ko - Historical 1

Mischief, Magic, Love and War. It is the Year of Our Lord 1601. The Tuscan War rages across the world, and every lord from Navarre to Illyria is embroiled in the fray. Cannon roar, pikemen clash, an……続きを見る

*Egypt and Middle Europe, 1570* Tor had known nothing else of life outside of his lonely temple in Asyut. The last priest of the half-man, half-wolf Egyptian god Wepwawet, his days are filled with p……続きを見る

Un gruppo di ragazzi come tanti, che come tanti studia, si diverte, cantano e pensano al domani come a un qualcosa di molto lontano. Senza quasi capirlo, si trovano a rifare la storia. Un ragazzo co……続きを見る

'PETER DER GROSSE' Russland im 17./18. Jahrhundert: Der Zar und Großfürst von Russland, Peter der Große, möchte sein Reich gegenüber dem Westen und den Ideen der Aufklärung öffnen. Sein Sohn Zarewit……続きを見る

Ostpreußen ist bis heute ein deutscher Sehnsuchtsort. Die große Vielfalt seiner Kultur ist zwar durch Nationalismus und Krieg untergegangen, aber Geschichte und Mythos dieses versunkenen Landes wirk……続きを見る

In the depths of the Amazon forest, where few had set foot, there are secrets and mysteries that are better kept in the jungle. Oblivious to this curse, impetuous conquistadores of the Sixteenth Cen……続きを見る

Vor 150 Jahren unternahm Heinrich Schliemann seine erste Forschungsreise nach Griechenland und besuchte dabei erstmals Mykene. Seine Ausgrabungen und Funde haben Mykene zu einem ‹mythischen› Ort der……続きを見る

On foreign shores, and far from home, a friend can become a foe in a heartbeat. Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies as the Napoleonic Wars rage on, circumstances look far f……続きを見る

Entrusted with a secret mission, the perils of the South China Sea await. In the fight against the French, a treaty with the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, a piratical Malay state, may prove decisive. Capt……続きを見る

“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.” ーTime It’s 1802. The Treaty of Amiens has brought an end to the hostili……続きを見る

"There are those already planning this afternoon's trip to the bookstore. Their only reaction is: Thank god, Patrick O'Brian is still writing. To you, I say, not a moment to lose."ーJohn Balzar, Los……続きを見る

The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Step……続きを見る

In 'DER WAGEHALS' von Fritz Skowronnek taucht der Leser ein in die Welt des Risikos und der Abenteuerlust. Skowronnek präsentiert eine fesselnde Geschichte voller Spannung und unerwarteter Wendungen……続きを見る

Arthur, wie kalt ist diese Nacht und Sie haben keinen Druck für meine Hand. Julie, ich bin in diesem Augenblick nur der Umriß eines Mannes. Eifersucht quält mich nicht, Arthur. Sie vergeben mir mein……続きを見る

Sándor gróf - ennek a rendkívüli érzékenységből, szeretetéhségből és Istent kísértő fájdalomból szőtt regénynek a főhőse. Sándorként éli az életét, lányokkal, nőkkel folytatott perzselő szerelmekben……続きを見る

Three years after Lord Byron dismissed him from his service, Dr John Polidori has fallen on hard times. And then a young woman mistakes the doctor for the poet. As the pair fall in love, Polidori kn……続きを見る

The adventure continues . . . At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write the twenty-first book in his famous and much-loved Aubrey–Maturin series. The chapters he left behind are p……続きを見る

This is the story of Richard Temple – prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist – told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers. Captive in a brutal Ger……続きを見る

Richmond, Virginia, is the heart of the Confederacy, and for those whose hearts are still with the Union in 1861, it is a trying home. Li8za Van Lew has long been an outsider in Richmond. She never ……続きを見る

An immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, displaying all the splendid prose and attention to detail that O'Brian's readers expect. Patrick O'Brian's first novel ab……続きを見る

A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar. In 1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of ……続きを見る

Beautiful, elusive, and refined, Etta Place captivated the nation at the turn of the last century as she dodged the law with the Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Her true ident……続きを見る

"Fine stuff...[The Letter of Marque] leaves the devotee of naval fiction eager for sequels." ーJonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, ……続きを見る

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." ーHelen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen M……続きを見る

This is an historical puzzle situated in the seventeenth century. Its pieces reconstruct the infatuation of a poet with a princess, culminating in the death of the poet,and the retreat of the prince……続きを見る

Over centuries, Lew Mills, a Grim Reaper, has strategically placed himself into human catastrophes to secure a high score against other Reapers in the game of death. Abandoning the ill-fated steamsh……続きを見る

Life for a female slave is one of hardship and unspeakable sorrow, something Luna knows only too well. But not even she could have foreseen the terror that would befall her one sultry Mississippi ev……続きを見る

"Every [Aubrey-Maturin] book is packed to absolute straining with erudition, wit, history, and thunderous action." ーJoe Hill Stranded in Malta, Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin must ……続きを見る

**A gripping tale of youth, first love, and nostalgia. • Written in 1925, Mary is Nabokov’s first novel. Like his other early masterpieces, it bears witness to Nabokov’s sensual mastery of language.……続きを見る

Christened with Crosses is the unforgettable story of a young boy’s dangerous, adventure-filled westbound journey along the railways of postwar Russia. Based on a true story of Kochergin’s amazing l……続きを見る