Historical Fiction Renaissance

Allegra Castagno harbors a secret so big that it can ruin her life and her father's reputation. Exceptionally talented, yet banned from the Florentine guilds, she devises a clever ruse in order to secretly ply her beloved craft. In time, the exquisite jewelry designs of "La Castagna" are being praised in noble courts from Venice to Rome.

Beautiful Catrienne Lyly vowed to avenge herself on the powerful magistrate who had destroyed her noble family. Even if it meant that she must match wits with Nicholas D'Avenant, Queen Elizabeth's most mysterious agent. And even if his bold swordplay and seductive cunning drew her into a far deadlier game—and more dangerous passion. For Nicholas, the man Cat sought was his only link to the traitors who would bring England to war. And even as he found himself yielding to Cat’s fiery innocence, he moved to discover all her secrets—even if the price might be more than he’d ever dare lose.

In The Lantern: A Renaissance Mystery, a 21st century American woman searches to learn the truth about the 15th century mysterious Italian girl who dared to compete with the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Across time and space, their lives collide as they battle abuse, disease, fear and prejudice in pursuit of their dreams. Along the way, they intersect with some of the most famous figures of the Renaissance.

In una fredda notte in cui la Storia faceva le prove generali di Rinascimento, mentre i signori d’Italia s’annientavano a vicenda per l’effimero controllo dei labili confini dei propri Stati, un giovane diplomatico pontificio dal passato misterioso preferiva di gran lunga cimentarsi nell’arte della seduzione più che in quella bellica. Chi era costui?

Theodore’s Plate, the initial volume (the “Book”), is set during Christmas. The Book introduces us to eight-year-old Theodore, the precocious child of a peasant family that lives deep in a dense forest during the Renaissance. The Animated Christmas Special provides a deeper and broader look at the world of Theodore.

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.

Sally Green is about to die. She sees Death in the streets. She can taste it in her gin. She can feel it in the very walls of the ramshackle brothel where she is kept to satisfy the perversions of the wealthy. She had come to London as a runaway in search of her Cavalier father. Instead, she found Wrath, a sadistic nobleman determined to use her to fulfill a sinister ambition. As the last of her friends are murdered one by one, survival hinges on escape.

After being rescued from her kidnapping by a handsome highwayman, she returns home only to find her marriage prospects drastically reduced. Her father expects her to marry the repulsive Lord Lewes, but Jane has other plans. All she can think about is her highwayman, and she is determined to find him again.

12 quests. 12 relics. And a race to save the fate of the world. Travel deeper into the mysterious world of the Copernicus Legacy with the Copernicus Archives: exciting, series-companion novellas that get you close to the characters and the heart of the adventure. The first installment - Wade and the Scorpion's Claw - picks up right where book one left off, with the Kaplan family seeking the next Copernicus relic.

Nella metà del sedicesimo secolo, in Inghilterra un piccolo straccione si ferma davanti al cancello della residenza reale per spiare la vita dei grandi signori...

XV. Louis'nin sarayının en sözü geçer metresi olan güzel, zeki, merak uyandırıcı Madame de Prie, kraliyet emrine göre sarayı hemen terk etmek ve Normandiya'dan Courbépine'deki çiftliğe çekilmek zorunda kalır. Fakat sürgün döneminde manipülatif oyunları iş görmez ve topluma olan açlığı gün geçtikçe artmaya başlar. Kendini ve çevresindeki insanları kandırma eğiliminde olan madam, Paris'teki hayatını renklendirmek adına malikânesinde sıkça gösterişli eğlenceler düzenlemeye başlar. Başlattığı oyunun bedeliyse bu kez çok ağır olur.

"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."

Antes que America entrara a la Selección, estaba enamorada de un muchacho llamado Aspen Leger. El guardián está contada desde el punto de vista de Aspen y comienza justo después de que las chicas seleccionadas fueran reducidas a la élite. Conoceremos su vida fuera de los muros del palacio y la vida real de los guardianes reales, un mundo que America nunca podrá conocer.

English artist Alice Bulbeck and her twin brother, Edward, approach Axel Webb to find a lost Shakespeare play entitled The History of Cardenio. The play, performed only once for James I, has been lost for 400 years. It wasn’t included in the 1623 First Folio published by Shakespeare’s friends after his death. It is the only known play credited to William Shakespeare that has never been published. The question is, why?

Shakespeare's plays have been beloved for so many years that his characters and words have shaped our world today. This collection has adapted these works adapted for younger listeners, introducing them to iconic characters such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

Dove è finito Mercurio? Se lo chiedono angosciati Nina, Jamal e Lorenzo davanti alla Cappella degli Scrovegni, dove si ritrovano in calzamaglie e babbucce. Il merlo magico, che li ha appena catapultati nella Padova di sette secoli fa, è scomparso e loro rischiano di restare intrappolati per sempre nel passato. La vita è piena di insidie nel Medioevo, ma ad accompagnarli nelle loro peripezie ci saranno due fiorentini un po' speciali: Giotto, che sta affrescando le pareti della chiesetta, e Dante, a cui sta venendo in mente una nuova idea per un poema.

Un tuono, una raffica di vento, il merlo Mercurio spalanca le sue ali e Nina, Jamal e Lori si ritrovano nella Città Eterna: Roma. Ma... nel periodo barocco. Entrati in Santa Maria del Popolo, si imbattono in Artemisia Gentileschi, intenta ad ammirare le tele di Caravaggio. La grande artista è inquieta: la sua amica Ciecherella è scomparsa. E con lei la formula segreta del suo giallo, il colore delle eroine nei suoi quadri. La verità sulla sparizione è più oscura di quanto sembra. Indagando tra bassifondi e palazzi nobiliari, i tre ragazzi sapranno far luce su questo mistero?

It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years, and no one believes it is a threat. One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her.

In the middle of the XVI century, when he abandoned his town, the Exiled knew that the only thing he could aspire to was survival. He would not begin at zero but under zero. He was going to a strange country, up north, in search of a place where thinking or feeling was not punishable by death. In this journey towards life and freedom, the Exiled has to distinguish between two paths: one that leads to survival and the one that leads to death. It’s a vital choice, the same one that individuals, cultures, and nations must also make if they wish to advance and not become extinct.

Seit einiger Zeit wohnt Viktoria auf dem Bauernhof der Familie Weiß. Sie ist ein verwöhntes, störrisches Mädchen. Der Bauer und seine Frau bemühen sich sehr um sie. Für die Kinder der Familie ist das Mädchen ein Rätsel. Woher kommt sie? Wer ist ihr Vater? Warum läuft sie plötzlich weg? Eines Tages erscheint König Ludwig lll. auf dem Bauernhof.