Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Histórico

Luisiana, año 1830. Harriet, esclava de la plantación Beaumont de Saint Francisville, acude a Marie Laveau, la Reina del Vudú de Nueva Orleans,para vengarse de su amo, hombre tiránico y cruel atormentado por la muerte de su esposa.En una casa maldita de la Luisiana del Viejo Sur Harriet vivirá una historia de venganza, magia y libertad. ¿Qué secretos esconde la mansión Beaumont? ¿Qué hay bajo las oscuras aguas del bayou? Viaja a la Nueva Orleans del siglo XIX, a las plantaciones de algodón y el vudú.

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.

Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl. Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But the Whale Road is never calm and his journey is beset with storms, betrayal and violence. As the winds of his wyrd blow him ever further from what he knows, will Beobrand find victory on his quest or has his luck finally abandoned him?

Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years, and Beobrand has led the king to ever greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle, Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand's fearsome black-shielded warriors and the great treasure he has amassed are told throughout the halls of the land. Many are the kings who bow to Oswald. And yet there are those who look upon his realm with a covetous eye. And there is one ruler who will never kneel before him.

Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes.

Claude Dufour, explorador francés, recibe atónito la carta de su amigo, Julien de Marivaux, muerto trece años antes, en 1724, tras la expedición a Canarias que situó el Meridiano de Origen y que midió por primera vez el Teide, así se despertaron todos los secretos que les unió a Emilia, la joven canaria que centró los desvelos de ambos jóvenes.

Madrid. Año 1940. El paso de la guerra ha dejado la capital en un estado desolador. Aunque ya se trabaja en reconstruir los desperfectos, hay asuntos más importantes que hacen que la supervivencia sea todo un reto. El hambre, las enfermedades, el miedo y la represión campan a sus anchas sin que nadie pueda hacer nada. En medio de todo esto, Juan, un joven republicano se ve obligado a emigrar allí. Atrás deja un oscuro secreto que podría traerle la peor de las desgracias tanto a él como a su familia.

When Brandon Walker receives a plea for help from an old adversary, he wastes no time in recruiting the extraordinary talents of India Summers to unravel a trail of murder, tragedy and the possibility of untold wealth. They soon discover a letter from 500 years earlier, and the trail leads them to one of the missing treasures of the modern world, the Piris Reis map. India and Brandon attempt to uncover the secrets of the map, but as they travel the world they are closely watched at every step by a family of assassins with an agenda of their own.

India Summers is a librarian and a talented historian, so when a stranger asks her opinion on an ancient coin she is happy to oblige, but when the same man is murdered less than an hour later, it soon becomes apparent that there is far more to the situation than meets the eye. Recognising her unique talents for historical reference, she is quickly recruited by Brandon Walker, a security service intelligence officer investigating the strange disappearance of a very special young girl.

Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo. In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Muslim mercenaries is gathering.

Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the admiralty by his erratic voting as a member of Parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates.

Chi è Nikolaj Gogor? Che fine hanno fatto quei soldi che dovevano arrivare da Mosca? Qualcuno se ne è impossessato? Perché cercarli dopo tanto tempo? È attorno a queste domande che a un certo punto comincia a ruotare la vita del protagonista. Andrea Cecconi, un avvocato di mezza età, figlio e nipote di militanti comunisti, passato dall'impegno politico alla disillusione e convertito infine ai riti della borghesia della provincia romagnola, si trova risucchiato in una vicenda che coinvolge suo nonno e che riguarda i finanziamenti occulti al vecchio PCI.

Una storia d'amore e di vendetta, che vede il soldato di ventura Fulvio Alciati combattere per la propria vita e per quella della moglie, Miriana, messa in pericolo dalle folli ambizioni di un uomo che non si fa scrupolo di uccidere, pur di raggiungere i propri scopi. - Il racconto da cui è stato sviluppato il romanzo "I bastioni del coraggio"Ducato di Milano, 1573. Il soldato di ventura Fulvio Alciati è in forza alla guarnigione di Marignano, a pochi chilometri da Milano.

Un attentato a Mussolini di cui nessuno si accorge. Un sacrificio umano nelle paludi pontine. Un colloquio con gli spiriti etruschi, una tragica vendetta nella laguna veneta, una medium al Vittoriale. Sette casi improbabili per Cesare Marni, eroe fiumano e svagato architetto alla perenne ricerca di lavoro.

Roma, febbraio 1466. Arrivato nell'Urbe per questioni di affari, il giovane Lorenzo de' Medici si ritrova circondato da insidie senza volto. Qualcuno, infatti, come una silenziosa minaccia, ha infilato sotto la sua sella un antico pugnale dall'elsa d'argento, con uno stemma dal senso indecifrabile. Lorenzo comincia così una tortuosa indagine in una città piena di magia e di segrete ombre, di antiche glorie imperiali e sinistri fantasmi fin troppo ansiosi di risorgere fra i vivi.

Sarajevo, marzo 1945. Il capitano dell'intelligence militare tedesca Gregor Reinhardt è appena stato assegnato ai Feldjägerkorps, prestigioso corpo di polizia militare con ampi poteri. Il nuovo incarico lo allontana dalle amicizie degli ultimi due anni, tra cui altri ufficiali e dissidenti che formano una cellula di resistenza perseguitata dalle SS.

On a bright Sunday morning in Hawaii, Japanese planes swoop down and attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. America enters the war and Britain no longer stands alone against Hitler. The country can dare to hope again, although a long hard struggle still clearly lies ahead. Conditions on the home front remain bleak, and for Scotland Yard detective Frank Merlin, life is as arduous as ever.

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.

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.