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Nel cruciale settembre del 1793, la Rivoluzione si dibatte in grave difficoltà, stretta tra nemici interni ed esterni. A Parigi, mentre il Comitato di Salute Pubblica instaura il Terrore, un misterioso giustiziere vendica le vittime della Rivoluzione con una serie di delitti efferati. A indagare con discrezione e prudenza viene chiamato un avvocato di sicura fede repubblicana, Etienne Verneuil.

Im Januar 1944 halten vier Menschen das Schicksal der Welt in ihren Händen: ein amerikanischer Arzt, eine deutsche Krankenschwester, ein zionistischer Attentäter und eine junge jüdische Witwe. Im Auftrag des britischen Premierministers Winston Churchill sollen sie eine Mission erfüllen, die ihnen allen den Tod bringen kann. In einem Gefangenenlager in Mecklenburg arbeiten die Deutschen fieberhaft an der Herstellung von Giftgas, dessen Einsatz den Krieg entscheiden soll.

In a remote castle high up in the Tuscan hills secrets are simmering among its glamorous English residents: The ailing gentleman art-dealer. His dazzling niece. Her handsome Fascist husband. Their neglected young daughter. The housekeeper who knows everything and Connie, the English widow working for them. Every night, Connie hears sinister noises and a terrible wailing inside the walls. Is she losing her grip on reality? Or does someone in the castle want her gone?

Under the Mediterranean sun, a drama begins in a café in Málaga. For Ian Ferrier, an employee of the United States Space Agency on holiday to visit his old friend Jeff Reid, it means the startling discovery that Reid is not just a wine exporter, but rather engaged in smuggling communist defectors to the West. Events take a turn for the worse when Ferrier, a stranger to the deadly world of espionage, must take sole charge of a high-ranking KGB agent. Alone in an frighteningly alien landscape, he can afford no mistakes when choosing whom to trust …

December, 1959: The Korean War rages on. Protesting the bloody conflict, a Korean-American man by the name of William Yang suddenly blows himself up in the middle of a Los Angeles department store just before Christmas, which leads the U.S. government to reopen the internment camps used during World War II. President Joseph McCarthy's America has never been more on edge, paranoid, and above all, dangerous.

London in 1919 was a city of ghosts and absences, haunted by the men who marched away but never came back from 'the war to end all wars.' Grace Armstrong believes that she has come to terms with her own loss, the death of her fiancé, the brilliant and dazzling best friend of her brother. He was declared Missing in Action during the Battle of the Somme, but he starts to reappear both in her waking life and dreams. Grace is appalled when a body, dragged from the Thames, is identified as Catherine Smith, who has lodged with Grace and her family before suddenly disappearing.

1945, London. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. When the general election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him.

The bitter conflict between the Union and Confederacy, spanning four terrible years from 1861 to 1865, brought the United States of America to the brink of annihilation. A war based on perceived tyranny and rebellion gave birth to many contradictions, where deceit ran rampant on both sides. Within this environment, it is known that at least four hundred women enlisted as soldiers under the pretense of being men, from both the North and South. Brave men who gave their lives for either side were not the war’s only heroes, and this story is dedicated to these remarkable women.

The Marine Raiders are licking their wounds after the successful battle at Tasimboko. But that battle was only the preview of the main event to come…and now the clock is ticking down to destruction!

In the climactic third audiobook in the Yestertime series, Ray, Natalie, and the other time travelers are desperate to return to the 21st century. But how? Just when a slim opportunity to find their way home presents itself, they get some chilling news. And now, Ray and his friends may be stranded for good.

Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing Vitruvian Man comes from a description by the ancient Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who wrote the only major work on architecture or engineering to survive from classical antiquity.

Dans la cathédrale de Sainte-Marie à Vitoria, un homme et une femme d’une vingtaine d’années sont retrouvés assassinés, dans une scénographie macabre : ils sont nus et se tiennent la joue dans un geste amoureux alors que les deux victimes ne se connaissaient pas.

El enfrentamiento entre el Cuerpo Nacional de Buscadores y la organización criminal Voynich llega a su explosivo apogeo en la emocionante conclusión de «Los Buscadores», la trilogía referente del thriller histórico que rebosa aventura, intriga y acción.

Quando Simon Maldon, scrittore di successo di libri sull’Inquisizione, decide di non salire su un aereo, non sa che quella banale coincidenza cambierà il corso della sua esistenza. Quell’aereo precipiterà, cancellando per sempre la sua famiglia. Quattro anni dopo, Simon si è trasferito in Svizzera, ma il destino sembra non volergli lasciare scampo. Jordan, il misterioso e schivo direttore del cosiddetto ministero delle Ultime Ombre, un dipartimento mondiale di ricerca della verità nella storia, lo mette al corrente di un sensazionale ritrovamento.

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.

When the famous archaeologist, Alexander Albright, passed away, his son discovered an old treasure map among his father’s belongings. Prior to entering his senior year in college, Michael convinces his closest friends to join him on one last big adventure together.

Wenn Liebe zur Besessenheit wird... Mystery-Thriller mit psychologischem Hintergrund und historischen Elementen: In einem idyllischen, kleinen Ort an der Donau verschwindet eine junge Frau spurlos. Kurz darauf findet man ihren Slip und ihr Handy. Gleichzeitig werden bei einer nahe gelegenen Staustufe Leichenteile geborgen. Der Verdacht fällt zunächst auf den psychisch kranken Ehemann Martin Brenner. Eine plötzlich auftauchende Zwillingsschwester der vermissten Frau stiftet zusätzlich Verwirrung und löst eine Kette von verhängnisvollen Reaktionen bei ihm aus.

Une intrigue du plus haut romanesque qui fait mouche. Historia. 1503. Trois alchimistes sont retrouvés assassinés. Convaincue qu'un complot se trame à l'ombre de la Couronne, la reine Anne de Bretagne fait appel pour mener l'enquête à la jeune apothicaire Héloïse Sanglar et au baron de Comballec, un soldat autoritaire et rude. Mystérieux parchemin, vitrail aux pouvoirs mortifères, sciences occultes, disparitions mystérieuses... les menaces pleuvent sur Héloïse, bien décidée à venir à bout des adversaires du roi.

Secrets, which are revealed in this unique collection of extraordinary stories. Written like a historical thriller, Slains Castle’s Secret History is a work of incredible historical fiction—everything within is set around real events.

Konstantinopel, 1203: Everard af Tyrus og 5 andre tempelriddere sniger sig ind i Konstantinopel og stjæler tre trækister fra Imperiebiblioteket. Istanbul, i dag: Den iranske historieprofessor Behrouz Sharafi bliver stoppet på gaden af en mand, der ved alt om Sharafis forskning og hans fund af et gammelt brev. Det bliver begyndelsen på et mareridt. Vatikanstaten, 2 måneder senere: FBI-agenten Sean Reilly er sammen med professor Sharafi på vej til et møde i Vatikanet. Han har desperat brug for hjælp.