Medieval Historical Fiction Mystery

Juli 2005. Bij archeologische opgravingen aan de voet van de Pyreneeën ontdekt Alice Tanner twee eeuwenoude skeletten. Het zijn niet alleen de oude botten die haar een onprettig gevoel geven, de gehele tombe straalt een overweldigende, kwaadaardige sfeer uit. Als de politie zich met de vondst gaat bemoeien, besluit Alice om op eigen houtje naspeuringen te doen en stuit ze op zeer merkwaardige zaken... Juli 1209. Aan de vooravond van de kruistocht die de Languedoc uit elkaar zal rijten, krijgt de zestienjarige Alaïs een mysterieus boek van haar vader.

Ostfriesland 1548 - Die Hebamme Hiske Aalken hat alle Hände voll zu tun, denn in der Herrlichkeit Gödens grassiert das Marschenfieber. Als ihr in dieser schweren Zeit der Arzt Jan Valkensteyn zur Hilfe eilt, taucht auch ein holländischer Kaufmann namens Friso van Heek auf, der Hiske wenig sympathisch ist. Gleichwohl ist er ein faszinierender Mann, den offensichtlich ein großes Geheimnis umgibt. Ein Geheimnis, das mit einem wertvollen Medaillon - dem Meerkristall - und mit einer entstellenden Narbe zu tun hat, die der Kaufmann am Arm trägt.

Ostfriesland im Jahr 1545 - Das Land ist zerstritten und es drängen immer mehr Glaubensflüchtlinge aus Holland ins Land. Zu dieser Zeit muss die Hebamme Hiske Aalken aus dem benachbarten Jever fliehen, da sie dort als "Toversche", als Hexe, angeklagt ist. Sie flieht in die Herrlichkeit Gödens und wird gleich bei ihrer Ankunft mit der bestialischen Ermordung des Cornelius von Ascheburg konfrontiert. Und sie stößt auch auf eine Gruppe von Menschen, die in einer Wagenburg rund um das Schloss Gödens lebt.

Anno Domini 1483, Firenze. La città del Magnifico, Lorenzo de' Medici, è scossa da una serie di delitti raccapriccianti, che gettano un'ombra oscura sulla vita dei suoi ignari abitanti. Un predatore spietato caccia bambini innocenti, lasciando nelle loro bocche le carte degli Arcani Maggiori. Anche un prete viene brutalmente assassinato: sul suo corpo viene trovato un messaggio criptico che solo la mente più brillante di Firenze può decifrare.

Arnau de Vallbona and his fellow Templar Brother Ramon are bound for the Holy Land to take part in the great Crusade when fate intervenes. Delayed in Cyprus, they learn of a growing rift in Christendom: the crusading army has diverted from its course and threatens Rome's allies in the Byzantine Empire. Arnau and Ramon, alongside the irascible Preceptor Bochard, race to Constantinople, encountering a grand and crumbling world of alliances and betrayals, emperors and armies.

When Martin Kemp joins the English army in order to avoid the hangman, he may just be delaying the inevitable. While he remains hopeful that at least there's the chance for some heroics, the reality is very different. Kemp's war is instead a terrifying odyssey through the panic and confusion of his first battle, the brutal realities of siege warfare, and eventually to the field of Crécy, where he faces the armoured might of the French nobility. But as an elite longbowman, when it comes to winning or losing, he could have a vital - though dangerous - part to play.

Von der Eifel an den Rhein: Ein Frauenschicksal im Mittelalter. Luzia verbringt mit ihrer Herrschaft die Wintermonate in Koblenz. Die Bauerntochter ist überwältigt: Das Leben in der Stadt ist so aufregend! Ihr Glück scheint vollkommen, als der Gewürzhändler Martin Wied sie um ihre Mitarbeit bittet: Ingwerwurzeln, Safranfäden, Paradieskörner, Zitronenöl, Muskatnuss - Luzia entdeckt ihre Passion. Ihr Verkaufstalent, ebenso wie ihr hübsches Äußeres, bleibt auch anderen nicht verborgen. Ausgerechnet Siegfried Thal, der Sohn von Martins größtem Konkurrenten, will Luzia zur Frau.

Doctor John Dee and Margaretta, assisted by his pupil Christopher, are charged with unraveling the mystery. But then there is a kidnapping, a ransom threat and more bodies appear. Amongst secrets and rumors, the scandal of the Seymour Affair threatens to resurface. Elizabeth's road to the throne could be ruined and with that comes the fall of the Tudor Dynasty. Can John Dee keep Elizabeth's secret before it casts a shadow over them all?

Jane Seymour of Wiltshire is not meant to go to Court. Not a child like her, with her lack of beauty and no title. But family connections are enough to have her named to the bridal retinue of Mary Tudor. At the French Court, the plain and docile Jane meets the girl who will grow into her rival in years to come: the already charismatic and conniving Anne Boleyn. Soon back home in the English countryside, Jane wants nothing more than peace and quiet—and the devotion of her childhood protector, William Dormer.

Bologna, dicembre 1311. Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista, viene incaricato dal podestà di far luce su una morte strana e orribile: un membro del Consiglio degli Anziani è stato rinvenuto carbonizzato in casa sua, eppure nella stanza nulla fa pensare a un incendio. Perfino la poltrona su cui l'uomo era seduto è rimasta quasi integra, mentre il corpo è bruciato in modo irregolare. I piedi sono illesi, un braccio è interamente ustionato, tutto il resto è ridotto in cenere. Mondino fa trasportare le spoglie nel suo studio per esaminarle.

Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he is to rule the Mercian kingdom of his dead father and prevent the neighboring king of Northumbria from claiming it. Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races to battle the alliance of the Northumbrian king, unsure if his brother stands with him or against him as they seek battle glory for themselves, and the right to rule gained through bloody conquest. There will be a victor and a bloody loser and a king will rise from the ashes of the great and terrible battle of Hædfeld.

Wales, 1369. Owen Archer is travelling to Wales on a mission for the Duke of Lancaster, recruiting archers in anticipation of King Charles of France's invasion of England. Joining him are Brother Michaelo, Geoffrey Chaucer and his father-in-law, Sir Robert D'Arby, who is on pilgrimage to the shrine of St David. When the body of John de Reine, one of the Duke of Lancaster's men, is found at the gate of St David's, the bishop asks Owen to return the corpse to John's father, Sir John Lascelles.

1220. Acri, Regno di Gerusalemme. Il cadavere di un giovane frate giace, orribilmente seviziato, ai piedi della cittadella degli Ospitalieri. Il priore dell'ordine, Enrico, incarica Bonaventura da Iseo, il geniale alchimista francescano appena giunto in città, di indagare su quanto è accaduto. Ben presto il frate comprenderà che dietro a quel delitto c'è la mano di un'antica setta, forse la stessa che ha tentato di ucciderlo in Italia.

Das Heilige Römische Reich im Jahre 1109, in den Wirren eines neuen kaiserlosen Zeitalters: Mitten in einem verschneiten Winterwald soll das Geschick eines kleinen Königreichs entschieden werden. Doch die Mörder haben nicht mit einem geheimnisvollen Ritter gerechnet, der zwei hilflose Jungen vor dem sicheren Tode rettet. Während sich das Netz der Verschwörer immer enger um den alten König spinnt, wachsen Elias und Justus fernab in einem geheimnisvollen Tal auf Burg Falkenstein auf. Bernardus, der weitgereiste Prior und ehemalige Kreuzritter, weiht sie in die Tiefen seiner Weisheit ein.

In the depths of winter at an ancient German castle, high up in the mountains, a noble is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Back at Rourell, Arnau is taking on the responsibilities of a full Templar Knight. But when he is tasked with returning Brother LUtolf's papers to settle a legal dispute between his family and the Order, Arnau is unexpectedly drawn into the killing at the castle. Here he enters a dark game of knives and double-crosses.

In 1066, 16-year-old Saxon Cerdic lives with his elder brother, Unferth, and his father, Rothgar, Earl of Ripon, in Swaledale. As the younger brother, he studies for the priesthood while Unferth trains to take on the mantle of earl one day. When news arrives that the King of Norway, Harald Hardraada, is invading northern England with the treacherous Tostig Godwinson, Earl Rothgar joins the northern nobles to repel them.

Der lang erwartete dritte Teil der "Lebenspflückerin"-Trilogie Ostfriesland 1549 - Der harte Winter will kein Ende finden, die Herrlichkeit Gödens ist seit Wochen von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Da taucht vor der Tür der Hebamme Hiske Aalken eine völlig entkräftete Frau auf, die behauptet, Hinrich Krechting, der ehemalige Münsteraner Täuferführer aus Münster, der in Gödens Zuflucht gefunden hat, habe vor Jahren ihren Vater ermordet. Sie bittet Hiske um Hilfe, doch der widerstrebt es, sich gegen ihren Ziehvater zu stellen.

Nachdem Robin Hood einen korrupten, aber mächtigen Kirchenmann zusammengeschlagen hat, flieht er aus dem einzigen Heim, das er je gekannt hat—Wakefield in Yorkshire. Er wird zum Mitglied einer berüchtigten Band von Geächteten, und Hood und seine neuen Kameraden—einschließlich John Little und Will Scaflock—verstecken sich im großen Wald von Barnsdale, wo sie um ihr bloßes Leben kämpfen, als das Gesetz sie wie Tiere jagt.

Lady Aveline, with Athlestan, Giles, and Quentin, returns to Froulingham after years of heartbreaking trials and her tryst as deputy commander of King Richard the Lionheart's King's Guard in the Holy Land. With a royal pardon from the king, she hopes to right the wrongs inflicted on her, her family, and Quentin's. But the Abbot has other plans brewing. The time has come for the Church to claim their family's lands. And nothing will stand in his way. The finale of the Lady Crusader series is filled with suspenseful battles and conflicts. Will Aveline reclaim her family's honor?

Imprisoned in Damascus, Dragonetz suffers the mind games inflicted by his anonymous enemies as he is forced to remember the traumatic events of the crusade two years earlier. His military prowess is as valuable and dangerous to the balance of power as the priceless Torah he has to deliver to Jerusalem, and the key players want Dragonetz riding with them—or dead. Instead of remaining safely at home, Estela is desperate to rescue Dragonetz at all costs. She sets out for the Holy Land, never realizing that the person she thinks will be her knight's savior might actually be his doom.