Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Historical

An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster offering an...

“This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.”—Roddy Doyle, The New York Times Book Review An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery featuring Flavia de Luce, “the world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times). Don’t miss Flavia de Luce in the upcoming major motion...

A family’s secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government—all are linked by a single puzzling possibility: What if everything we know about the discovery of America was a lie? What if that lie was designed to hide the secret of why Columbus sailed in 1492? And what...

Rasante Action, atemberaubende Abenteuer und faszinierende historische Fakten – ein Archäologie-Thriller der Extraklasse Der ehemalige Geheimagent Sean Wyatt zögert keine Sekunde, als sein bester Freund Thomas Schulz entführt wird, und heftet sich auf die Spur der Kidnapper. Doch was wollen die Verbrecher von dem Archäologen? Unterstützt von der Reporterin Allyson Webster stößt Sean auf Hinweise auf die sagenumwobenen Goldenen Kammern der Cherokee – und auf die darin verborgenen, angeblich magischen Steine. Er glaubt nicht an Zauberei, doch die Entführer offenbar durchaus. Wer steckt dahinter?

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ● EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST NOVEL ● A thrilling reimagining of the world of Charles Dickens, as seen through the eyes of the infamous Jacob Fagin, London’s most gifted pickpocket, liar, and rogue. "Fagin the Thief takes one of...

Enter a world of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters in this “rousing tale of Shogun Japan” (New York Post) from the acclaimed author of Autumn Bridge. “Triumphant . . . terrific . . . This is a riveting read, alternately playful and suspenseful.”—People The year is 1861. After...