London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, embroiled in a costly war against King Philip of France, Sir John is dismayed to discover that the English court is a hotbed of greed, corruption and petty in-fighting. The murder of one of the palace clerks, stabbed in broad daylight and thrown into the River Thames, leads John to suspect that there`s a conspiracy underway to overthrow King Richard. And with the visit of the dowager Queen Eleanor fast approaching, the new Coroner must risk his life to prove his suspicions are right, root out the traitors within and prevent a...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-328-9
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, a community stands accused of witchcraft, and in the mood of fear and recriminations that develops, men denounce their neighbours and truth is perverted by superstition.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118255-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Killing me won`t kill the beast are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can`t explain how Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell`s fingerprints on another crime scene - after she`d performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and
ISBN: 978-1-4165-0540-2
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
April 1193. England`s King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard`s younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal "queen`s man", Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible - mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler`s daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell`s craven killer to justice?
ISBN: 978-0-345-44144-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This is the second medieval mystery from Sharon Penman, following Justin de Quincy, knight in the service of Queen Eleanor. His duty is clear: to restrain his brother Prince John in his relentless quest for the throne, and his dangerous pacts with the French king. What does the murder of an innocent pedlar`s daughter in a churchyard in Cripplegate have to do with him? But little by little, Justin is ensnared in the case until he comes to feel the force of the dead girl, and thirsts to find her killer. But can he defend the Queen and solve the murder?
ISBN: 978-0-14-027076-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
- Lively account of the Crusaders, with exciting descriptions of the main people, places and battles, including the peasant’s crusade and the siege of Jerusalem. - Includes maps and timelines. - Vividly illustrated by Emmanuel Cerisier. - Young Reading Series Three are for confident readers who still need to gain the stamina needed for standard length books. - Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton and a history consultant.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7904-1
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The first crusade was set in motion by Pope Urban II in 1095 and culminated in the capture of Jerusalem from the Muslims four years later. In 1291 the fall of Acre marked the loss of the last Christian enclave in the Holy Land. This Pocket Essential traces the chronology of the Crusades between these two dates and highlights the most important figures on all sides of the conflict. It covers the creation of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the other crusader states and their struggle to survive. It looks at the successes and failures of the Third Crusade and at the legendary figures of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, explores the truth and the myths behind the orders of military monks like the Hospitallers and examines such strange...
They were the castrati-male sopranos whose glorious voices brought them adulation throughout Europe even as they were despised as monsters. For Tonio Treschi, the child of Venetian nobility, kidnapped and castrated in a murderous family conspiracy, only one thing would soothe his soul-revenge!
ISBN: 0-345-39693-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
