Medieval Historical Fiction Mystery

After escaping from a life sentence at a convent, Lady Aveline of Froulingham fulfills her ambition of linking up with King Richard’s forces in the Holy Land. Her quest is to find her former lover, Sir Quentin de Ballon, sentenced by the Church to fight in the crusade for 13 years as punishment for their illicit love affair. Aveline finds herself in the midst of the war between Richard the Lionheart's and Saladin's armies, as they battle for control of Jerusalem. She quickly earns the monicker, The Green Devil - feared by Saladin's army for her formidable skills with sword and bow.

The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to confide in, she turns to the honest warmth of her friend Fridgyth, the half-pagan herb-wife. A divisive and life-altering decision taken at the Great Synod is swiftly overshadowed as the monastery is ravaged by a deadly plague. As she tends the sick, Fridgyth starts to suspect that not all the deaths are natural. Despite Hild's stern warnings "not to meddle" she sets out to investigate.

Catherine, wife of one-handed Edgar, daughter of a Jewish merchant, and mother of two small children, is a Christian convert. Agnes, her estranged sister, has returned to Paris with the news that she is to marry a German lord. She wants no part of her Jewish family, except the sizable dowry her father can provide.

Anno 999. Il monaco Galdinius, insieme con altri due confratelli, decide di trasformare la torre di Torba, nei pressi di Varese, in un monastero. Con l'aiuto dei contadini locali e in particolare del longobardo Wilfredo, capo del villaggio vicino, il monastero diventa il fulcro attorno a cui rifioriscono il territorio circostante e la comunità. Per ottenere un supporto nelle numerose attività intraprese, Galdinius chiede e ottiene dalla madre badessa del vicino convento di Caira che otto delle sue monache si trasferiscano a Torba.

London, 1308. “All I need is a plan!” So says Oswald of Harlech, a misplaced Welshman in the heart of London. Besides his trade as a tinker, he also robs houses, cuts purses, plays a crooked shell game, and has a way with the ladies. But this time, caught in the act of robbing a house, he is blackmailed by the scheming Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe into stealing the Crown Jewels from the impenetrable Tower of London.

Do rukou královny Anny Jagelonské se dostane podivný list. V Nymburku se zřejmě odehrála vražda, místní konšelé se však do vyšetřování příliš nemají. Podle pisatelky může případ rozlousknout jen jistý vážený pan písař z Prahy, kterého předchází pověst vynikajícího vyšetřovatele. Jiří Adam z Dobronína, který je právě zavalen stohy nezáživné úřednické práce na královském dvoře, s cestou do Nymburka neváhá ani minutu. Nový případ jej zavede mezi bratrstvo chrámových zpěváků.

Královského písaře Jiřího Adama z Dobronína pozve rakovnický hejtman Jindřich z Vřesovic na svatbu na hrad Krakovec. Jindřich a Jiří Adam spolu v mládí studovali a i po dlouhých letech se stále považují za důvěrné přátele, což je v nejistých časech panování krále Ferdinanda I. Habsburského vzácnost. Jindřich chce, aby se Jiří Adam trochu pobavil a po smrti manželky přišel na jiné myšlenky. Ani jeden však netuší, jak smutné rozptýlení jim svatba na Krakovci ve skutečnosti přichystá.

Bereits vier Monate sind vergangen, seit der Siechenmeister Lazarus nach Rom beordert wurde. Um sich abzulenken, arbeitet die junge Begine Anna Ehinger mehr denn je im Spital. Nach seiner Rückkehr begegnet Lazarus seiner heimlichen Liebe Anna mit einer für sie unbegreiflichen Kälte. Während die Trauer an ihr nagt, sucht eine Reisende Schutz bei den Beginen, deren Zustand sich schnell so verschlechtert, dass sie ins Spital eingeliefert werden muss. Dort verstirbt sie und bereits in der folgenden Nacht verschwindet ihr Leichnam aus der Spitalkapelle.

Anno 1156 auf der Burg Lare im Harz: Die junge Grafentochter Judith steht in Diensten von Kaiser Friedrich I., um dessen junge Gemahlin sie sich liebevoll kümmert. Sie interessiert sich leidenschaftlich für Kräuter- und Heilkunde - und für Silas, den maurischen Leibarzt des Kaisers, der sie nicht nur als Mediziner fasziniert. Doch ihre Liebe scheint keine Zukunft zu haben, denn Judith ist eine Adlige und Silas in den Augen der Welt nur ein Sklave.

È la primavera del 1227 e la regina di Castiglia è scomparsa in modo misterioso. Strane voci corrono per il regno e alcuni parlano di un intervento del Maligno. L'unico in grado di risolvere l'enigma è Ignazio da Toledo, grande conoscitore dei luoghi e delle genti grazie ai suoi numerosi viaggi tra Oriente e Occidente e alla sua capacità di risolvere arcani e antichi misteri. A Córdoba, dove Ignazio viene convocato, incontra un vecchio magister che gli parla di un libro che tutti stanno cercando.

In molti sono disposti a tutto pur di scoprire il segreto che porta all'antica reliquia. Ferrara, 1347. Il cavaliere Maynard de Rocheblanche sta indagando sulla truce morte del monaco Facio di Malaspina, collegata alla ricerca del leggendario Lapis exilii. Per far luce sulla vicenda, Maynard deve accedere alla corte estense e guadagnarsi la fiducia del marchese Obizzo, signore di Ferrara. Intanto, nella vicina abbazia di Pomposa, l'abate Andrea assiste impotente alla fuga del suo protetto, il giovane miniaturista Gualtiero de' Bruni, diretto ad Avignone con la speranza di ritrovare la madre.

Cosa si nasconde dietro una reliquia di cui solo un monaco conosce il segreto? È l'agosto del 1346, quando il valoroso Maynard de Rocheblanche, sopravvissuto a una disfatta militare, entra in possesso di una pergamena con un enigma vergato. Quell'oscuro testo fa riferimento a una reliquia preziosa, avvolta nel mistero, il Lapis exilii.

Napoli, Anno del Signore 1229. La scia di omicidi lasciata da un pericoloso e sfuggente cavaliere costringe l'inquisitore Konrad von Marburg a indagare sulla setta dei Luciferiani, devota a un antichissimo culto astrale. Suger de Petit-Pont, un magister medicinae cacciato dall'università di Notre-Dame, si trova suo malgrado coinvolto nella vicenda, attirando su di sé i sospetti di von Marburg. Ma non sarà l'unico a cadere nelle sue mani, avide di assicurare un colpevole alla giustizia divina.

It is the year 1181, and an ageing, battle-worn Sir Philip Fitzwilliam contemplates the changes the last crusade inflicted on the landscape and on his estates. Sir Phillip, concerned by rumors of a shifting balance of power favoring Saladin’s Muslim armies in the Holy Land, fears yet another conflict. He contemplates the future of his estates and those of his two sons, Giles, his favorite, the other Raymond, an aspirant monk, and his beloved, gifted daughter...Aveline. This is her story.

On their return home from their pilgrimage, Baldwin and Simon's ship is attacked off the coast of the Scilly Isles by pirates and Simon looks on in horror as Baldwin is swept overboard. Washed ashore on the tiny island of Ennor, Simon is distraught to think that his closest friend is dead, but he has to put aside his grief when the master of the castle orders him to investigate a murder. Meanwhile, Baldwin himself has been washed up on St Nicholas and is nursed back to health by the beautiful Tedia.

London, 1385: Surrounded by ruthless courtiers - including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford - England's young king, Richard II, is in mortal peril. Songs are heard across London - catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the ends of England's kings - and among the book's predictions is Richard's assassination. Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a "burnable book", a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm.

Sulle tracce di un manoscritto antichissimo, un mercante di reliquie attraversa Italia, Francia e Spagna nel Duecento...

Anno 1191. Es ist die Zeit nach Barbarossas Tod. Die ehemalige Äbtissin Judith und der maurische Arzt Silas fliehen über die Alpen nach Italien. Aus Liebe zu Silas hat Judith unerlaubt ihr Kloster verlassen. In einer einsamen Hütte in den Bergen vertraut ihnen eine sterbende Frau ihr Kind an. Kurz darauf werden die drei von Barbarossas Nachfolger Heinrich gefangen genommen. Als dieser schwer erkrankt, scheint dies die Chance auf Rettung zu sein, denn nur sie können ihn heilen.

Eager to return to his native Norway, Thorgrim agrees to participate in one last raid under the command of a man he does not trust. But the Northmen, he finds, are no longer simply invaders on foreign soil. They have become a part of the Irish kings' ongoing struggle for power, and, far from securing a means to return home, Thorgrim and his men are plunged into a battle for the throne of Tara - a battle that will test their strength and loyalty as none has before.

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?