Résultats Éditeur "Author's Republic" dans Historique

Abandoned as a child and raised by the Church, young Sebastian works tirelessly in his pursuit of priesthood. But when a shadowy hooded figure serves him with a summons, his careful plans face a turning point. It appears his name has drawn the attention of the Inquisition and his attendance is commanded at once - for retribution, information, or something else, he does not know.

On opening night of the stage play, Perkins’ Ghost, at the Astor Theatre, a shocking murder had occurred, leaving many residents of the sleepy hollow to suspect that the murderer might have been that of the ghost of Simeon Perkins.

Nolichucky, the house on Burnt Mountain, appears to be a secluded family lake home, forever frozen in the 1930s. But beneath its placid exterior lies a secret history and a mysterious power that profoundly affects young Luke Brooks. After spending a seemingly peaceful weekend there with his father and two teenaged friends, Luke's life is forever changed and he must thereafter confront an unexpected and potentially world-altering destiny.

In 1863, General James A. Longstreet asks his trouble shooter, Captain William Wallace, to investigate a murder. The investigation leads Captain Wallace across the south in the search of an apparent serial killer.

Clara, 37, has been living with her brood of children at a Nob Hill mansion with her best friend, Ah Toy, 58, now an affluent art dealer. At a Rosicrucian gathering, Clara meets Adeline Quantrill, a distressed young woman who can hear thoughts from the living and the dead. She's a disciple of Rosicrucian Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph, another historical figure, who wrote a banned book on sexual magic.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

The mob is demanding answers, and they want them now. A ferryboat captain wants his missing daughter found. An oil company executive is in danger. Will private eye Sean O’Farrell get there in time for all of his clients? Danger is in Chinatown and around every corner in San Francisco. This could be one last showdown before it all ends with a ride on the Sausalito Ferry to hell.

Just when US WAVE Livvy Delacourt thinks she and her team of psychic Nazi hunters are ready for whatever the Reich can throw at them, Hitler adds to the mix a spy who also happens to be a wizard. Now dark magic is being used to attack US facilities. Livvy must match wits with the evil wizard whose objective is to destroy Operation Delphi and all her team. She must sharpen her skills quickly - or risk dying and taking the team down with her.

In 1938 San Francisco, private eye Sean O’Farrell has his hands full. For clients, he has a good-looking lady doctor with a cheating husband, or does she? The lord of Chinatown has a minor family problem that needs looking into - minor, just how minor? His life quickly becomes a cable-car ride that is out of control. One false move could be curtains, a quick trip to hell, but if he’s lucky, he may only end up as a member of the Halfway to Hell Club.

This detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Masters as he is in pursuit of international criminals Greenback Bob and Delbras. Conmen, lost handbags, jewel robberies, an adventuress...not to mention two missing young men and a murder, all come under the detective's eye. 

An international crisis threatens to plunge the world into war at the dawn of the 20th century, but the British Foreign Office finds itself blinded by the bizarre deaths of crucial agents and informants as it struggles to stave off the coming conflagration. For help, they turn to an unconventional outsider, Inspector Jenkins of Scotland Yard, who soon finds himself on the trail of a mysterious man with a deadly black box and a host of devoted accomplices.

Here are three crime stories in an historical setting. All of them have been inspired by a true incident and their settings have been rigorously researched to give you the sense of being there in 1854, 1863 and 1872. From Richmond, Virginia, at the height of the American Civil War to the dry Southwest riding along with John Wesley Hardin and Wild Bill Hickok, you are there.

This fascinating painting, entitled "After Midnight Mass, Fifteenth Century", was exhibited by George Henry Boughton at the Royal Academy in 1897 and is now hidden away in a private collection. Did her creator know who she was, this lady of high birth emerging from the cathedral in the snow with her companion at her elbow? And who was the young man with yellow hair who is stepping forward from the crowd, hoping to attract her attention?