Títulos en Histórico

It's the 1930s, and Georgina Garrett has risen up from her tough beginnings to become the new boss of the Battersea gang. But not everyone is pleased with a female taking charge. With rival gangs trying to steal her turf, untrustworthy men in her midst and her dad lost deep in the bottle, Georgina has a lot to tackle. With her friends and family in constant danger and those closest to her questioning her leadership Georgina must use her wits to show that she's made for this job. The Garrett name is one to be feared, and Georgina will begin to change the face of Battersea forever. 

Ghost Station is a tense thriller about espionage, cryptography, and paranoia, set in the earliest days of the Berlin Wall. Can Reed trust Longshore? His boss? His lover? Can he find the truth behind the lies - or will Berlin become ground zero for a world-ending war?

It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord. Murder and intimidation have their rewards. He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers. For a man battling to be king of the underworld, life is good. Especially when it’s a frightening time to be alive.

1931. Sullo scalone di Capodimonte, nella gelida alba di un autunno umido di pioggia, viene ritrovato un bambino morto. È Tetté, un piccolo scugnizzo senza famiglia né amici. Il freddo, la fame o una malattia sembrano le cause più probabili del decesso, ma il commissario Ricciardi non si accontenta e da solo prende a scavare nelle vite di cui nessuno si cura, di cui nessuno sa niente. Nemmeno il suo dono questa volta lo aiuta, nel luogo del ritrovamento non avverte alcuna voce. Fino al giorno dei morti.

Mara Coyne’s new client has left her uneasy. Republican kingmaker Richard Tobias has hired her, he says, because of her skill in recovering stolen art and advocating for the rightful owners, but Mara senses that he is not telling her everything. Tobias reveals that a centuries-old map was stolen from an archaeological dig he is sponsoring in China, and he wants her to get it back. But as Mara begins her investigation, she uncovers the shocking truth: The map is more valuable than anyone has ever imagined, and her client’s motives are more sinister than she suspected.

Warlords battle across Britain to become the first king of the English. After a stunning victory against the native Waelisc, Beobrand returns a hero. His valour is rewarded with wealth and land by Oswald, king of Northumbria. He retires to his new estate with his bride only to find himself surrounded by enemies old and new. With treachery and death on all sides, Beobrand fears he will lose all he holds dear. On a quest for revenge and redemption, he accepts the mantle of lord, leading his men into the darkest of nights and the bloodiest of battles.

Quarry, star of 13 previous novels, a comic book, and the acclaimed Cinemax TV series, returns in an all-new assignment that takes the hitman's hitman into uncharted territory, when he finds out that for the first time someone has taken out a hit on him. And is the mysterious killer assigned to hit the hitman someone from Quarry's past? Maybe even a past lover?

Birmingham, 1880. Angelica Chastain has fled from London with her young son, William. She promises him a better life, far away from the terrors they left behind. Securing a job as a governess, Angelica captures the attention of wealthy widower Stanley Hampton. Soon they marry and the successful future Angelica envisaged for William starts to fall into place. But the past will not let Angelica go.

Så sent som 4 januari 1945 gjorde general Patton följande notering i sin dagbok: Vi kan fortfarande förlora detta krig. Eisenhowers arméer hade vid den tidpunkten förlorat mer än 300 000 man i strid och de befann sig fortfarande på samma positioner som de hade vunnit tre månader tidigare. Tyskarna anföll mot Frankrikes östra delar, Luxemburg och Belgien. Charles Whiting har i 'Tredje rikets sista dagar' samlat de stridande männens egna berättelser.

Under andra världskriget bedrevs en intensiv spion- och underrättelseverksamhet från de olika stridande sidorna. Inte sällan var uppgifter från denna verksamhet avgörande för krigslyckan. I Hitlers hemliga krig  berättar Charles Whiting om Nazitysklands spioneri utifrån intervjuer han själv gjort ända sedan krigsslutet och dokument från tidigare hemligstämplade arkiv hos bland andra.

Il commissario Maki Markaris ha due grandi passioni: il mare e la caccia al polpo, che conserva nel congelatore dei reperti organici del commissariato di Chania, sull'isola di Creta. Markaris però ama anche il raki, l'acquavite ottomana al profumo di anice, e le dee. Proprio come Afroditi, la giovane archeologa rimasta orfana di un padre che custodiva il segreto più straordinario di quell'isola celebre fin dai tempi più antichi per la leggenda del Minotauro.

Quale mistero avvolge la morte dell'aviatore Geo Chávez, precipitato dopo un volo sulle Alpi piemontesi nel settembre del 1910? E che rapporto ha con il brutale assassinio di Caterina e di Ines Gallardo, madre e figlia, quasi sessant'anni più tardi? E che c'entrano le lotte partigiane e l'amore che unisce Ines al giovane Lodovico Dossi Bastimenti, scomparso all'improvviso nel 1950 all'indomani del loro matrimonio? E in che modo il libraio Andrea Serravalle inciampa pericolosamente in tutti questi enigmi in una torrida giornata di agosto del 2011?

Trieste, primavera del 1902. Il ricordo dei fatti di sangue seguiti al primo sciopero operaio dell'Impero asburgico è ancora vivo nella mente della cittadinanza. A pochi giorni dalla revoca dello stato d'assedio proclamato dal governo di Vienna, un sottufficiale dell'esercito viene trovato morto e sfigurato in un vicolo. Intanto, una preziosa reliquia cristiana, il Mandylion, viene rubata, perduta e infine ritrovata da Davorin, un ragazzino di dodici anni che in seguito a ciò pare acquisire strani poteri.

When former CIA code breaker Paul Marcus receives the call, he thinks it's a hoax. He's asked to analyze a cache of papers found locked in an old trunk. They were the last manuscripts written by Isaac Newton. Using Newton's math and notes, Marcus begins to see a pattern leading to a prophecy so frightening, to reveal it will change world events.

The summer after World War II, two men form an uneasy bond that inevitably leads to a mysterious accident that shatters the tranquility between them.

Au printemps 1598, le jeune Aurelio quitte la ferme de ses parents pour la plus belle et décadente ville du monde : Rome. Depuis qu'il est enfant, il n'a qu'un rêve, devenir sculpteur et travailler avec il gigante, le génie, Michel-Ange. Mais l'artiste a dû abandonner son art, contraint par le puissant pape Jules II à se consacrer à un autre projet, peindre le plafond de la chapelle Sixtine. Engagé comme modèle et apprenti, Aurelio assistera aux tourments quotidiens du maestro, aux terribles luttes de pouvoir qui agitent Rome et à la création du plus grand chef-d'œuvre.

Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson - a whispering campaign seeks to blame him for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances. Simpson's protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher are determined to clear their patron's name.

Alghero 1460. All'ombra dei bastioni, un ricco ebreo tratta con l'agente di un uomo d’affari fiorentino, Teofilo Capponi, la vendita di un'informazione preziosissima: l'ubicazione di un favoloso tesoro risalente all'epoca di Carlo Magno. A Firenze, Bianca de' Brancacci, moglie di Capponi, ha saputo che a quel tesoro è misteriosamente legata la sparizione di suo padre. Decisa a scoprire la verità, chiede aiuto a una sua vecchia conoscenza: Tigrinus, il noto ladro legato a Cosimo de' Medici.

The action swings from London to Sweden, and then back into the past, to Franco’s Spain, as Roy and Castells hunt a monstrous killer...in the latest instalment of Johana Gustawsson’s award-winning series. Spain, 1938: the country is wracked by civil war, and as Valencia falls to Franco’s brutal dictatorship, Republican Therese witnesses the murders of her family. Captured and sent to the notorious Las Ventas women’s prison, Therese gives birth to a daughter who is forcibly taken from her. 

Greger Tragg är en hemlig agent i Stockholm. Han är östtyska spionagets förbindelselänk med en uppgiftslämnare som har en hög position inom den svenska statsförvaltningen. Trots denna ovärderliga kontakt är Greger och hela hans gren av östspionaget under avveckling. Säpo är dem på spåren, och den egna organisationen överväger att förråda dem. I samråd med sin närmaste chef vidtar Tragg motåtgärder. "Legat till en trolös" är Kjell-Olof Bornemarks debutroman, som tilldelades Svenska Deckarakademins debutantpris 1982.