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As joint owner of London’s most notorious gambling hall, The Underworld, Cole Hewitt spends his days surrounded by wealth – and looks every inch the debonair. But, unknown to most, he was born a bastard – and knows better than anyone the fine line between the elite and the slums. When he falls for the beautiful Lady Gemma Amberson, sister to the Duke of Kent, Cole knows that his past means he will never be considered worthy of her. But Cole has no intention of being cast aside again.

From the author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this brilliant recreation of the vibrant, optimistic but politically treacherous world of London's Restoration theatre, where we are introduced to the remarkable playwright Aphra Behn, now a feminist icon but then an anomaly, who gravitated to the stage—a place where artifice and disguise are second nature and accommodates those who do not fit in.

Dobrodružný detektivní příběh se odehrává v renesanční Praze. Román vznikl podle stejnojmenné divadelní hry oblíbeného autora Vlastimila Vondrušky. Hlavními hrdiny je zdánlivě nesourodá trojice – staroměstský rychtář Jan, katovka a zběhlý student teologie. Městský kat, který se až příliš rád dívá na dno číše s vínem, se stane uprostřed noci svědkem vraždy. Pachatelem je neznámý muž v klobouku s pérem, podivnější ale je totožnost oběti – tou je kupec Pelech, který měl být před několika dny pohřben. Ještě než se stačí rychtář vydat po první stopě, dojde k další vraždám a loupeži na radnici. Naštěstí je tu rychtářův bystrý synovec Petr.

Elizabeth I has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. It is soon plain that he is more than merely a friend.

Mary is Queen of Scotland but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.

En Viracocha, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa firma una de sus mejores novelas de aventuras, que sigue los pasos del intelectual Alonso de Molina, uno de los famosos trece acompañantes de Pizarro en tu expedición a la isla de Gallo. El libro trata la vida de Molina y su relación con Viracocha, la deidad inca barbuda y venida del mar con la que los incas lo confundieron nada más arribar a las costas peruanas.

August 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be simple, right? Wrong. He's made it as far as Exeter, but before he can secure a fresh steed in that hellish city, he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of Jack. That suits Jack just fine - he wants to leave! So when wealthy merchant Wolfe, offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps at the chance...and unwittingly into further danger!

La Parigi del diciassettesimo secolo è l'essenza del vizio e della violenza. Maria de' Medici, da poco sposa di Enrico IV di Borbone, si trova ben presto a fare i conti con le mire rapaci di Henriette d'Entragues. Con un documento scritto, Enrico stesso ha promesso alla propria favorita di prenderla in moglie, e ora quel foglio è l'arma con la quale ricattarlo. Ma non è l'unica minaccia: un'altra arriva da un gruppo di nobili che cospirano per rovesciare il trono. Avvertendo che le sorti proprie e del re sono sempre più critiche, Maria decide allora di affidarsi a Mathieu Laforge.

1585. Après trente ans de guerre civile et le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy (1572), la France est plus divisée que jamais. Trois Henri se disputent un trône à l'équilibre fragile. Henri III veut garder sa couronne, mais n'a pas d'héritier. Henri de Navarre, le protestant, tient à faire valoir ses droits, mais Henri de Guise, l'ultra-catholique, refuse de laisser un huguenot régner sur la France.

En este libro, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa pone su afilada pluma y su experiencia al servicio de un personaje histórico real aunque poco conocido: Alonso de Ojeda, acompañante de Cristobal Colón en su segundo viaje a las américas y, eventualmente, gobernador de Nueva Andalucía, en las tierras que ahora conocemos como Colombia. En su viaje al Nuevo Mundo, Ojeda encontrará peligrosas tribus, aviesos accidentes geográficos, reveses de la fortuna y gran cantidad de descubrimientos, todo ello relatado con el ritmo y la maestría de Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa.

Marie, la fille du seigneur de Croixmart, grand chasseur de sorciers et sorcières, au temps de François Ier, consulte une voyante qui lui prédit, entre autres choses, la mort de son père. Marie prévient son père et ce dernier saute sur l'occasion de faire condamner la "sorcière" qui, bientôt, brûle sur le bûcher. La foule, excédée par toutes ces exécutions, attaque le baron de Croixmart et le massacre. Renaud, le fils de la voyante, jure qu'il se vengera de la fille de Croixmart et la tuera.

London, 1607. As dawn breaks, Daniel Pursglove rides north, away from the watchful eye of the King and his spies. He returns, disguised, to his childhood home in Yorkshire - with his own score to settle. The locals have little reason to trust a prying stranger, and those who remember Daniel do so with contempt. When a body is found with rope burns about the neck, Daniel falls under suspicion. On the run, across the country, he is pursued by a ruthless killer whose victims all share the same gallows mark.

1606. A year to the day that men were executed for conspiring to blow up Parliament, a towering wave devastates the Bristol Channel. Some proclaim God's vengeance. Others seek to take advantage. In London, Daniel Pursglove lies in prison waiting to die. But Charles FitzAlan, close adviser to King James I, has a job in mind that will free a man of Daniel's skill from the horrors of Newgate. If he succeeds. For Bristol is a hotbed of Catholic spies, and where better for the lone conspirator who evaded arrest, one Spero Pettingar, to gather allies than in the chaos of a drowned city?

As one of the owners of London’s most infamous and scandalous gambling hall, The Underworld, Luke Reese looks like a man who has it all. But underneath his swagger lies a pain which no amount of liquor, women or card games can ease. Because, nine months ago, Luke’s son was stolen by his half-brother, Lord Dursley. Luke knows the agony of growing up without a family, and he will not allow his son to suffer the same fate. So when evidence leads him to Coventry and a mysterious governess named Georgina, Luke doesn’t hesitate in tracking her down.

Amsterdam, 1640er Jahre. Helena Jans van der Strom arbeitet als Magd bei einem Buchhändler. Ein großes Glück für sie, denn sie kann lesen und schreiben. Der neue Hausgast ihres Herrn fasziniert sie: Er arbeitet ununterbrochen und zieht viele Besucher an. Sein Name ist René Descartes und sie ist zu neugierig, um Distanz zu wahren. Helenas Charme und ihr Wissensdurst beeindrucken ihn. Und so geschieht, was nicht sein darf: Sie verlieben sich - sie, Calvinistin und nur eine einfache Magd, er, Katholik und Europas aufstrebender Philosoph. Doch beide lassen sich vom vorherrschenden Standesdünkel des Goldenen Zeitalters in Holland nicht aufhalten.

Rom, im August 1492. Schon am frühen Morgen ächzt die Stadt unter der Gluthitze des Sommers. Der Lärm in der engen Gasse lässt Lucrezia aus dem Schlaf fahren. Kann es wahr sein, was der Bote schreit? Ihr Vater, Rodrigo Borgia, der neue Papst? Die Nachricht stellt Lucrezias Leben und das ihrer drei Brüder auf den Kopf: Plötzlich sind sie die mächtigste Familie der Stadt, und das zwölfjährige Mädchen muss in Windeseile erwachsen werden. Denn ihr ehrgeiziger Vater weiß nur zu genau, dass die Hand seiner Tochter mehr wert ist als alle italienischen Ländereien zusammen.

L’opera al nero è la storia di un personaggio immaginario, Zenone, medico, alchimista, filosofo, dalla nascita illegittima a Bruges nei primi anni...

What Nazi Germany did to the Jews did not happen overnight. The foundation for it was built in German culture over the centuries, arguably started by the writings and deeds of perhaps the most influential reformer of the millennium, Martin Luther. This screenplay is a journey through his life to give us insights of how a movement, no matter how pure in its intention, could go terribly wrong.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tomorrow by Damian Dibben, read by George Blagden. Tomorrow tells the story of a 217-year-old dog and his search for his lost master. His adventures take him through the London Frost Fair, the strange court of King Charles I, the wars of the Spanish succession, Versailles, the Golden Age of Amsterdam, 19th-century Venice and the Battle of Waterloo. As he journeys through Europe, he befriends both animals and humans, falls in love (only once), marvels at the human ability to make music, despairs at their capacity for war and gains insight into both the strength and frailties of the human spirit.

It’s 1605 in London, and Ben Jonson, a contemporary of Shakespeare, is finding life a struggle. With his career waning and his patron, Lord D’Aubigny, growing tired of him, he throws caution to the wind and writes a satirical play, Eastward Ho! But its laughs at the expense of the monarch cost Jonson dearly, and he lands in jail with his reputation in tatters. On his release, he searches for his estranged wife and discovers that his own long absences and the deaths of their three children from the plague have led her to take comfort with a furtive crew of ardent papists.