Historická beletrie, Strana 7

Desire. Destiny. And a choice that will change history. Katherine of Aragon is betrothed at the age of three to Prince Arthur, son and heir of Henry VII of England. She is...

The marriage of Eleanor Courteney and Robert Morland heralded the founding of the great Morland Dynasty. Now, Paul, their great grandson is caught up in the conflict of Kings...

The young Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley, gaining a fearsome reputation. Then his ship is captured and he is abandoned on the North African coast. After...

The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand´s West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of...

It started with a letter... Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst...

1790. France is aflame in revolution. In the ancient fortress walls of her abbey, a young nun called Mireille discovers a mystical chess set that has been buried there for a...

All his life, Alexander defied the limits the gods gave mortals. That passion overwhelmed cities and armies...and united a vast empire. Alexander was no longer simply King of...

401 BC. Under the banner of Cyrus - brother of the Persian king Artaxerxes - 10,000 Spartans march into the empire's heart to claim the throne. But a battle can be won - or...

What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller "The Godfather"; with the creation of the Corleones, he forever redefined...

It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever...

1771- the Colony of North Carolina stands in an uneasy balance, with the rich, colonial aristocracy on one side and the struggling pioneers of the backcountry on the...

England is peaceful under George III, and Morland Place flourishes under the careful tending of Jemima and her loyal husband Allen. Their seven children often bring them...