Renaissance Fiction

Carlo meets the famed nun, Sister Giulia di Marco, and her confessor, Father Aniello Arcieri, a few years later, while restoring an altarpiece in a church. The charismatic pair gradually draw the lonely artist into their scandalous Confraternity of Carnal Charity, whose wealthy noble acolytes believe divine glory can be achieved through sexual ecstasy. Unable to continue living a lie, Carlo confesses a big secret to Sister Giulia. The crafty nun wastes no time assigning the novitiate a prominent role within the cult, which soon captures the attention of the Holy Inquisition....

Hassan Clarke is a self-proclaimed ladies' man with his eyes set on the prize. With his jovial ways and gift for gab, he has managed to weasel his way into the lives of two women - his wife, Destiny, and his mistress, Imani. His mistress is a gold-digging, self-serving side chick determined to be with her married lover even if it means losing everything, including her soul, to get to him. However, after putting years of hard work and her hard-earned money into building her husband's firm, Destiny doesn't plan to forgo all the benefits without a fight.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places. You need to know these gross facts in order to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the work these early scientists did for the sake of knowledge.

The shadows are speaking. Can their riddle be unraveled? Eleven years ago, Royal bodyguard Giacomo da Prado first followed young Prince Luca into the shadows. Plunged against his will into a world of illicit magic, Giaco has tried to hold onto the rationality of a Reborn man, even as he walks the line between the two worlds. But now, called upon to serve as Prince Luca’s bodyguard once again, Giaco has to face all his worst fears. Luca has disappeared into the shadows - and Giaco’s beloved wife, the famed card-reader Amanda, is in danger of being pulled after him.

When 27-year-old Jakiyah Smith left New York after a failed relationship, she had no plans of returning, but the death of her sister has forced her to come back. Now Jakiyah must help to care for her sister's child, but she soon finds herself surrounded by drama. German, the man she thought she would be with forever, is still with the woman he left her for. To make matters worse, Jakiyah's mother is the side-piece's newest friend.

Nichts ist so spannend wie die Wirklichkeit - nichts abenteuerlicher als die Geschichte! Wie sah die Welt nach dem Mittelalter aus, wie dachten die Menschen im Humanismus, wie kam es zum Sklavenhandel? Was waren die Bauernkriege, was verbirgt sich hinter dem Namen "Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation"?

Nel maggio del 1624 un uomo accompagna la figlia sulla spiaggia di Santa Severa, dove si è arenata una balena. Esiste anche ciò che è al di là del nostro orizzonte, è questo che il padre insegna a Plautilla. Una visione che contribuirà a fare di quella bambina un'artista, misteriosa pittrice e architettrice nel torbido splendore della Roma barocca.

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?

A.D. 1526. Il racconto segue le paradossali peripezie tra l'Umbria e la Toscana del famoso poeta Pietro Aretino, ritratto in una veste tanto inaspettata per un cortigiano rinascimentale, quanto autentica: arguto, libertino, volgare e sfacciato, come si addice a quello che viene storicamente riconosciuto come l'ipotetico fautore del genere letterario ‘puttanesco'.

In 16th-century Europe, as countries extend their global reach, an Anglo-Dutch allegiance sets out to undermine and bring down the Spanish Empire.

In the late 1590s, Scotland was on the verge of many changes that would shape its future, such as religious reformation and the union of the crowns with England. But in many ways the country, was still rooted in its medieval past, and fear of witches and demons was still a large part of everyday life. Seton confronts his demons, both internal and external, as he wanders on the fringes of history.

Fate - is it written in the stars from the moment we are born, or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in the strange, luxurious prison that is Coudenberg Palace, the royal court of the Spanish infanta. Nobody warned Jepp that, as a court dwarf, daily injustices would become his seemingly unshakeable fate. If the humiliations were his alone, perhaps he could endure them, but it breaks Jepp’s heart to see his friend Lia suffer.

Pubblicato a Parigi nel 1839, "La Badessa di Castro" di Stendhal è considerato dalla critica la prova generale della "Certosa di Parma"...

Il capolavoro della letteratura italiana e la base dell' italiano corretto. L’ascolto ribalterà le cattive impressioni dovute al forzato apprendimento scolastico. Si apprezzerà un romanzo fresco, ironico, di grande spessore spirituale.Di grande attualità; una storia d’amoreAdatto a: tutti, iIn particolare a chi a scuola l’ha detestato e si è sempre chiesto se era un capolavoro oppure no; ai cultori del romanzo storico; a chi ha fede e a chi non ne ha, per un confronto con un’opera dalle infinite sfaccettature.

En esta obra, de corte histórico, que se sitúa a mediados del siglo XVI. El parecido físico permite a Tom Canty, un niño pobre y soñador, suplantar al príncipe Eduardo, que se aburre en palacio. De este modo, el príncipe, mezclado con el pueblo, conoce las injusticias cometidas por su gobierno. Pero ¿qué ocurrirá cuando quiera recuperar su identidad y reparar sus errores?

This is a performance of the very first English translation of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. This translation, published by Edward Dacres, first appeared in 1640. Machiavelli's original Italian edition was printed in 1532, five years after his death. Due to the evil associated with Machiavelli's book, it took 108 years for The Prince to be published in the English language.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1535. Der Bischof von Münster hat die Stadt von den Wiedertäufern zurückerobert, und auch das Moordorf Ahlbeck, wo der Bauernsohn Ambros Vortkamp mit seinem Vater lebt, ist von dem Aufruhr nicht unberührt geblieben. Ein verwundeter Müller erscheint im Dorf und will die Wassermühle wieder aufbauen, die vor Jahren durch ein Feuer zerstört wurde.

Amsterdam, 1640er Jahre. Helena Jans van der Strom arbeitet als Magd bei einem Buchhändler. Ein großes Glück für sie, denn sie kann lesen und schreiben. Der neue Hausgast ihres Herrn fasziniert sie: Er arbeitet ununterbrochen und zieht viele Besucher an. Sein Name ist René Descartes und sie ist zu neugierig, um Distanz zu wahren. Helenas Charme und ihr Wissensdurst beeindrucken ihn. Und so geschieht, was nicht sein darf: Sie verlieben sich - sie, Calvinistin und nur eine einfache Magd, er, Katholik und Europas aufstrebender Philosoph. Doch beide lassen sich vom vorherrschenden Standesdünkel des Goldenen Zeitalters in Holland nicht aufhalten.

In 1642, a pregnant Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery, shunned by her neighbors, and forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' on her dress. Meanwhile, Hester's husband - long thought to be lost at sea - has returned to Boston under the assumed name 'Roger Chillingworth' and plots to uncover her lover's identity. After her daughter Pearl is born, Hester is frequently visited by both Reverend Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, but always refuses to name her lover.

England 1670: Der schwärende Konflikt zwischen Protestanten und Katholiken und der Geheimvertrag von Dover mit dem französischen König Ludwig XIV. bilden den Rahmen für Sandra Lessmanns fesselnden historischen Roman: Im Auftrag König Charles' II. reist der Jesuitenpater Jeremy Blackshaw nach Paris, auf der Suche nach einem verschwundenen Briefwechsel zwischen Charles und seiner Schwester Henriette, der Schwägerin König Ludwigs. Keinesfalls darf die Korrespondenz in die falschen Hände geraten, denn diese birgt ein brisantes Geheimnis.