Die Toskana, 1358. Weil Thomas Blackstone gegenuber dem franzosischen Konig keine Gnade walten lassen wollte, verbannte ihn Konig Edward ins Exil. Nun fuhrt Thomas sein Schwert fur Florenz: als Soldner, gegen die Visconti von Mailand. Da erreicht ihn die obskure Nachricht eines Boten: Der Konig von England erwarte ihn, er habe keine Gefahr zu furchten. Thomas vermutet eine Falle, aber er macht sich trotzdem auf den Weg zu seinem Konig – und der ...
The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present – even projections into the future – photos, books, songs, radio, television, and decades of advertising and headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and written notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the time, slogans, brands, and names for ever-proliferating objects are given a voice here. The v ...
Der BBC-Klassiker als Horbuch: In der ersten von zwei Folgen kommt James Herriot nach Darrowby in den Yorkshire Dales, um dort eine Assistentenstelle bei dem Tierarzt Siegfried Farnon anzutreten. Anfangs fallt es ihm gar nicht leicht, sich an seinen ruppigen Chef und die Eigenarten des Landlebens zu gewohnen. Amusant und kurzweilig berichtet Herriot von den Tucken des Alltags in einer landlichen Tierarztpraxis. In der zweiten Folge geht es um ei ...
One by one, the great Allied generals died or disappeared mysteriously. On the eve of the biggest drive of the war, the High Command was being decimated, their military secrets falling into the hands of the German enemy. Only G-8 saw the connection between these dastardly attacks and the strange war cripple who haunted the streets of Paris, creeping on his belly like a snake. Only the Master Spy sensed the power of the Serpent-a human monster wh ...
Colby Blaine has been a loner his whole life. And he isn't about to change now. But that doesn't mean he can ignore people in trouble. When he rides up to an inexperienced wagon train under attack, he doesn't hesitate to jump into the fray. Naomi Kessling is certainly grateful to Colby for saving her family and agreeing to lead their train to safer territory. But the man has an infuriating way of knowing just how to get under her ...
1435, England. Eleanor Cobham has married into the highest ranks of the aristocracy; she is now the Duchess of Gloucester. She and her husband, the Duke Humphrey, set up a court of their own to rival the royal court in London, surrounding themselves with fascinating and influential people. But Eleanor craves the one thing she lacks: a son and heir – and through him a possible route to the throne of England. Desperate, Eleanor turns to the one pe ...
