Historical Fiction Renaissance

La famosa caza de brujas en Zugarramurdi, el auto de fe de Logroño de 1610, las cárceles secretas de la Inquisición, los bucaneros de La Española, los Hermanos de la Costa y la república libertaria que intentaron crear en la isla Tortuga, los corsarios vascos del mar Caribe… Joanes de Sagarmin, protagonista y narrador de esta novela vivirá todas estas peripecias tras huir de la pequeña aldea navarra de Zugarramurdi. Perseguido por la Inquisición, encontrará refugio junto a otros huérfanos y huidos de la justicia.

Venecia, 1793. Arabella Massari contempla desde su palacio la llegada de los invitados. Ha organizado una gran fiesta de máscaras. Entre los asistentes se encuentra Lucrezia Viviani, la hija del mercader Giuseppe Viviani, que acude con su prometido Roberto Manin. Lucrezia no está dispuesta a casarse con un hombre al que detesta y hará todo lo posible por impedir la boda.

Paris, 1614. Louis XIII n'est qu'un jeune garçon de quatorze ans. La reine mère Marie de Médicis est régente et les Concini abusent de sa faiblesse pour usurper le pouvoir et piller le trésor royal. Paris gronde. C'est dans ce contexte que le chevalier de Pardaillan est venu aider son fils pour retrouver sa petite-fille, née il y a cinq ans et enlevée quelques mois après à ses parents, Jehan de Pardaillan et Bertille de Saugis, probablement sur l'ordre de Faust.

Novela de intriga y aventuras centrada en las peripecias de dos jóvenes idealistas que pretenden salvar a los indios americanos de la esclavitud. Costa de Galicia, 1702. La flota del Oro, lo mejor de la marina española del momento, debía llegar a España cargada con los tesoros de las colonias españolas en las Indias, pero se hunde en la bahía de Vigo a causa del acoso de las tropas luteranas y los arrecifes naturales.

La storia si snoda tra la corte di Luigi XIV, il Re Sole, a Versailles, e le avventure di una famiglia di Ugonotti costretta a fuggire dalla Francia, a causa della persecuzione ordinata dal Re, fino in Canada, in piena sommossa Irochese. Certo siamo lontani dal fascino londinese delle storie di Sherlock Holmes, ma la ricostruzione storica e le avventure a ripetizione fanno di questo un lavoro interessante e facilmente fruibile.

La lettera scarlatta' è uno dei più celebri romanzi dello scrittore statunitense Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Salem, nella Nuova Inghilterra del Seicento...

Marion, la parfumeuse attitrée de la reine est victime d’un enlèvement ! La favorite de Louis XIV pourrait-elle être l’instigatrice d’un tel complot ? Un classique de la littérature jeunesse.

1497, Renaissance Rome: As the teenage daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the Vatican Palace. Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, Lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the Papal Court - in their ruthless quest for power, her father and brother are willing to poison their enemies. After discovering that her new husband is next to die, Lucrezia struggles to help him escape from Rome before the assassins strike.

Chi sta cercando di incastrare Michelangelo per impedirgli di completare il suo David? Nella Firenze del Rinascimento, Nina, Lorenzo e Jamal si ritrovano al servizio del celebre artista. Pungolati dagli enigmi del merlo Mercurio, i tre amici indagano nella vivace città per smontare l'accusa di omicidio che ha colpito il geniale scultore. Tra la rivalità di colleghi e le trame di loschi personaggi, nulla sarà loro risparmiato, neppure la scoperta di lati assai tenebrosi del grande maestro.

"Meser Leonardo da Vinci tiene un concepto tan herético que no se atiene a ninguna religión y estima más ser filósofo que cristiano. Por lo tanto, la resolución es firme y clara: debemos matar a Leonardo da Vinci."

It's been two months since the Kaplan family hunted down the Serpens relic. But when the evil Galina Krause suddenly and violently reappears, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca have no choice but to face her again.

The hunt for the first relic in Copernicus' legacy has sent Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca to the far reaches of the world and put them in serious danger. But they never imagined joining this quest would come at such a high cost. Sara Kaplan - Darrell and Wade's mother - has been kidnapped by the conniving Galina Krause. Which means the stakes couldn't be higher for the Kaplan family as they race across cold, desolate landscapes, speedboat through narrow canals, and sprint through busy city streets in search of the sought-after relic called the Serpens.

One of the first true novels in the English language, Robinson Crusoe is the famous adventure of a castaway and his desert-island companion, Friday.

London, England. A revolutionary decryption program known as TETRA emerges, revealing a cipher with immeasurable power. However, as quickly as the cipher surfaces, it goes missing. Jack's friend and fellow classicist, Egan Church, pursues the cipher by following a mysterious note written five hundred years before by Niccolo Machiavelli. Church ends up in Italy, descending deep into the path of a shadowy brotherhood known as The Prince's Order.

La giovane eroina di questo romanzo, condannata per adulterio nella Boston dei Puritani, dovrà portare per sempre, cucita sul vestito, una lettera scarlatta. Una vicenda dai risvolti imprevedibili, il risveglio della coscienza femminile per l'affermazione dei diritti delle donne. Musica di Kevin Mac Leod

I když se situace v Uhrách v polovině 16. století již trochu uklidnila a útoky Osmanů na nějakou dobu utichly, objeví se jiná nebezpečná a zdánlivě neřešitelná záležitost. Protože použití vojska je vyloučeno a rovněž vyslanec českého krále v Budíně má v tom ohledu ruce svázané, obrátí se královna Anna na královského písaře Jiřího Adama z Dobronína. Pán z Dobronína se rozhodne její prosbě vyhovět a vydává se na tajnou misi do Uher. Ale ještě dříve, než tam stačí dorazit, dojde k první vraždě, která cestu velmi zkomplikuje.

Pubblicato nel 1850, "La lettera scarlatta" è uno dei più importanti romanzi nordamericani dell'Ottocento. Nelle intenzioni dell'autore esso doveva rappresentare al meglio lo spirito puritano dell'epoca coloniale americana. Nella società puritana la libertà dell'individuo coincideva con il bene della comunità, che doveva essere purificata da ogni elemento estraneo, considerato al soldo di Satana. Per questa ragione le autorità imponevano stili di vita improntati a un inflessibile rigore morale.

Elisabetta longs for romance, though she thinks she's too plain. Then, on a visit to Florence, she catches the eye of the great Leonardo da Vinci and falls for a boy, Giuliano de Medici. It's a dangerous time to be involved with a Medici. As tragedy and chaos threaten their happiness, Elisabetta faces the bittersweet truth of love.

The King's Favorite is a mystery thriller set during one of the most spirited, scandalous, and memorable periods in English history - the Restoration - when the son of an executed king brought monarchy back to England after the repressive years of the Commonwealth. Following the coronation of Charles II came a reopening of the theaters, with the first women performing on the English public stage. What follows is a devastating London plague and fire, a monarch who openly indulged his sexual proclivities, a series of plots against the crown, and the first true collection of female celebrities - as actresses, mistresses, and even orange girls.

Will Shakespeare is about to meet the girl who will change his life forever. After a mixed-up courtship with the Hathaway sisters ends badly, Will jumps at the chance to go to London, where he can pursue his dream of becoming an actor. There, Will meets the unusually tall (and strong) Meg who has earned the nickname "Long Meg" for her height. She's also fleeing her own past as an orphan turned thief. Disguised as "Mack", Meg was once a member of a band of boy thieves who betrayed her.