Medieval Historical Mystery

With Isabella and Molay both trapped in Paris, the weight of the world hangs on the shoulders of two unsuspecting nuns who are caught up in a game of control for the medieval world. Sister Fransie and Sister Caroline must flee France and smuggle the key to the Templars' greatest secret across the Camino de Santiago. On their pilgrimage, the sisters are forced to face the seven deadly sins, which have taken on a physical form and threaten to stop them at every turn.

AD 1045. Godwin of Wessex, one of the most powerful earls in the country, prepares for the marriage of his daughter to King Edward of England. The mood is jubilant, his family's relationship with the Crown secured through matrimony. But one man seeks to undermine him at every opportunity.

Un marqués decadente que vive en un palacete de Madrid se empeña en representar vívidamente la tragedia del príncipe Carlos, hijo de Felipe II. Con el fin de conservar a su cliente, el abogado Lic Salinas le acompaña vestido con ropas del siglo XVI. Sin embargo, lo que en principio sólo parece una excentricidad, acaba con una extraña muerte que obliga a llevar a cabo una peligrosa investigación. Una novela de intriga en la que la historia y el presente quedan unidos por la tragedia.

Bologna, dicembre 1311. Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista, viene incaricato dal podestà di far luce su una morte strana e orribile: un membro del Consiglio degli Anziani è stato rinvenuto carbonizzato in casa sua, eppure nella stanza nulla fa pensare a un incendio. Perfino la poltrona su cui l'uomo era seduto è rimasta quasi integra, mentre il corpo è bruciato in modo irregolare. I piedi sono illesi, un braccio è interamente ustionato, tutto il resto è ridotto in cenere. Mondino fa trasportare le spoglie nel suo studio per esaminarle.

Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he is to rule the Mercian kingdom of his dead father and prevent the neighboring king of Northumbria from claiming it. Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races to battle the alliance of the Northumbrian king, unsure if his brother stands with him or against him as they seek battle glory for themselves, and the right to rule gained through bloody conquest. There will be a victor and a bloody loser and a king will rise from the ashes of the great and terrible battle of Hædfeld.

Imprisoned in Damascus, Dragonetz suffers the mind games inflicted by his anonymous enemies as he is forced to remember the traumatic events of the crusade two years earlier. His military prowess is as valuable and dangerous to the balance of power as the priceless Torah he has to deliver to Jerusalem, and the key players want Dragonetz riding with them—or dead. Instead of remaining safely at home, Estela is desperate to rescue Dragonetz at all costs. She sets out for the Holy Land, never realizing that the person she thinks will be her knight's savior might actually be his doom.

À la fin du XIIe siècle, un pèlerin de Saint-Jacques est retrouvé assassiné dans l'enceinte de l'abbaye de Hautefage. Peu après, un homme qui détenait de précieuses informations sur le crime meurt à son tour, noyé. Qui est le meurtrier ? Plus l'enquête avance, plus on se demande s'il y a encore des innocents...

When Valeria Karjan's hand was given in marriage to the handsome and powerful Count Vlad Dracula, she dreamed of happiness but, instead, her life was filled with longing for her absent husband, their country ravaged by war. When Vlad a last returned from the battlefield, he was a changed man, an alluring and dangerous creature with a thirst for her blood...and more wives.

Parecía que el esposo de Sofía iba a morir en el hospital, pero ocurre un milagro: un ángel le salva la vida. ¿Cómo puede ella explicarlo desde su mente científica? El corazón le da un vuelco cuando encuentra la respuesta en la desconocida historia de Amtalai, la madre de Abraham, y se da cuenta de que el mismo ángel los salvó a ellos hace miles de años.

After escaping from a life sentence at a convent, Lady Aveline of Froulingham fulfills her ambition of linking up with King Richard’s forces in the Holy Land. Her quest is to find her former lover, Sir Quentin de Ballon, sentenced by the Church to fight in the crusade for 13 years as punishment for their illicit love affair. Aveline finds herself in the midst of the war between Richard the Lionheart's and Saladin's armies, as they battle for control of Jerusalem. She quickly earns the monicker, The Green Devil - feared by Saladin's army for her formidable skills with sword and bow.

Anno 999. Il monaco Galdinius, insieme con altri due confratelli, decide di trasformare la torre di Torba, nei pressi di Varese, in un monastero. Con l'aiuto dei contadini locali e in particolare del longobardo Wilfredo, capo del villaggio vicino, il monastero diventa il fulcro attorno a cui rifioriscono il territorio circostante e la comunità. Per ottenere un supporto nelle numerose attività intraprese, Galdinius chiede e ottiene dalla madre badessa del vicino convento di Caira che otto delle sue monache si trasferiscano a Torba.

Oswald de Lacy, Lord of Somershill, sits at his mother's deathbed. Before she dies, he must make a confession. He needs to tell of the days when he was 18 years old, the third, disregarded son of the family, sent off to become a monk, working in the infirmary while plague raged outside the monastery. Of how he was sent to a nearby village and witnessed the death of a local girl, and how he swore to investigate...and how he was drawn into a crime so dark and terrifying, it haunts him - and his family - still.

After the birth of the Red Sulphur Twins, the forces of the Subtle Realm conjure a whirlwind of destruction. The Sun King and Prince William of Orange battle over the future of Europe shaping the fate of modernity. In their laboratory our family of alchemists closes in on the ultimate source of the magical red sulphur while struggling with unbearable jealousies.

August 1284. On the heels of King Edward's triumph over Wales, he receives the worst news possible: His eldest living son and heir to the throne of England has died. Concerned that his victories in Wales, and even more the means by which he came by them, have brought the wrath of the Almighty down upon his house, King Edward sends Catrin and Rhys to Windsor Castle to investigate. But although they find victims and villains aplenty, their far greater test is managing the expectations of a grieving king, who fears his son was murdered - and fears even more that he wasn't.

Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace to copy a manuscript for the prioress. But the prioress already has many copyists at the priory, and Christine senses that something is amiss. Her suspicions are confirmed when the prioress reveals that one of the sisters has been found murdered in the cloister.

Abandoned as a child and raised by the Church, young Sebastian works tirelessly in his pursuit of priesthood. But when a shadowy hooded figure serves him with a summons, his careful plans face a turning point. It appears his name has drawn the attention of the Inquisition and his attendance is commanded at once - for retribution, information, or something else, he does not know.