Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Novela histórica

José Rodríguez Losada se ve obligado, una y otra vez, a huir de su pasado. Tras abandonar de niño el hogar familiar, se verá obligado por razones políticas a exiliarse de la España absolutista de Fernando VII. Ahora vive en Londres, una ciudad más avanzada y en la que vislumbra un futuro más esperanzador. Hábil como pocos y siempre entusiasta, debe acabar un encargo urgente: reparar el Big Ben, el reloj más famoso del mundo.

Scotland, 1750. In the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion, Maggie MacDrumin vows to keep fighting to liberate her people. But the intrepid Scotswoman is risking her life for a dangerous cause. When her latest mission lands her in a London courtroom on a trumped-up larceny charge, she has only one hope of survival. Enlisting the aid of Edward Carsley, the powerful fourth Earl of Rothwell, is a two-edged sword.

Penelope MacCrichton watches the tall, broad-shouldered figure walk toward her across the mist-shrouded loch. Is he a phantom, a restless, sensual spirit fated to live only in her secret fantasies? Or is he the seductive, brooding stranger she meets later in London…who may not be a stranger at all? Michael Mingary, Earl of Kintyre, is enchanted by the reserved Highland heiress, even as he’s haunted by unsettling dreams of a ghostly Scottish castle.

Proud Highlander Diana Maclean refused to yield to the English king... or to any member of her family's enemy: the treacherous Clan Campbell. Instead, determined to free her imprisoned mother, she steals into a castle dungeon right under the nose of handsome, powerful Rory Campbell... only to become an outlaw of the British Crown.

After the death of her rock star husband, Richard, Leigh swore off musicians. When Derek, her husband’s best friend, summons her to his Star Island estate in the Florida Keys, it is with trepidation that she makes the trip. Leigh and Derek never got along, and their bitterness toward each other has lasted beyond her husband’s death.

Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 BC, is well known today because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by Fast himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his Communist Party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immensely popular and went on to sell millions of copies.

Set in treacherous sixteenth-century Scotland, Border Bride is the unforgettable story of a woman sworn to defy the knight she is forced to wed - only to discover a love she’ll do anything to claim. As Mary, Queen of Scots, languishes in the Tower of London as a prisoner of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, war tears Scotland apart. To save her beloved homeland, a proud Highland beauty named Mary Kate MacPherson must wage her own battle when she’s forced into wedlock with a knight, Sir Adam Douglas.

From the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, a "brilliant...enchanting novel" (New York Times Book Review) of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in 18th-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition.

Le destin d'une femme exceptionnelle. Une histoire d'amour qui est devenue synonyme de libération sexuelle. En 1912, une jeune baronne allemande vivant à Nottingham commet l'irréparable : elle quitte son confortable foyer et ses trois adorables enfants pour vivre son amour. La décision de Frieda von Richthofen va donner naissance à l'un des plus grands scandales de son temps.

Lungo l'arco degli anni l'attenzione e l'amore di Francesco Guccini per i briganti dell'Appennino tosco-emiliano non sono mai venuti meno e sono passati dentro le pagine dei romanzi scritti con Loriano Macchiavelli ("Lo spirito e altri briganti" e "Appennino di sangue") e più in generale nella tonalità leggendaria che informa di sé i suoi personaggi ribelli. In questo libro torna Gnicche, e insieme a lui si fanno avanti altre figure mitiche come Domenico Tiburzi detto Domenichino, Tommaso Bartolomei detto Barbanera ed Enrico Stoppa detto Righetto.

The mad Shogun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The toxic blood lotus flower continues to ravage the land, the deadlands splitting wider by the day. The machine-worshippers of the Lotus Guild conspire to renew the nation's broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously - by endorsing a new Shogun who desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead.

Corre el año 1954 y el inspector Ichiro Abe, de la Policía de Tokio, tiene que enfrentarse al caso más complicado de su carrera: ocho supervivientes del holocausto nuclear de Hiroshima han sido asesinados en un tren. Marginados por la propia sociedad japonesa, el caso se complica cuando los cuatro asesinos que han tomado parte en los crímenes aparecen muertos en un hotel de Tokio. Por su parte, Ryo Watenabe, único superviviente de la hecatombe de Hiroshima, contrata al ahora exinspector Ichiro Abe para que le ayude a reconstruir el pasado de su familia.

An expert in etiquette, Emma takes her pristine reputation most seriously. But the devilish Lord Marlowe is determined to prove that some rules of proper behavior are made to be broken....

Il re Scorpione è una figura ammantata di leggenda. Identificabile, secondo le teorie più accreditate, con Narmer, uno dei capi delle nove tribù che popolavano l'Alto Egitto, era un sovrano spietato con i nemici. Lottò con determinazione per unificare le tribù dell'Egitto meridionale diventandone il dominatore assoluto. Il suo sogno era creare un unico grande impero capace di fondere i regni che si contendevano il Nilo.

La muerte de la madre en un accidente obliga a sus hijos a regresar al país de origen después de años de exilio para que sus cenizas descansen en las profundidades del río Mapocho. La Rucia deambula con su madre a cuestas por una ciudad apenas reconocible: son confusos los recuerdos de la infancia y demasiadas las preguntas que quedaron sin respuesta.

Hindu mythology is full of tales in which animals play important roles. Some animals are looked upon with fear and dread while some are worshiped along with the gods. Some shape the fate of the world, others form everlasting bonds with humans. Where did the animals come from? From Vishnu’s avatars or Shiva’s asanas? How was a deer responsible for the events of the Ramayana? Why is Garuda the sworn enemy of the nagas? How did a mongoose teach Yudhishtira the true meaning of sacrifice?

En devenant chevalier du Temple, à la fin du XIIIe siècle, Jaime de Castelnou, jeune et fougueux Catalan, ne s'attendait certainement pas à vivre une telle époque, marquée par la chute de Saint-Jean-d'Acre, dernière possession des croisés en Terre Sainte et par le démantèlement de l'Ordre du Temple, orchestré par Philippe le Bel. Une nouvelle ère dans l'histoire de la chrétienté. Sans jamais s'éloigner de la vérité historique, José Luis Corral nous emmène à travers le parcours de Jaime, au cœur de cette période cruciale de notre histoire.

I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley, we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects.

El escritor emprende un viaje a pie por el condado de Suffolk, en la costa este de Inglaterra, para llenar el vacío que se ha apoderado de su interior al haber concluido un trabajo importante. Mientras contempla paisajes solitarios y pequeñas poblaciones costeras se topa con vestigios de un pasado que le remite a la totalidad del mundo, enmarcado en multitud de épocas, espacios y personajes diferentes. Sebald funde magistralmente la autobiografía con la historia y con historias, anécdotas, conjeturas y recuerdos a caballo entre la realidad y la ficción, en los que la civilización y la naturaleza se muestran en sus variedades más amplias.

Irruente e testarda, una vera calamita che attrae guai, Juliana Fiori si rifiuta di giocare secondo le regole della società. A causa del suo carattere impulsivo e ribelle è sempre al centro dei pettegolezzi di tutti i salotti di Londra ed è nata per dare scandalo... è esattamente il genere di donna da cui il duca di Leighton vorrebbe stare lontano... anzi, molto lontano.