Ancient Historical Fiction

Enslaved in Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom...until the kingdom is conquered by enemy forces and she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks’ exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into an impossible love.

The new Pharaoh, Ramses, aspires to greatness of a magnitude undreamed of by mortal men. But to thwart his dreams, a gaggle of fiends, including a sorcerer, invaders, and his own brother awaits him. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth - people such as Moses and the aging Greek poet, Homer - can truly be trusted.

"بردية أنوبيس" ليست مجرّد رواية بل هي عرضٌ شيّق لحقائق من تاريخنا القديم وصلتها بالحاضر وتأثيرها على المستقبل بشكلٍ غير مألوف في عالم الأدب.

After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark’s throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarls jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed only to return home to find Ribe sacked by those he trusted and Charles, a pawn in a much bigger political game, kidnapped. Consumed by the loss of Charles, Sven is shocked by the arrival of the Abbess Hildegard, daughter of his nemesis King Louis of East Francia, who seeks the whereabouts of Charles, her son, and also the cross of Charlemagne.

King Aethelred’s the Unready’s army has been defeated at the historic Battle of Maldon by Viking invaders led by Olaf Tryggvason and King Sweyn Forkbeard. Saxon warrior Beornoth emerges from the ashes of defeat with his heart aflame with vengeance and when King Aethelred sends for Beornoth with orders to punish those traitors responsible for the crushing defeat, he heeds the king’s call. With a small band of loyal warriors, Beornoth embarks on an unforgiving journey across the perilous landscape to seek out Godric and exact his bloody revenge.

AD 796. Sailing in search of an object of great power, Hunlaf and his comrades are far from home when they are caught up in a violent skirmish against pirates. After the bloody onslaught, an encounter with ships from Islamic Spain soon sees them escorted under guard to the city of Qadis, one of the jewels of the Emirate of Al-Andalus and the true destination of their voyage. Hunlaf believes the Emir's lands hold the key to his search, but there are dangerous games at play.

In this compelling work of fiction, the author places Jesus in the historical context of ancient Jewish practice and tradition; he is at once a charismatic rabbi and a political activist who uses his awareness of a transcendent reality - culminating in the Kingdom of Heaven - to try to bring justice to his people and a broader compassion for humankind. With The Gospel According to Lazarus, Richard Zimler brings the familiar story vividly to life and finds fresh meaning in the Passion and Crucifixion.

Can a painting hold a secret safe in plain sight across seven centuries? The murder of the last member of an old Venetian family peels back the rug on a shocking truth that draws art historian and textile expert Phoebe McCabe into the fray. What she sees in the missing Renaissance symbology will shake the foundations of religious and cultural assumptions across two continents and point the way to a priceless hoard. It’s a secret potent enough to pitch rival factions against Phoebe and her team while destroying history as collateral damage along the way.

Conquistó el imperio más poderoso del mundo, pero la guerra más violenta la libró contra sí mismo. Tras el asesinato de su padre, Alejandro asciende al trono de Macedonia. Acaba de heredar no solo el título, sino también el deber de salir victorioso en la misión que le reclama su pueblo: arrebatar a los persas las tierras que una vez fueron griegas y devolverles la libertad. Sin embargo, no puede detenerse ahí; la sangre de reyes, de héroes, de dioses que corre por sus venas lo obliga a llevar a cabo una empresa mucho más ambiciosa.

Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daughter of an adulteress, sister of a monster, and now unwilling bride to the much-older, power-hungry Theseus. Young, naïve, and idealistic, she has accepted her lot in life, resigned to existing under the sinister weight of Theseus’s control and the constant watchful eye of her handsome stepson Hippolytus. When supposedly pious Hippolytus assaults her, Phaedra’s world is darkened in the face of untouchable, prideful power. In the face of injustice, Phaedra refuses to remain quiet any longer.

Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman politician, is summoned by the Emperor, Augustus Caesar. Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. He serves in the Roman army, gaining Roman citizenship and an officer's rank, and learning the arts of war and policy as practiced by the Romans. An epic battle is brewing, and these two men stand on opposite sides of what will forever be known as the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest---a ferocious, bloody clash that will change the course of history.

يعود الكاتب الليبي "فرج العشة" في روايته الثانية "سينسيوس وهيباتيا" إلى أواخر القرن الثالث الميلادي، ليحكي لنا بأسلوب روائي، عن الصراع بين الدين المسيحي والفلسفة الذي كان على أشدّه في ذلك الوقت من التاريخ.

Veinte años tardará Ulises, el rey de Ítaca, en volver a su patria. Luego de luchar en la guerra de Troya por diez años, siendo uno de los héroes, Ulises emprende el regreso a su tierra natal. Pero una ofensa al dios Poseidón lo alejará de su camino por otros diez años, siendo condenado a navegar sin rumbo y a vivir las más extrañas aventuras y vicisitudes en el camino. Así, en su retorno a Ítaca, Ulises desafiará monstruos y tempestades, se enfrentará a encantamientos y a las seductoras sirenas, sobreponiéndose al designio de los dioses, en su intento por volver a su hogar.

A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth. But Jack and his team might be able to ward off the coming Armageddon if they can find the fabled Six Sacred Stones.

لم ينتصر الشيطان للحظة واحدة على الدرويش. كان عليه تصديق أن (سراج) الشاب، الصعيدي البسيط، يمكنه أن يكون مفتاحه ، ورغم صعوبة التحدي، وعجائب الطريق، إلا أن المقام الأعلى لخليفة الله كان هو الأمل. رحلة اختلط فيها الواقع بالخيال. الحقيقة والزيف. رحلة مكانية، وزمانية، وقلبية، في نفس الوقت. رحلة البحث عن الله.

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel - a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring - they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course. Now it's up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak's missing parents while they're at it.

Quem não conhece a fascinante história da mais famosa rainha do Egito? Ambiciosa e destemida, Cleópatra não para diante de nenhum obstáculo antes de conquistar o poder. Ao envolver e seduzir César, o conquistador romano, ela tem um filho que deveria reinar sobre o trono do mundo... Mas César é assassinado repentinamente e agora ela deve se servir de toda sua sedução para continuar seus planos. Esse romance biográfico retrata a trajetória conturbada de Cleópatra sem deixar de descrever os costumes envolvidos nos bastidores da história egípcia.

A.D. 9: Wie konnten drei römische Legionsadler in den Wäldern Germaniens verlorengehen? Arminius, Sohn des Fürsten der Cherusker, führt ein Bündnis sechs germanischer Stämme an und bringt der römischen Armee mit der Vernichtung dreier Legionen in der Varusschlacht eine ihrer verheerendsten Niederlagen bei. Wie kam es dazu, dass Arminius, aufgewachsen als Römer, dem Römischen Reich den Rücken kehrte und einen Verrat beging - einen Verrat so gigantischen Ausmaßes, dass er bis heute widerhallt?

The Adventures of Odysseus is the story of what happened after the Trojan War when Odysseus, the most cunning of all the Greek heroes, left Troy and made his way back home to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It was first told by a poet named Homer nearly 3,000 years ago and is retold in this new version especially for younger listeners.

Die Vergangenheit der Cherusker holt Thorag ein. Auja und Thusnelda, die Frauen der Etruskerfürsten, sind noch immer in der Gewalt der Römer. Die Suche nach den beiden führt Thorag nach Ravenna. Hier muss er gegen monströse Sumpfschlangen kämpfen, um Gaviana, die schöne Tochter des reichen Bürgers Apicius, zu retten. Dankbar nimmt dieser Thorag bei sich auf. Doch beunruhigende Ereignisse geschehen und Thorag wird in seinen Träumen von der Vergangenheit der Cherusker verfolgt. Immer wieder erscheint ihm ein Mann im Traum, Flavus der Einäugige, Bruder des Arminius. Thorag ahnt, dass er ihm bald begegnen wird.