Resultados para "Sin" en Histórico

En la España del siglo de Oro, codicia, corrupción, estafa y asesinato han invadido un reino gobernado por tres viudos y un fraile. Entre tanto hombre sin amor, apenas queda sitio para un hombre honrado. El tercer caso de Isidoro Montemayor. Otoño de 1615. Un doble enlace por poderes está a punto de unir las coronas de Francia y España en una alianza que pretende ser el germen de la paz en Europa: el de la española Ana de Austria con Luis XIII, rey de Francia, y el de la francesa Isabel de Borbón con el príncipe Felipe.

1829 is a tough year to be a body snatcher. Sammy and Facey are a couple of so-called "resurrection men", making a living among society's fringe-dwellers by hoisting the newly departed from the churchyards of London whilst masquerading as late-night bakers. Operating on tip-offs and rumors in the capital’s drinking dens and fighting pits, the pair find themselves in receipt of some valuable intelligence: An unusual cadaver has popped up on the market - that of a hermaphrodite.

The date 1888; the place Whitechapel in London’s East End. Yes, it is the time of the unholy, but mercifully brief, reign of Jack the Ripper. Prostitutes are being viciously murdered by an unknown assailant and, as the murders become ever more horrific, young Polish immigrant, Jacek Kaminski, is gradually suspected of being the perpetrator. He even begins to suspect so himself, being subject to blackouts during which he has no recollection of what he has done.

In Lara Elena Donnellys glamourösem Spionagethriller opfert ein Doppelagent all seine Ideale, um seinen Schmuggler-Geliebten zu retten, bevor ein Regierungsputsch ihre dekadente Stadt übernehmen kann.

This is Northern Ireland in the 1980s, and the Troubles are tearing apart the country. Neighbour turns on neighbour as the Catholic/Protestant divide rages on. In Maze Prison, a group of men start a hunger strike, wanting to be recognised as political prisoners, while on the outside, personal lives are also caught up in the turmoil....

*Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger 2023* 'A great insight into Renaissance Florence. What I love about these books is the seamless weaving of factual history with a great story' – Abir Mukherjee Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the...

The author of the Sin Eater returns with a rousing and propulsive novel based on the astonishing true story of the first female Pinkerton detective whose next assignment could end the Civil War in this “must-read” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) for Amy Stewart and Sarah Waters fans...