Follow Astrid's exciting journey through the Viking Age. About fighting for herself as a woman in a very male-dominated society and time. About keeping the family together. Fighting for a settlement in Norway. Follow along during raids, family crises, love, battles and...

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Parution : 2025-03-26

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Writing? ... This painstakingly acquired skill - not for you, you say? But reading, well, that's fine? Let's rethink this. Writing has shaped how we share knowledge, challenge ideas, and build the world we live in. Let's not leave the narratives to others - especially...

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Parution : 2025-03-21

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The Minoan civilization flourished for more than 1000 years in Santorini and Crete until, in 1628 BC, the Santorini volcano erupted on a scale without known equivalent. Santorini was wiped out in hours, Crete was ravaged by ash and a tsunami. For many archaeologists...

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Parution : 2025-02-28

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In this book, you read Kiyomori Taira in his prime, aged between forty and fifty. He had eliminated his military rival, Yoshitomo Minamoto. Yoshitomo's beautiful mistress, Tokiwa, turned herself in at Rokuhara. Kiyomori pardoned her little boys from the death penalty....

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Parution : 2024-12-23

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Immerse yourself in the final chapter of The Guardian of the Present trilogy, and allow yourself to be swept away on a journey where time and space dissolve into boundless dimensions. This closing opus offers a complete immersion into a whirlwind of emotions and...

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Parution : 2024-12-11

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Then, suddenly, they stand in my cell again. They put a pistol to my temple. Cock the hammer. They play their antics with me. Laughingly. Pretending. Then suddenly they pull the trigger. I flinch. Desperately. I close my eyes in a flash. With fear. My whole body...

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Parution : 2024-10-10

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The evil left-side minister, Yorinaga Fujiwara, and the abdicated emperor, Sutoku, rebelled against Goshirakawa and the former emperor Toba's mistress, Mifukumonin.The insurgents lost the Hogen War. Political power shifted to the winners of the Hogen Rebellion, the...

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Parution : 2024-09-19

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In the New Tale of Taira, Shin Heike Monogatari, Eiji Yoshikawa tells the story of Japan's significant transformation from a civilian aristocratic society to a new samurai era at the end of the 12th century. The Taira tribe's master, Tadamori Taira, serves Japan's most...

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Parution : 2024-08-21

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Bernhard Nordh, 1900-1972, is one of Sweden's most widely read authors. His books have been printed in millions of copies and in seven languages. He wrote his first novel in 1936. There were twenty-seven novels in total. His main literary contribution is the Norrland...

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Parution : 2024-07-29

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From the war-torn skies over Britain during the 2nd World War, the story transports us to the blood drenched desert sands of Victorian England's campaign in the torrid Sudan and the monasteries of the Sketian desert, from which a military chaplain joins his brother in...

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Parution : 2024-07-17

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Ninth century AD: The Nova Corbeia monastery is commissioned to missionise pagans in Saxony. The young Benedictine monk Johannes from Franconia sets off on a dangerous journey into pagan territory as a courier under escort. On the way, however, he not only has to brave...

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Parution : 2024-07-09

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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is a literary masterpiece that weaves a compelling narrative against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution. This historical novel explores themes of resurrection, sacrifice, and the stark contrast between two cities,...

Editeur : Librofilio
Parution : 2023-11-14

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Dive into the Middle Ages with Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." This collection of stories, written in Middle English, offers a vibrant tapestry of medieval life, brimming with colorful characters from various walks of life.Join a diverse group of pilgrims on...

Editeur : Librofilio
Parution : 2023-11-14

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"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is a gripping exploration of the human soul set against the mysterious backdrop of the African Congo. This novella takes readers on a haunting journey into the depths of human darkness, both in the heart of the African wilderness and...

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Parution : 2023-11-14

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"SHE only was a KING, and knew how to govern. How to support the dignity of her crown, and the repose and weal of her subjects, required the course she had taken": such was the tribute of Henry IV, King of France, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England. This essay by...

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Parution : 2023-10-18

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Prologue "...some are marked out for subjection... he, who is by nature not his own but another's man, is by nature a slave; and he may be said to be another's man who, being a human being, is also a possession." Aristotle, Politics, 1254b1-21. Year 73 B.C. Nothing...

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Parution : 2023-03-31

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During a visit to her birthplace, Mafalda, the third daughter of the juggler Orontius, finds an ancient coin in the ruins of a chapel where Saint Catherine was celebrated in 1551. The coin shows the profile of a head that resembles hers in every detail. Full of...

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Parution : 2023-03-27

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The Hero of the People is set in the waning days of the French Revolution, a story of adventure and intrigue and even romance during a turbulent time in European history. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His...

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Parution : 2022-11-07

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The popularity of Dumas Pere's historical novels of high adventure, including "The Three Musketeers", have made him one of the most widely read French authors.

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Parution : 2022-11-07

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'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.' Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has...

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Parution : 2022-11-07

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