamme und hilft ihr bei Geburten und der Behandlung von Frauenleiden. Neben ihrem umfassenden Wissen über Kräuter, durch die sie Schmerzen lindert, stößt sie während einer Geburt eher zufällig auf die beruhigende Wirkung durch flackerndes Kerzenlicht in Verbindung mit gesprochenen Psalmen. Natürlich darf niemand etwas von dieser besonderen Methode erfahren, schließlich kann es sich hierbei nur um Hexenwerk handeln.

Der fulminante Abschluss der Trilogie um Isaac & Eleanor ist da! Die Audible Original Hörspielreihe basierend auf der Waringham Saga von Rebecca Gablé mit Detlef Bierstedt, Manja Döring, Johannes Klaußner und vielen mehr lässt euch erneut am Schicksal der noblen Grafschaft teilhaben. 1568: Isaac harrt als einer der letzten Überlebenden auf der kaum noch seetüchtigen "Minion" aus. Als immer mehr Besatzungsmitglieder elendig verhungern, sieht auch er dem Tod ins Auge. Wird er England jemals wiedersehen?

Das junge Paar Julian und Janet findet nach einem heftigen Streit endlich als Ehepartner zueinander. Das Familienglück scheint mit der Geburt eines Sohnes vollkommen. Derweil kämpft Julians Schwester Blanche zusammen mit Jasper weiter im Widerstand gegen die Yorkisten, die nicht bereit sind, ihren Anspruch auf Englands Thron aufzugeben. Königin Maguerite ist nach einer weiteren Niederlage flüchtig und der Anspruch des Hauses Lancaster auf den Thron ist zunehmend geschwächt.

From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its...

Nordengland im 9. Jahrhundert. Die christlichen Sachsen versuchen ihr Land und ihren Glauben gegen die heidnischen Wikinger zu verteidigen...

Mehr als zwölf Jahre sind vergangen seit den letzten Abenteuern der ehemaligen Wanderhure Marie. Sie und ihr Mann Michel Adler leben zwar immer noch auf Burg Kibitzstein, doch ihr Gönner, der Fürstbischof, ist gestorben, und seinem Nachfolger Gottfried sind die beiden ein Dorn im Auge. Besonders Maries Tochter Trudi bekommt die Auswirkungen dieses Konflikts hautnah zu spüren...

Firenze, 1348: una brigata di giovani, sette donne e tre uomini, si rifugia nella campagna circostante in fuga dalla peste nera. Per medicare l'angoscia e rifondare i valori umani sconvolti dal flagello, i dieci giovani raccontano a turno novelle die più vari argomenti, tessere di uno straordinario quadro della civiltà trecentesca.