Títulos en Histórico

Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.

Plunging listeners into the untold stories of the Atlantic theater, George Wallace and Don Keith’s Argentia Station is a sweeping tale of bravery, brotherhood, and sacrifice. Great for fans of Tom Clancy and Lee Jackson.

An elderly recluse informs historian Cameron Thorne that he has discovered the secret at the core of Freemasonry. The next day, he is killed. Thorne quickly focuses on a mysterious stone tablet, given to Moses by God along with the Ten Commandments, purportedly passed down to the Freemasons by the medieval Knights Templar. When a sultry Mossad agent joins the search—claiming that the tablet contains ancient scientific equations and formulas lost to mankind—Thorne becomes certain of one thing: He needs to locate the tablet before he becomes its second victim.

Amidst the Hundred Years' War, alliances must be brokered. The Duke of Clarence, second son of King Edward III, journeys from Paris to marry the daughter of the powerful Lord of Milan. Little does he know that he is heading into a trap. Luckily the Duke is preceded on the road to Milan by Sir Thomas Blackstone, Master of War, on an urgent mission of his own. Blackstone must get his hands on the gold the Prince of Wales needs to wage successful war in France. But there is a price on Blackstone's head, and assassins willing to risk everything to claim it before he even gets to Milan.

À la veille de la première croisade, une mission diplomatique tourne mal et plonge un novice bénédictin de 17 ans dans un périple vertigineux autour de la Méditerranée du XIe siècle. Mare Nostrum est un roman d’aventures à la croisée des genres entre histoire, fantastique, romance et quête existentielle.

From the celebrated, New York Times bestselling author comes the twisted thriller of an MIT grad student who unwittingly uncovers the hidden connection between the Gardner Museum heist and the most fascinating secret in American history. THE CARD SHARK: Hailey Gordon is looking to make some fast...

Deborah’s husband was hung for murder ten years ago. She still believes he was innocent. Deborah turns to the judge who sentenced her husband as the one person who can help her clear his name … and in doing so, she learns that Dark Hollow holds more secrets than she imagined …

Rudi Kessler broke the world. He built a time machine and tried to stop the worst events of the twentieth century from taking place. But that was in another life, and now his younger self has to try to fix it with the help of Olga, his sister Carla, and Henry Clive. Carla and Olga must traverse Europe, taking out key figures from history whilst maintaining the air of respectable Edwardian ladies. Henry, after posing as his own father during the Boer War, must blend into the corridors of Westminster, influencing the decisions that will bring Europe back from the brink of war.

Quan a Roma arriben veus de l'existència d'una fera terrible al nord d'Àfrica, el cèlebre orador Ciceró, Pare de la Pàtria, decideix enviar-hi el seu fill rebel. Si aconsegueix capturar la bèstia potser recuperi l'estima del seu pare. En ple desert, però, el jove Marc Tuli Ciceró i els seus companys d'expedició s'hauran d'enfrontar a un perill inimaginable. Un enemic que pot acabar amb la ciutat fundada per Ròmul i Rem... i amb l'existència mateixa tal com l'han conegut els humans a la superfície de la Terra.

George V is a vassal, the British government has fled, and Zeppelins rain fire on London. As the might of the Reich sweeps through southern England, Kathleen Lynch has a choice to make. Before fleeing north, Churchill’s final act is to gather the men of London with a violent past and direct them to the vast network of tunnels beneath the city. When the call comes, who will rise to the challenge and who will fall in line with the new regime?

Rok 1949. Wszystko jest inaczej. W niezniszczonym Kołobrzegu stoi wielki hotel. A wokół morderstwa, strajki i groźba rewolucji... Hotel Czarny Bałtyk podzielny jest na część polską i żydowską. Pewnego dnia w części polskiej zostaje znaleziona martwa Żydówka. Jedyna droga ucieczki dla mordercy mogła prowadzić przez balkon, ale hotel stoi na klifie, a plaża poniżej pilnowana jest przez wojsko i otoczona drutem kolczastym. Podejrzani o dokonanie zbrodni są stara hrabina, kamerdyner, szachista-zegarmistrz i robotnik.

No one had heard from Janet Livingston’s brother in years. The world-famous missionary and explorer had captured the imagination of millions with his book about his travels through the Colonial British Empire … but then he simply vanished. So, when Janet received a cryptic message from Africa, along with a necklace their father gave him, she knew he was still alive and needed her help. But a woman traveling alone to the farthest corners of the Empire was simply out of the question.

Siamo nel 1963. I Beatles cantano Please, Please Me; in Italia le elezioni vedono uno spostamento di voti dal centro a sinistra e le trattative per formare il governo stentano. In una Milano di case di ringhiera, tram e osterie, si muove sulla sua Vespa Carlo Passi, trentenne diviso tra passione e cinismo. Lavora in un quotidiano nato da poco che sta cambiando il modo di fare giornalismo. È stato appena lasciato dalla bellissima collega Enrica Sala che lavora alla tv di Stato.

È il IX anno del regno per Tutankhamon. Un oscuro presagio minaccia le Due Terre: le acque del Fiume non accennano a ritirarsi e sono tornate a tingersi di rosso. Gli dei sembrano avere abbandonato il loro figlio, salito al trono del Falco dei viventi ancora bambino. Ora, a sedici anni compiuti, Tutankhamon continua a nutrire scarso interesse per gli affari di governo – lasciati a funzionari come il fidato Ay – e preferisce di gran lunga la caccia.

In an attempt to soothe growing Cold War tensions between America and Russia, Premier Nikita Khrushchev visits the US to see all that his “enemy” has to offer. Top of his to-do list? A trip to Disneyland and an introduction to sexual icon Marilyn Monroe. Thanks to the impossible security requirements, Disneyland is out of the question. Marilyn, on the other hand, jumps at the chance to put on a show for the Russian official. During her appearance, she overhears the details of an assassination plot designed to spark an atomic holocaust and devastate both superpowers.

Benito Mussolini approda a Genova per una visita ufficiale. Siamo nel maggio del 1938 e il Duce conta di fermarsi in Liguria per quattro giorni. Il commissario Boccadoro, ricevuta la soffiata da un detenuto, segue attentamente gli spostamenti di Mussolini nella città, cercando di mettere insieme i pezzi di un probabile complotto dai contorni difficilmente afferrabili. Mescolando personaggi reali alla più pura finzione letteraria, con Nero dominante d'Amaro costruisce un thriller politico dalla rigorosa ambientazione anni Trenta.

Wieland (1798) is an early American novel set in 1760s Pennsylvania. Based on a real case of a New York farmer who murdered his family, the story is imbued with suspense and intrigue, adopting Gothic devices such as ventriloquism and spontaneous combustion. The satanic interloper Carwin exercises his power over the narrator, Clara Wieland, wreaking havoc over the Wieland family with disastrous consequences. A central theme in the novel is the issue of the values that formed the basis of a new democratic and republican America.

Diana, the Roman Goddess of the hunt, lives alone on the far edge of the Roman Empire. When an old friend arrives looking for help, Diana finds herself thrust back into her old life, and her old problems. With innocent lives caught in the crossfire, Diana realizes that the only way to ensure the safety of her friends and loved ones is to do what she does best: hunt her enemies down.

Germany, 1945. In the waning days of World War II, the Nazis have been all but defeated. Uwe Fuchs, never a fighter, feels fortunate to have avoided the front lines as he cared for his widowed mother. But Uwe’s fortune changes when Hans Sauer, the village bully, recruits him to join a guerilla resistance unit preparing for the arrival of Allied soldiers. At first, Uwe is wary. The war is lost, and rumor has it that Hans is a deserter. But Hans entices him with talk of power, brutality, and their village’s ancestral lore: werewolves.

Profesorul Kalitin este un chimist sovietic fără scrupule, obsedat de crearea unei otrăvi mortale, care să fie imposibil de depistat și fără antidot. Când înțelege câți oameni mor din cauza lui, este copleșit de vinovăție, iar la destrămarea URSS fuge în Vest. Deși primește o nouă identitate, e deconspirat și implicat în ancheta asupra uciderii a doi agenți occidentali. Iar pe urmele sale pornesc doi ucigași din forțele speciale, care vor să-i administreze chiar otrava creată de el.