Historical Fiction

Milano, 1808. Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso non è il tipo di donna che si piega. Né agli uomini, né a un destino scritto da altri. Nata principessa in un'epoca che voleva le donne silenziose e obbedienti, ha scelto invece di farsi sentire, forte e chiaro. Tra i salotti parigini e le barricate del Risorgimento, tra amori proibiti e battaglie politiche, tra la penna affilata dei suoi scritti e il coraggio delle sue azioni, scoprirete una donna che ha vissuto mille vite in una sola.

1189: Als der junge Ritter Otto von Linn sich Kaiser Barbarossas mächtigem Kreuzzug zur Rückeroberung Jerusalems anschließt, trägt er mehr als nur sein Schwert – er trägt die Last der Seelen seiner Familie. Als Otto für seinen kleinen Tross noch einen Diener benötigt, fällt seine Wahl ausgerechnet auf Wenzel, einen zwielichtigen Bauernburschen, dessen geschickte Zunge gefährliche Geheimnisse verbirgt.

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a “captivating villain origin story” (People Book of the Week), reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine. “Ayana Gray brings her fresh, dynamic storytelling to one of...

After years of letters and missed chances, Grace Fitzgerald and American journalist Richard Lewis have at last declared their love and though the world is in the grip of war, their future is bright. But when Richard is shot down over occupied France in 1943, Grace's world shatters. Invited to Savannah for Richard's memorial, Grace finds herself thrust into the rarefied world of his wealthy family—a million miles from her own humble experience.

York, 1367. Owen Archer and his old comrade, Ned Townley, are each leading companies of the king's men north of York to Fountains and Rievaulx abbeys respectively, on a mission to win the support of the powerful abbots for William of Wykeham becoming the Bishop of Winchester. But trouble stalks Ned Townley—Sir William of Wyndesore's men at Windsor suspect he killed a page in a jealous rage over his betrothed. Is the rumor true?

The third audiobook in Griff Hosker's incredible English Mercenary series.

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan. Terwijl een oorlog om de heerschappij over Japan dreigt, raakt Blackthorne verscheurd in zijn loyaliteit, en zijn leven onlosmakelijk verbonden met het land en zijn mensen.

Benjamin Disraeli’s powerful, polemical story of love across the class divide Chosen by The Guardian as one of the best 100 novels of all time, Disraeli’s classic 1845 ‘condition-of-England’ novel exposes the inequality and exploitation endemic in 19th century Britain, and the vast gulf...

Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret—but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, everything unravels. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn’t love, she runs away from home, finding shelter among the beguines, a fiercely independent community of religious women who refuse to answer to the Church.

高松藩士殺しの真相を暴いた礼として百両の当たりの富札を得たことで、無事正紀の初のお国入りの費えの目処が立った高岡藩井上家。久々の帰国を楽しみにする藩士たちで藩邸内も沸く中、高岡領内で謎の疫病が蔓延しているとの報が届く。

Steely-eyed. Quick as a rattler. Unforgiving as the desert sun. The stories of Nathan Stark’s grit and determination as a manhunter across Indian territory are legendary. He stalks the wild western frontier on behalf of the army, pursuing hostiles to avenge his slaughtered family—and redeem his own failure to protect them. Once again reluctantly partnered with Crow scout Moses Red Buffalo, Nathan has been assigned to assist the U.S. cavalry in escorting a large band of Blackfoot Indians across Montana and into Canada.

Der Schotte Dirk Struan gelangt an Bord eines Handelsschiffes nach China und steigt dort zum Oberhaupt von Struan & Company auf, dem mächtigsten Handelshaus in Asien. Vor dem Hintergrund der Gründung der britischen Kolonie Hongkong wagt Struan alles, um sein Imperium zu sichern und auszubauen. Er navigiert durch ein Geflecht aus politischen Intrigen, rivalisierenden Handelshäusern und den sensiblen Beziehungen zu den chinesischen Behörden.

Nuremberg, 1945 : un procès fait l'Histoire, eux la vivent. Un roman vrai, qui saisit les sursauts de l'Histoire en marche. Chacun connaît les images du procès de Nuremberg, où Göring et vingt autres nazis sont jugés à partir de novembre 1945. Mais que se passe-t-il hors de la salle d'audience ? Ils sont là : Joseph Kessel, Elsa Triolet, Martha Gellhorn ou encore John Dos Passos, venus assister à ces dix mois où doit oeuvrer la justice.

China, 1925: Als die 15-jährige Anyu Zhang ein unbezahlbares Fabergé-Ei im Schnee findet, zögert sie nicht lange, es seinem rechtmäßigen Besitzer zurückzugeben. Isaak Mandelburg war einst Meisterjuwelier des russischen Zaren und ist nun auf der Flucht. Aus Dankbarkeit gibt er Anyu seine Adresse und ein Versprechen: In Schanghai wird sie ihm immer willkommen sein, ganz gleich, was geschieht. Jahre später, nachdem Anyu zur Waise wurde, sucht sie den Juwelier tatsächlich auf und taucht unmittelbar in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, Glanz und Gier ein.

Eliza vive tra due mondi: le viene impartita un'educazione rigidamente anglosassone, nella speranza di un futuro sereno coronato da un buon matrimonio, e al contempo le vengono fatte conoscere dalla cuoca di casa, Mama Freisa, la vitalità, la magia e la carnalità del suo popolo. Si innamora perdutamente di un giovane idealista che lavora per Jeremy, Joaquín Andieta, il quale però nel 1849, alla notizia che in California sono stati scoperti favolosi giacimenti d'oro, decide di salpare in cerca di fortuna.

八代将軍・吉宗の寵姫である竹姫が大奥女中の雑用を引き受ける男衆の五菜に襲われた。竹姫の操を奪おうとした行為に吉宗は激怒。

In the spirit of Richard Powers and Daniel Mason, a novel spanning three centuries and tied together by the tale of Steller’s sea cow—a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans—at once intimate and sweeping about the tragic clash between man and nature. In 1741, thirty-two-year-old...

Al almirante Blas de Lezo, con solo tres mil hombres y seis navíos a su cargo, se le encomienda en 1741 la defensa de Cartagena de Indias. Frente a él se prepara el desembarco más audaz de todos los tiempos: Inglaterra ha enviado doscientas naves y casi treinta mil hombres para arrasar la ciudad. Blas de Lezo (1689-1741) era Mediohombre, el estratega más genial de todos los tiempos. Esta es su historia y la historia de una defensa heroica y singular: el sitio de Cartagena de Indias.

In this pulse-pounding Western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Smoke Jensen welcomes a new rancher to the valley—whose intentions are deadly, especially when his…arrival brings a wild bunch of merciless killers in his wake....

A young widow embarks on a globe-spanning quest to discover the truth about her late husband in the dazzling first novel, full of heart and magical realism, from the bestselling author of Water Moon. “A highly original and engaging mix of romance, mystery, and magic that will challenge...

冷夏が続き、江戸の町には困窮者が地方から流れ込んでいた。おまけに長雨で、水害もある始末。そんなところへ「世直し衆」と名乗る一党が不正に蓄財する大店を襲う凶悪事件が頻発。

寛政四年七月、高岡藩井上家当主正紀に、公儀からお国入りの許しが出た。藩主として初の帰国とはいえ、参勤交代の費えに一同が頭を抱える中、麻布笄橋を火元にした大火が江戸の町を襲う。

Kyle raced away from the work camp with the posse’s bullets whizzing past his head. He had no idea why he was being pursued, but he wasn’t about to ask. As he pushed his black gelding across the frozen ground of Wyoming Territory, Kyle knew hIs job as a scout and hunter for the Union Pacific was over. After he disappeared into a pine forest, he was finally able to slow down. But as he wound his way through the trees, Kyle knew he’d have to make a decision when the Green River curved to the east. Should he head to western Utah Teritory or east into Coloratdo Territory?

Magnus has been focused on his present, the loops and time shifts behind him, but that is not all in the past. There is also a throne that must be held, a historic event that must be protected, and a kingdom that needs him to rule. From the shores of modern day Amelia Island to Scotland's medieval age, from his family in 17th century Balloch castle to his mother holding his kingdom in Riaghalbane for his son, Magnus must once again draw his sword to battle for those he loves and has promised to protect.

A prophetic lost classic from interwar Germany, following a group of Berliners navigating economic turmoil and the rise of fascism, now translated into English for the first time Berlin in the 1920s is the largest city in Europe, a cultural mecca, and a political mess: a hedonistic Babylon...

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing...

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America...

With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

Winner of the Audie Award for Fiction *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times...

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The...