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新井白石から「大奥を跪せよ」と命じられた勘定吟味役水城聡四郎だが、絵島事件の衝撃を受け、大奥の調べは引き延ばされた。

お夏が再会したその男は、親に捨てられ泥棒稼業に身をやつした過去の持ち主だった。一時期はまっとうな道を歩もうとした彼だが、世間の風は容赦ない。「生まれてこなければよかった」。

Months before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves–his career and marriage failing–is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China. The Japanese soon declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca surrounded by Japanese-occupied China.

A humorous mystery starring the world’s most famous detective, and his cat. Sherlock Holmes is suffering from melancholia. Cat Watson, his new detecting companion, has vanished. It has been three long weeks since the detective last laid eyes on the small black cat. Sherlock fears he has come to a bad end, hence the melancholia. There are pressing cases clamouring for the detective’s attention, but finding Cat Watson is the only one that interests him — until his brother Mycroft also disappears under very peculiar circumstances indeed. Dr. John Watson is no help whatsoever.

Danielle Gregory grew up in the saloons, where her mother worked, and she has never been able to escape that lifestyle. However, she’s promised herself never to work upstairs the way her mother did. When she goes to Redbud, Arizona, to work in a saloon that doesn’t have soiled doves, the sheriff mistakes her for his mail-order bride. She would have liked to marry him and have a normal life, but she’s too honest to deceive him for long. As she expected, he has problems with her past. But when a godly pastor and his wife accept her, she has hope for the first time.

In the spring of 1354, all was well in the town of Colmar—until Efi Kleven discovered a hand in her pot of new ale…a hand that was not attached to a body. Now, Gritta, Appel, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, must solve the mystery of the severed hand before suspicion falls on them. While they attempt to keep their fledgling brewery afloat, more bodies turn up outside of town—along with more suspects.

In a scheme to pay for his endless wars and lavish court, Henry Tudor seizes England's rich monasteries and convents. Thousands of illuminated manuscripts are stolen and destroyed. Squire Henry Truelove of Cornwall, hero of this novel, has simpler ambitions: to win the hand of his reluctant ladylove, Morwenna. But life takes a bad turn for the squire when his family's estate faces ruinous taxation. Truelove and his friends form a band of "holy pirates" to bring down the corrupt taxman, and to rescue the precious lost books.

Оленька Голицына – четырнадцатилетняя княжна. Её возлюбленный поручик Миненьков погибает. Она ждёт ребёнка, но боль утраты заставляет ее отказаться от девочки. Между тем, в псковской губернии Варвара Бредфорд, супруга священника, мечтает о детях. В минуты отчаянья она узнаёт о девочке-отказнице и забирает ее домой, чтобы растить в любви. Прошли годы, и случайно на балу она встречает незнакомку Флориану, очень похожую на дочь. Спокойная жизнь Варвары на этом заканчивается. Ей важно выяснить, кто эта женщина, и не несет ли она угрозы для дочери.

Роман "Ольга, королева русов" продолжает цикл исторических романов о князьях Древней Руси, созданный Борисом Васильевым. Княгиня Ольга, жена киевского князя Игоря и мать князя Святослава — одна из самых удивительных женщин в русской истории. Когда древляне убивают Игоря, Ольга жестоко мстит им за мужа. После его смерти она становится полновластной правительницей Киевской Руси. Деяния ее велики. Независимая и решительная, обладавшая блестящим даром управленца, она назначала и упорядочивала дань, распределяя налоги в пользу Киева и объединяя вокруг него русские земли.

Eduardo Sacheri, el escritor más leído de Argentina, se adentra en uno de los episodios más emblemáticos de la historia argentina reciente: la guerra de Malvinas.

Роман представляет собой многоплановый экскурс в различные временные пласты, где прослеживается история создания,потери и нового обретения древнейших славянских текстов-летописей, которые вполне могли быть "Велесовой книгой" или ее аналогом. Первая часть — "Деревянная книга" — повествует о находке дощечек с неизвестными письменами в имении князей Донец-Захаржевских под Харьковом во время Гражданской войны. Древнеславянскими униками занимаются художник Изенбек и литератор Миролюбов.

Franco Bordelli è in pensione da poco più di un mese. Non ha appuntamenti, non ha impegni, non ci sono ladri o assassini da catturare. Il suo lavoro gli manca molto: risolvere un caso intricato, frugare tra le pieghe dell’animo umano, mettere insieme intuizioni e riflessioni per rendere giustizia a chi ha subito un’ingiustizia. Non riesce a rinunciare alla sua passione. Può fare affidamento solo sul giovane vice commissario Piras, suo braccio destro quando era in servizio, che lo coinvolge nelle indagini a rischio di essere scoperto… ma se lo trasferissero?

El Duque de Strathvegon tenía que encontrar una salida. George Wallington había descubierto el romance que mantenía con su esposa y amenazaba con matarlo. En tales circunstancias, a la madre del Duque se le ocurrió una solución: su hijo debía salir de Londres y anunciar su compromiso matrimonial para evitar el escándalo. Con este fin decidió dar una gran fiesta en su Castillo de Escocia e invitó a tres jóvenes casaderas más bellas de Londres para que el Duque tomase a una de ellas por esposa.

An epic, world-spanning thriller with high-octane action and adventure, The Book of Bones is a perfect blend of history, science, religion, and travel. You will not be able to put it down!

Baltimore, 1828. Spinning. Turning flax to fine linen thread for her family’s weaving business keeps Betha’s hands occupied all day, but it’s the concerns spinning in her heart that never truly rest. How can she give her nephew Henry a secure, loving home when his father remains indifferent? How can she guide the boy who calls her “Ma” to know and follow the Lord for himself? And when past secrets and future changes collide, will she lose Henry altogether? Colm Gallagher is passionate about teaching boys using innovative educational methods.

Dundee, Scotland: December 1919: Big Aggie’s girls are much in demand in her notorious house of pleasure. When Lily, one of her most popular girls is savagely killed, it sparks off a mystery with wide-reaching consequences. Why was Lily killed? Was it a crime of passion or something more calculated? And what secrets was Lily hiding? Dundee’s first policewoman, Kirsty Campbell, thinks it’s more than a crime of passion. She’s keen to prove herself to DI Jamie Brewster by cracking the case.

In 1892, Elijah Whitman arrives on an isolated New England island for a four-week assignment as a lighthouse keeper’s assistant. Beneath the looming, weather-beaten tower, surrounded by the endless sea, he finds himself under the command of Thomas Graham—a hardened, enigmatic veteran of the trade. The work is grueling, the isolation suffocating, but the real torment lurks beneath the surface.

Between keeping his father from bankrupting their mill and managing his mother’s and sisters’ fretting, David Archer has enough on his plate, thank you very much. Love and marriage never crossed his mind. But when a chance encounter at a masquerade throws the perfect lady in his path, David knows he’s found the woman of his dreams. No other will do.

"When we are born, we cry that we have come to this stage of fools"—William Shakespeare, “King Lear” In this extraordinary novel, Des Dillon mixes familiar with surreal to explore the dark side of humanity’s soul. Jane Eyre, beloved heroine of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, finds herself alone and lost on a stormbound moor. Her only hope comes when she finally stumbles across two men trying to find shelter. There’s only one problem, they claim to be King Lear and his faithful fool.

Regret. It is a feeling that knows no bounds, an emotion that transcends time, place, and the very limits of human achievement. In "Tears of the Titans," you are invited to embark on a groundbreaking exploration of the profound regrets that haunted the lives of some of history's most iconic figures. From the sorrowful reflections of Mahatma Gandhi on the partition of India to the soul-searching of Napoleon Bonaparte on his decision to invade Moscow, each story offers an intimate glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who shaped our world.