Renaissance Fiction

Rivalry and battle abound in this action-packed historical adventure of the English Civil War. 1643: Sir William Wallers army has been defeated on Roundway Down, his infantry left stranded on the bleak slopes at the mercy of the Royalist cavalry. Sir Ralph Hopton is now free to turn his attention to Parliaments bastion in the West Bristol. The city walls are strong enough, but Bristol has precious few men and even fewer guns with which to defend them.

All’approssimarsi di un evento decisivo per la storia della Cristianità – la battaglia di Lepanto (1571) che impegnerà la flotta mussulmana dell’Impero Ottomano e quelle alleate del Papa e dell’Imperatore guidate da don Giovanni d’Austria, figlio naturale di Carlo V d’Absburgo – a Messina un maturo frate intellettuale e una donna di nobili origini, giunta da Aquisgrana al seguito del giovane condottiero, tramano un complesso intrigo per favorire la flotta imperiale a scapito dei papisti, tra colpi di scena e difficoltà nel portare a buon esito il piano.

"Столпы земли" - грандиозная панорама самых темных лет в истории Англии, когда борьба за престол и междоусобные войны были привычным фоном жизни. Перед читателем раскрываются сплетенные в единый клубок истории самых разных людей - от простых ремесленников до графов и членов королевских семей. Воссоздан целый мир страстей и преступлений, интриг, тайн, страхов, любви и верности, на фоне которого медленно и величественно разворачивается строительство самого высокого собора в Англии.

On the heels of the best seller success of her novel The Wedding, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories that explore both the realism of everyday life, and the fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of one woman's life in a mythic time.

June 1589: Lord Sinclair, proud of his castle in Aberdeenshire, hosts the banquet to celebrate peace with England and the king's impending marriage. Celebrations have to be discreet, as the country is facing political and financial turmoil, but this won't be a quiet night's celebration for the king. It can't be, not for Lord Sinclair's sake.

In this rambunctious satire, Wallace Thurman, one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance, takes his fellow artists and critics to task. The setting is a buzzing apartment building in 1930s Harlem, where avatars for the likes of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, and Thurman himself come together to push past old boundaries and test out new ideas. But the heat of this collective energy soon threatens to consume them all, as wild parties, jealous rages, and intellectual conflicts turn the literary circle into an out-of-control hothouse of personal drama.

15 ans plus tard, Madame Eliane est désormais comtesse de Pardaillan. Mais qu'est devenu son mari?

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.

The journey into adulthood is stranger than she expects. Graduation from community college isn't the magic elixir Hetty Locklear counts on for becoming an adult. Her parents, who work the Renaissance fair circuit, insist she spend part of the summer with them. Hetty doubts pretending to live in the Middle Ages will help her find her way.

Roman historique d'aventures. L'histoire se déroule sous le règne de Louis XIII. Nous sommes en 1622. Le page de M. de Vendôme sauve de la rue une jeune fille de 15 ans (Eliane). Il l'a confie à sa tante au couvent, attenant à la demeure de M. de Vendôme. Il tombe amoureux, mais pour cela, il doit avant tout avoir une bonne situation et attendre quelques années.

"Versailles, lundi 13 mars 1679 À la nuit tombée. Je m’appelle Marion Dutilleul. J’ai 18 ans. Hier soir, après trois jours passés dans l’univers abominable de la sorcellerie, c’est avec un plaisir infini que j’ai retrouvé ma chambre, juste au-dessus de celle de Sa Majesté la reine Marie-Thérèse..." Ainsi commence le journal intime découvert par Amélie et son père, Philippe-Henry Schunck, en 1819. À cette trouvaille s’ajoute celle d’une plaque de cuivre datant du siècle de Louis XIV, puis d’une urne en forme de cœur. Pour Amélie et son père, c’est le début d’une enquête palpitante.

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.

Venice is sinking, so they say. And so are Nico's chances to prosper in the most glorious city in the world. Nurse Francesca is threatening to send him to a farm to pick olives, he has failed at two apprenticeships, and one of the most powerful men in Venice would like to sink his lifeless body into the deepest canal. Orphans have very few options, and Nico might be forced to chose the one he most wishes to avoid: leaving Venice behind forever.

Florencia, mediados del siglo XVI. Lucrezia, tercera hija del gran duque Cosimo de' Medici, es una niña callada y perspicaz, con un singular talento para el dibujo, que disfruta de su discreto y tranquilo lugar en el palazzo. Pero cuando muere su hermana Maria, justo antes de casarse con Alfonso d'Este, primogénito del duque de Ferrara, Lucrezia se convierte inesperadamente en el centro de atención: el duque se apresura a pedir su mano, y su padre a aceptarla. Poco después, con solo quince años, se traslada a la corte de Ferrara, donde es recibida con recelo.

No caso de Marieta da Silveira, seu primeiro amor havia lhe deixado um gosto amargo de decepção e mentira. Imaginara que ele era diferente, que a via além de todo o estigma que seu povo sofria, que ela mesma carregava, mas não.

En finstämd 1700-tals berättelse om vänskapens starka band av oslagbara Anna Sparre! November 1766. Den danska prinsessan Sophia Magdalena har äntligen anlänt till slottet och hon ska presenteras för hovet som Kronprins Gustafs gemål. Men varför småler hon mot den yngsta hovjungfrun, den rödhåriga flickan som hon så småningom ger smeknamnet Ugglan? Lilla Ugglan blev det smeknamn som drottning Sophia Magdalena gav sin hovdam Maria Aurora Uggla. Under nästan femtio år var Ugglan en av drottningens närmaste hovdamer, hennes förtrogna.

Ein großer Historischer Roman um den Bau des Hamburger Michels, Krieg und Frieden und die Freiheit, sein eigenes Glück zu suchen. Nach einem verunglückten Experiment wird Benjamin von seinem Vater nach Hamburg geschickt. Anfangs tut sich der junge Architekt schwer so fern der Heimat. Er wird belogen und betrogen, doch bald lernt er Menschen kennen, auf die er zählen kann - allen voran Lucia, die stehlen muss, um das Überleben ihrer Familie zu sichern. Sie fasziniert ihn, auch weil sie blitzgescheit ist.

Der vierte Teil der historischen Erfolgsroman-Serie "Die Wanderapothekerin" aus dem 18. Jahrhundert um eine junge mutige Heldin in einer aufregenden Zeit vom Bestseller-Duo Iny Lorentz! Lena, die älteste Tochter der Wander-Apothekerin Klara, darf den Fürsten Friedrich auf einer Reise nach Venedig begleiten. Die begabte Malerin hat schon lange davon geträumt, Italien zu sehen, und ahnt nicht, dass Friedrichs wahres Ziel ganz wo anders liegt: Der wagemutige junge Fürst will in Palästina das Wasser für die Taufe seines Kindes höchstpersönlich aus dem Jordan schöpfen.

A civil rights activist and key figure in African American literary history, Alice Dunbar-Nelson made her mark during the emerging Harlem Renaissance. Violets and Other Tales is her debut (included here in full, save for three stories later updated in The Goodness of St. Rocque). The collection includes poetry, short stories, and essays offering a varied examination of class differences, racial identity, oppression, intolerance, and women’s societal roles. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories assembles 14 of Dunbar’s short works of fiction.

The running wolf inscription told the world that a Solingen blade was at its throat. When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne's powerful right-hand man, the Earl of Nottingham, take such a keen interest? At the end of the turbulent 17th century, the ties that bind men are fraying, turning neighbour against neighbour, friend against friend and brother against brother.