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The acclaimed Tudor historian, whose book Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I was praised as “a must-read for any student of history and especially Tudor fans,” now weaves the dramatic history of the Boleyn family into a richly imagined novel of ambition, bloodlines, and the opulent and deadly court...

A Roma il paesaggio è mutato per sempre. Sulla città svetta l’immenso tamburo della più grande cupola della cristianità, un monumentale “cielo di pietra”, opera di Michelangelo e della sua profonda devozione religiosa. Ma in basso, per le vie della città, abusi e violenze non sembrano destinati a placarsi. Il cardinal Morone, accusato ingiustamente di eresia, è stato rinchiuso nelle prigioni di Castel Sant’Angelo e i due viziosi nipoti di papa Paolo IV, Carlo e Giovanni Carafa, continuano a sfogare le loro pulsioni in un crescendo di depravazione e crudeltà.

Charlie Jonquil siempre es un joven afable y educado, pero no cuando se topa con Artemisa Lancaster. Brillante en matemáticas, es sin embargo incapaz de resolver un problema: ¿cómo Artemisa puede ser tan encantadora y sacarlo de quicio a la vez? Cuando ambos coinciden en una fiesta en Londres, se nota que sienten un desdén mutuo. Pero un desafortunado incidente hará que deban enfrentarse a una disyuntiva: o se casan o pierden su reputación.

In Judea, under the brutal rule of King Herod, a woman yearns for a child but is outcast when she does not fall pregnant. Against all convention, she masters the art of glassblowing. In Renaissance Florence, a young wife is left penniless by her hopelessly unfaithful husband and struggles to find a way to support herself and her young son. In contemporary Australia, a talented textile conservator, devastated by loss, is desperate to regain control of her life. Each woman wants something that seems unattainable, and it will take all their courage, creativity and determination to achieve it.

I 1761 udsendte Frederik V en ekspedition til Mellemøsten og Den arabiske halvø. Fem videnskabsmænd og en tjener drog ud på en rejse, der kom til at vare syv år og gav anledning til oplevelser, der vakte stor opmærksomhed i hele samtidens Europa. Den eneste af deltagerne, der vendte levende tilbage, var den unge astronom og landmåler Carsten Niebuhr. Romanen fortæller om en rejse fyldt med strabadser, intriger og et meget levende tidsbillede fra 1700-tallet. Det er ikke kun en beskrivelse af de meget fremmedartede lande, der besøges undervejs.

King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms. But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who are closer to the Throne. The Duke of Bedford would marry her off to a foreign prince, Henry Beaufort would give his allegiance in exchange for a Cardinal's hat, and the handsome Duke of Gloucester, brother of the dead king, openly desires her. Added to that, her son, the King, is a weak child. She must use all her wits and courage if she is to forge a new life for herself.

Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend?

Brianda de Lubich, única heredera del señor más importante del condado de Orrun, ve como el mundo a su alrededor se desmorona tras la muerte de su progenitor. En una tierra convulsionada por las guerras, en la que ella y otras veintitrés mujeres serán acusadas de brujería, solo podrá...

La jeune dramaturge Melina Green vient d'écrire une nouvelle pièce, inspirée par la vie de son aïeule, la poétesse élisabéthaine Emilia Bassano. Mais à Broadway, où les hommes détiennent les clés du théâtre, il est peu probable que son oeuvre soit mise en scène. Alors que Melina hésite à soumettre la pièce à un festival, son meilleur ami décide de l'envoyer sous un pseudonyme masculin. En 1581, à Londres, la jeune Emilia Bassano est pupille d'aristocrates anglais.

A Boleyn Affair offers a unique perspective on a well-known era, plunging into the heart of Henry VIII's treacherous court through the eyes of William Brereton, a knight forged by tragedy into cold, pragmatic steel. Driven by ambition, he finds his match in the brilliant, audacious Anne Boleyn, a woman who refuses to be a pawn in the games of men.

An unforgettable adventure beginning where Shakespeare's Othello leaves off Wounded in love, tormented by his past, Shakespeare's most complex villain is brought magnificently to life in this tale of two adversaries—one an accused killer; the other, one of the most powerful men in Venice...

When 16th-century printers Henri and Bertrand Dubois find a stack of letters among their grandmother's memorabilia, they realize their lives are about to change, for in those missives is incontrovertible proof that the legend of the lost chronicles of King Alfred is no legend at all. Publishing those chronicles would be the coup of a lifetime, elevating not only the brothers' prestige among publishers in two kingdoms but also their position in society. But first, they have to find them.

Ortona a Mare, ottobre 1585. Margherita d'Austria si è ritirata in Abruzzo da alcuni mesi. È qui che, infatti, dopo tanto peregrinare per l'Europa, ha deciso di trascorrere i suoi ultimi anni, qui ha trovato una terra che ama e, soprattutto, che è soltanto sua. Non una pesante eredità paterna, non un privilegio del matrimonio. Sta facendo costruire un palazzo sul mare, un edificio imponente e prezioso che accolga e mitighi la sua vecchiaia.

Toledo, 1479. Nace Juana I de Castilla, tercera hija de los Reyes Católicos. A pesar de tener una educación esmerada, ni sus padres, Isabel I de Castilla y Fernando II de Aragón, ni su esposo Felipe de Habsburgo por el que sentía un amor y unos celos desmedidos, la consideraron capaz de gobernar. Relegada a un segundo plano, y olvidada, su padre y su esposo ejercieron la regencia hasta que su hijo Carlos I tuvo la mayoría de edad.

La dura vita di bottegai, prostitute, schiavi ed ebrei del ghetto contrasta con l'abbagliante ricchezza della città lagunare, meta di mercanti provenienti da ogni parte del mondo per fare fortuna. Ma alla prosperità, si sa, si accompagna spesso la corruzione. In un'epoca in cui l'inganno, la malizia e la perversione prosperano al pari dell'arte e della filosofia, i lupi hanno vita facile. Sono individui spregiudicati, che si muovono famelici, fiutando le migliori opportunità per acquisire sempre più potere, coinvolgendo ignare pedine nelle loro oscure trame.

In this “chilling, profound” (Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie) horror story based on true events, the President’s late son haunts the White House, breaking the spirit of what remains of the First Family and the divided America beyond the...

April 29, 1585. Coroner John Derrick is summoned to the cozy village of Bramley to investigate a naked dead man found beneath a waterwheel. An unfortunate drowning, by all indications. But upon closer inspection, the case takes a macabre turn: The deceased is missing a certain piece of his anatomy.

A novel of scent memory, the secrets mothers hold close to their hearts, and the daughters who uncover them A mysterious confession leads one woman to Grasse, France, the perfume capital of the world, where she uncovers a deep-rooted secret that reverberates across decades. 2022: Eva never...

Kat Cooke's daughter, Alice, joins the court of Queen Mary I, where faith and power intertwine in dangerous ways. Alice supports the Catholic queen, but her heart is torn by her loyalty to the Protestant heir, Lady Elizabeth. Placed in a perilous position, she struggles to remain true to both royal sisters. As England trembles under religious division every friendship is suspect, every whisper may be treason. Alice is caught between two futures, one bound to Mary's fervent restoration of Catholicism and another determined by her relationship with the pragmatic Elizabeth.

Ten-year-old Agata’s world is shaken at the sudden death of her mother. Left only with her egregious father, a working musician in Venice, her ailing grandmother sends her to the well-known orphanage, hidden from everything she’s ever known. Agata auditions for the conservatory style music school where music is both salvation and spectacle.