In this sequel to "Dissolution," it is now 1540, and Shardlake has returned to practicing law in London. When he is called on to help a friend's niece, charged with killing her cousin, he has no idea it will force him back into Cromwell's dangerous schemes.
Het Stenen Tijdperk is voorbij. Op de rand van het Bronzen Tijdperk is een trotse krijgerstam een nieuw leven in een vreemd land begonnen. Onder leiding van de grote Fomor MacLir, die ooit luisterde naar de bijnaam 'de Wolf der Weststammen', heeft de stam het gebruik van wapens afgezworen en voor een vreedzaam leven gekozen in het moerasland van Albion. Balor, Fomors opstandige zoon, wil opnieuw de wapens opnemen tegen de gezworen vijand van de MacLir-stam, Nemed MacAgnomain. Maar hij ontvlucht zijn stam en ontdekt een hem onbekende wereld, waar hij de mysteriën van de liefde, de kracht van het brons en de mystieke kracht van Stonehenge leert kennen. Als Balor na zijn omzwervingen terugkeert naar Fomr om hem te waarschuwen dat de wrede Nemed en zijn krijgsvolk Albion naderen om de MacLir-stam van de aardbodem te vagen, kan Fomor niet anders dan de strijd opnieuw aangaan. Maar het is Balor die uiteindelijk zijn volk naar een nieuwe toekomst zal leiden...
Francesca's father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of Delft. When she arrives to begin her apprenticeship, Francesca is stunned to find rules, written in her father's hand, insisting that she give up the freedoms she once enjoyed at home- including her friendship with Pieter van Doorne, a tulip merchant. Unaware of a terrible bargain her father has made against her future, Francesca pursues her growing affection for Pieter even as she learns to paint like Vermeer, in layers of light. As her talent blooms, "tulip mania" sweeps the land, and fortunes are being made on a single bulb. What seems like a boon for Pieter instead reveals the extent of the betrayal of Francesca's father. And as the two learn the true nature of the obstacles in their path, a patron of Francesca's father determines to do anything in his power to ensure she stays within the limits that have been set for her. "The Golden Tulip" brings one of the most exciting periods of Dutch history alive, creating a page-turning novel that is as vivid and unforgettable as a Vermeer painting.
Stalingrad in 1942 is a city in ruins, its Russian defenders fighting to the last man to repel the invading German army. One of their most potent weapons is the crack sniper school developed by Vasily Zaitsev. Its members can pick off the enemy at long range, and their daring tactics - hiding for hours in no man's land until a brief opportunity presents itself - mean that no German, and particularly no German officer, can ever feel safe. This part of the battle is as much psychological as anything, and to counter the continuing threat to German morale, the Nazi command bring to the city their own top marksman, Heinz Thorvald. His mission is simple: to identify, and kill, Zaitsev. Based on a true story, THE WAR OF THE RATS is a brilliantly compelling thriller which brings vividly to life probably the most harrowing battlefront of the Second World War.
Deep in the jungles of Peru the race of the century is underway to locate a legendary Incan idol. An artifact carved out of a strange kind of stone.
It is America's most secret base, hidden deep in the Utah desert, an Air Force installation known only as Area 7. And today, it has a visitor - the President of the United States. He has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are waiting inside. Among the President's helicopter crew, however, is a young Marine. He is quiet, enigmatic, and he hides his eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield. Call-sign: Scarecrow. Rumor has it, he's a good man in a storm. Judging by what the President has just walked into, he'd better be... Matthew Reilly dazzled the world with his electrifying thrillers Ice Station and Temple . And now, Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield returns with his most harrowing and explosive adventure yet.
'Her storytelling ability is second to none' Mail on Sunday An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there... Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons and the years: a tree that has watched over many lives. The school mistress keeps a careful eye on the children, each of whom have their own hopes, dreams and ambitions for the future. As the children grow up, and become parents themselves, their stories are entwined in this gloriously nostalgic novel from the No.1 bestselling author.
Ambientado en la misteriosa tierra del shogun, el relato perfila un detallado fresco del Japón de a segunda mitad del siglo XIX, un Japón que acaba de abrirse a los gai-jin (los extranjeros) y que hierve en sus propias contradicciones en un momento en que las concepciones modernas luchan por liberarse de las rígidas tradiciones, provocando un inevitable choque cultural y generacional. Corre el año 1862 y en la colonia extranjera de Yokohama la repercusiones de un sangriento atentado cambiarán para siempre la vida de los principales personajes. El joven Malcom Struan hereda el título de Tai-Pan de la Casa Noble, la más poderosa y codiciada compañía inglesa de oriente. El destino de Malcom y de su familia se verá unido al de una ambiciosa y bella joven francesa, Angelique Richaud, deseada pòr muchos habitantes de la colonia y amada por Malcom. Estrechamente ligada a la lucha por el control de la Casa Noble, se desarrolla la dramática história de un imperio desgarrado por la codicia, el idealismo y las luchas intestinas, en el que grupos xenófobos conspiran para hacerse con el bakufu y expulsar de Japón a los odiados gai-jin.
Novel takes place in a period of 24 days just after the Shah left Iran.
Christopher Reichs breakthrough, a novel of page-turning action and international intrigue in the tradition of the thrillers of Robert Ludlum
