Philippines Historical Fiction

Discover the fascinating Philippines in this captivating audiobook on its history, from the origins of the archipelago’s first peoples until modern times. The Philippines is possibly the most intriguing nation of maritime Southeast Asia. The archipelago has almost 8,000 islands that form the apex of the Coral Triangle of the Asian Pacific, as well as abundant marine life that constitutes almost half of this magnificent area’s oceanic megadiversity.

A History of the Philippines is a short, dense and temporally expansive book. It starts with the Evolution of the Land 100 million years ago. The writing is predominantly dry, dispassionate and academic. It's full of details, and often presumes an existing familiarity with Philippine history and culture, introducing terms with no definition provided.

Die bekannte deutsche Schriftstellerin Brigitte Riebe skizziert in diesem historischen Kriminalroman die bewegende und tragische Lebensgeschichte von Philippine Welser. Als bürgerliche Tochter eines Kaufmanns aus Augsburg vermählt sich die junge Frau im 16. Jahrhundert heimlich mit dem Sohn des Kaisers Erzherzog Ferdinand II. von Habsburg. Das Paar behauptet lange seine Liebe ge­gen alle gesellschaftlichen Widerstände zu jener Zeit, doch dann stirbt Philippine unter damals rätselhaften Umständen.