Historical Fiction Napoleon

Charlie Tuesday is the city's best thief taker. But one case still eludes him, a mysterious key entrusted by the mother he barely knew. The key opens a chest of priceless papers - papers said to hold the dark alchemy of a lost Brotherhood.

While recovering at his uncle's estate from wounds sustained in the Sudan, Jack Cameron - a loyal Scottish captain in the British army - is haunted by the words of a dying officer: one of her majesty's Black Dragoons is aiding the slavers they were sent to suppress. But how will he uncover the traitor without sending the culprit to ground?

Henry Fleming is a young man who feels the draw of the glory to be found on the battlefield. As the United States is torn by civil war, young Fleming joins the army and quickly finds himself caught up in the chaos of battle. As the canons roar and the muskets flame, Fleming suddenly find himself running, fleeing the battlefield!

El gran misterio de la humanidad, la inmortalidad, es la piedra angular sobre la que giran los argumentos de esta novela de Javier Sierra, "La pirámide inmortal", una versión revisada, actualizada y ampliada de su novela "El secreto egipcio de Napoleón". Después de "El maestro del Prado", Javier Sierra vuelve con más emoción, más sentimiento, más enigmas. Agosto de 1799. Un hombre ha quedado atrapado en el interior de la Gran Pirámide y se debate entre la vida y la muerte. Es el joven general Napoleón Bonaparte.

En el año 1925 María Bonaparte, descendiente directa de Napoleón y poseedora de una inmensa fortuna, pide la ayuda de Sigmund Freud para realizar una terapia sicoanalítica para curarse de lo que ella denominaba “anormalidad orgásmica”. Entre 1925 y el año 1939, año de la muerte de Freud se desarrolla entre los dos una relación de amistad, de cooperación, de solidaridad, que se materializó en la extraordinaria ayuda de María Bonaparte para obtener las visas de salida de Freud de Austria y su ingreso como refugiado en Inglaterra en 1938.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Edward Bellamy’s An Echo of Antietam. Set during the American Civil War it tells the story of a young officer and his girl in the immediate hours before the Battle of Antietam, and the days that followed.

1815. Der Staub der Schlacht von Waterloo hat sich noch nicht gelegt, noch sind nicht alle Opfer begraben. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe und seinen tapferen Riflemen ist dennoch keine Ruhepause vergönnt. Der Duke of Wellington hat erfahren, dass nach dem Untergang Napoleons und seiner Armee bereits ein anderer Feind lauert - eine geheime Bruderschaft fanatischer Revolutionäre, die wild entschlossen sind, Rache zu nehmen. Er schickt Sharpe auf ein neues Schlachtfeld, ins Labyrinth der Straßen von Paris, wo die Linien zwischen Freund und Feind verwischen.

I tredje del af Sandra Gullands trilogi om Josephine bliver hendes ægteskab med Napoleon mere og mere lykkeligt, men parret kan tilsyneladende ikke få børn sammen. Hun har to fra sit første ægteskab og bebrejder sig selv deres barnløshed, mens presset udefra bliver større og større, da omgivelserne kræver en arving. Hvis Josephine ikke kan føde Napoleon en søn, må hun forskydes til fordel for en ung, fødedygtig, kongelig kvinde. Men Napoleon vil gøre alt for at beholde Josephine og i stedet adoptere en søn...

Famous elephant hunter Allan Quatermain is approached by Sir Henry Curtis to help him search for his brother who disappeared in the heart of Africa. When Allan accepts the job, little does he know that the quest for the missing man will drag him over mountains, through deserts, under ground and into the midst of a bloody war.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of H. Rider Haggard’s tale of Allan Quatermain, 'Long Odds'. Allan Quatermain, the famous African hunter, didn’t drink as a rule, but one night while having a particularly fine wine with his friends, he was led to tell the tale of a lion hunt that would leave Allan both poor and wounded.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of a much overlooked classic by Conan Doyle. Down in the cells is Wolf Tone Maloney, the only surviving member of the Raiders gang. A murderer many times over, he is hated by everyone, but he thinks he's the good guy. When the institution's doctor starts listening to his story, a friendship starts to form.