Historical Fiction Renaissance

Las vidas de Colón, Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Alonso de Ojeda y Juan Ponce de León se entrecruzan en un momento muy concreto de la historia. En 1509, todos coinciden en una taberna de Santo Domingo conocida como La taberna de los cuatro vientos. Vázquez-Figueroa aprovecha este escenario para proporcionar una voz, un punto de vista y una historia en primera persona a todos estos emblemáticos exploradores en una historia amena, educativa y ágil.

Quinta entrega de esta apasionante saga de Cienfuegos, un pastor en La Gomera que debe escapar a Sevilla debido a su romance con una condesa, para acabar enrolado en uno de los barcos de un explorador llamado Cristobal Colón. En este quinto volumen, nuestro protagonista se enfrentará a un formidable enemigo: La Inquisición Española.

Firenze, domenica 26 aprile 1478. Durante una messa solenne celebrata dal cardinal Riario, i congiurati hanno levato il pugnale scagliandosi su Giuliano de' Medici, riducendolo in fin di vita. Per vendicarsi, Lorenzo spargerà molto altro sangue: la città, culla del Rinascimento, per lunghe settimane vedrà le sue strade orridamente tinte di rosso. Sfiancato dal dolore e dal rimorso, il Magnifico non potrà fare a meno di interrogarsi sullo sfacelo che ha devastato la sua vita, invidiata da tutti fino a poco prima. Perché Giuliano è morto? Quali colpe poteva aver commesso?

Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. She believes everyone has a talent except for her. She’s growing up in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City during the 1920s, surrounded by writers and poets, painters and sculptors, actors and dancers, singers and musicians. When an eviction notice threatens her family, friends, and the beloved boardinghouse they share, Claudie has an idea that just might save the day.

Roman historique d'aventures. L'histoire se déroule sous le règne de Louis XIII. Nous sommes en 1622. Le page de M. de Vendôme sauve de la rue une jeune fille de 15 ans (Eliane). Il l'a confie à sa tante au couvent, attenant à la demeure de M. de Vendôme. Il tombe amoureux, mais pour cela, il doit avant tout avoir une bonne situation et attendre quelques années.

In 16th-century Europe, as countries extend their global reach, an Anglo-Dutch allegiance sets out to undermine and bring down the Spanish Empire.

Der Frühling im Palazzo Medici Florenz, 1482: Die 18-jährige Mira harrt seit der Pazzi-Verschwörung in einem Kloster aus. Als man sie zurück nach Florenz ruft, unterstützt sie den Maler Sandro Botticelli bei seinem Gemälde "La Primavera". Während der Arbeit daran lernt sie den Gardisten Riccardo kennen, der ihr Herz schneller schlägen lässt, doch Mira soll einen Cousin von Lorenzo de Medici heiraten.

W dziewiątym tomie cyklu wychodzi na jaw, dlaczego Aleks śmiertelnie obraził się na żonę i nie odpisuje na jej listy. Wkrótce jednak sprawy osobiste schodzą na dalszy plan, bo do Makowa zbliżają się walki. W sercach obu wrogich stron rozpala się coraz straszniejsza nienawiść, zawziętość i chęć zemsty. Hrabina Klonowiecka drży na samą myśl, że jej ukochany Maków w każdej chwili może zostać zajęty przez wojsko, szczególnie że niebezpieczeństwo pojawia się niemal za miedzą – chłopi z Sarnik zaprzedali duszę diabłu i zbratali się z Moskalami.

Novela de intriga y aventuras centrada en las peripecias de dos jóvenes idealistas que pretenden salvar a los indios americanos de la esclavitud. Costa de Galicia, 1702. La flota del Oro, lo mejor de la marina española del momento, debía llegar a España cargada con los tesoros de las colonias españolas en las Indias, pero se hunde en la bahía de Vigo a causa del acoso de las tropas luteranas y los arrecifes naturales.

Lucy is the last Chantress, the only remaining girl who can sing magic into the world. Since she defeated the evil Lord Scargrave, England has changed—and not for the better. With crops failing and the people rebelling, Lucy is called urgently back to King Henry’s court. His Inner Council is convinced that making gold through alchemy will save England. But a critical element to the alchemical process has been stolen. Lucy is tasked with finding it with her magic…or else. And until she succeeds, the castle is on lockdown.

Karwoche 1814. In Europa toben die Befreiungskriege gegen Napoleon, die Welt ist in Aufruhr. Auch das Leben des westfälischen Bauernsohns Jeremias Vogelsang, der sich mit anderen geduldeten Deserteuren in seiner Heimat aufhält, gerät aus den Fugen. Vorgeblich, weil Jeremias desertiert ist, in Wahrheit jedoch, um sich des unerwünschten Liebhabers seiner Tochter zu entledigen, ruft Amtmann Boomkamp zur Hatz auf den "Verräter" auf.

In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and-if they survive-marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him.

La storia si snoda tra la corte di Luigi XIV, il Re Sole, a Versailles, e le avventure di una famiglia di Ugonotti costretta a fuggire dalla Francia, a causa della persecuzione ordinata dal Re, fino in Canada, in piena sommossa Irochese. Certo siamo lontani dal fascino londinese delle storie di Sherlock Holmes, ma la ricostruzione storica e le avventure a ripetizione fanno di questo un lavoro interessante e facilmente fruibile.

In the tradition of Philippa Gregorys smart, transporting fiction comes this tale of dark suspense, love, and betrayal, featuring two star-crossed sisters, one lost and the other searching.Bright and inquisitive, Hannah Powers was raised by a father who treated her as if she were his son. While her beautiful and reckless sister, May, pushes the limits of propriety in their small English town, Hannah harbors her own secret: their father has given her an education forbidden to women.

Young and beautiful Violetta may be of royal blood, but her kingdom is in shambles when she arrives in London on a mysterious mission. Her journey has been long and her adventures many, but it is not until she meets the playwright William Shakespeare that she gets to tell the entire story from beginning to end. Violetta and her comic companion, Feste, have come in search of an ancient holy relic that the evil Malvolio has stolen from their kingdom. But where will their remarkable quest - and their most unusual story - lead?

Das Münsterland nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg: Im Sommer des Jahres 1668 kehrt der Schausteller und Taschendieb Daniel Wagenknecht anlässlich einer Kirchweih in das Moordorf Ahlbeck zurück, in dem er als Säugling von drei Bauern lebendig begraben wurde. Daniel will die Geheimnisse von damals lüften - und sich an den Schuldigen rächen. Begleitet wird er von seinem Ziehvater Roloff.

When 17-year-old Giulia, the orphaned, illegitimate daughter of a Milanese nobleman, learns she’s to be packed off to a life behind convent walls, she begs an astrologer-sorcerer for a talisman that will secure what she’s certain is her heart’s desire: true love and a place where she belongs. But does she really know the compass of her heart? The convent of Santa Marta is full of surprises, including a workshop of nuns who are creating paintings of astonishing beauty using a luminous blue mixed from a secret formula: Passion Blue.

Fate - is it written in the stars from the moment we are born, or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in the strange, luxurious prison that is Coudenberg Palace, the royal court of the Spanish infanta. Nobody warned Jepp that, as a court dwarf, daily injustices would become his seemingly unshakeable fate. If the humiliations were his alone, perhaps he could endure them, but it breaks Jepp’s heart to see his friend Lia suffer.

England 1727. Tom Hawkins will lieber verdammt sein, als Landpfarrer zu werden wie sein Vater. Er liebt die Frauen, das Bier und das Glücksspiel - und landet eines Nachts im berüchtigten Londoner Schuldgefängnis "The Marshalsea". Schnell erkennt Tom, dass in diesem "Teufelsloch" nur überlebt, wer sich nützlich machen kann: Er verdingt sich als Ermittler in einem hinterlistigen Gefängnismord - eine Idee, an der sein düsterer Zellengenosse Fleet sogleich Gefallen findet. Doch Tom ist auf der Hut, gilt Fleet doch selbst bei den abgebrühtesten Bütteln des Marshalsea als Ausgeburt der Hölle.

La lettera scarlatta' è uno dei più celebri romanzi dello scrittore statunitense Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Salem, nella Nuova Inghilterra del Seicento...