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C.J. Sansom Advocaat van kwade zaken

Een Londense advocaat, Matthew Shardlake, die in 1541 op een geheim en voor de dynastie compromitterend document is gestuit, komt terecht in een web van intriges.

Fictie

Nederlands | 623 pagina's | De Fontein, Utrecht | 2012

Gedrukt boek
Ethan Bale Hawker and the King's Jewel

In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels....

Engels | 12 uur 8 minuten (533 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Fate

Massacres, invasions, plots. An Emperor on the edge. An Empire in peril. Caracalla is on the warpath. Time, he has decided, to put his enemies in their place. To invade the Parthians at the edge of the Empire. To destroy everything in his way. For Imperial Assassin Silus, this is a time of crisis. Forced to guard the Emperor as part of his elite bodyguard, Silus knows that the situation is untenable. As everything threatens to crumble, Silus must make the ultimate choice... and face the ultimate...

Engels | 10 uur 57 minuten (484 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

Luisterboek (digitaal)
C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford

'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...

Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Lion

A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos... Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine. Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless...

Engels | 10 uur 44 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

Luisterboek (digitaal)
M.R.C. Kasasian The Horror of Haglin House

Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate. A woman is killed outside Violet’s house, then another murdered in...

Engels | 13 uur 1 minuut (587 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joost Loncin Het boek van oorlog en vergeten

Een man keert terug uit het door hongersnood en burgeroorlog verscheurde Ethiopië en reflecteert op zijn familieverleden in de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

Fictie

Nederlands | 319 pagina's | Davidsfonds Uitgeverij, Leuven | 2022

Gedrukt boek
Connilyn Cossette Tussen de ceders

Serie 'Het huis van het verbond' - deel 1 Acht jaar geleden, nadat de Filistijnen de gestolen Ark van het Verbond hadden teruggestuurd naar de Israëlieten, verlieten Eliora en haar broer hun thuisland om de Ark te volgen naar de gemeenschap van Kiryat-Jearim. Hoewel ze allebei liefdevol werden opgenomen in een Levietenfamilie die de Ark bewaakt, heeft Eliora het gevoel dat ze er niet bij hoort. Ondertussen vindt een groep ontevreden Hebreeën Kiryat-Jearim een ??ongeschikte rustplaats. Zij geloven...

Nederlands | 384 pagina's (ePub2, 4,6 MB) | Het Zoeklicht, Doorn | 2025

E-book
Elizabeth Camden Verankerd in staal

Serie 'De Blackstones' - deel 3 Door zijn staalimperium is hij een van de rijkste mannen ter wereld, maar van haar houden kost hem alles... Maggie Molinaro overleefde een moeilijke jeugd in de achterbuurten van Manhattan en heeft zich inmiddels ontpopt tot de succesvolle eigenaresse van haar eigen roomijsfabriek, die onder meer hotels en eetgelegenheden in heel New York City van roomijs voorziet en een goede reputatie geniet. Maar wanneer ze onbedoeld een corrupte bankier tegen zich in het harnas...

Nederlands | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Het Zoeklicht, Doorn | 2025

E-book
Mel Starr De nachtbode

Als in het 14 eeuwse Engeland de bode van een landgoed niet thuiskomt en twee dagen later zijn lijk wordt gevonden, wordt de hulp ingeroepen van chirurgijn Master Hugh.

Fictie

Nederlands | 347 pagina's | Mozaïek, Zoetermeer | 2012

Gedrukt boek
Alex Gough Emperor's Axe

The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla’s ally Marcellus is captured by Syrian warriors. They wish to use his son, Avitus, as a puppet emperor to affirm a new Eastern Empire. Caracalla orders Silus to track down and rescue Avitus, rumoured to be Caracalla’s child. As Rome buckles beneath the weight of...

Engels | 11 uur 50 minuten (524 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Damion Hunter The Legions of the Mist

An awe-inspiring account of the final days of Rome’s forgotten legion. The Ninth Hispana was once the pride of the Roman Army, wreathed in honour for numerous successful campaigns. But by the time it was joined by Centurion Justinius Corvus, it had clearly fallen on hard times. Smarting from the sting of his recent demotion, and a transfer to Britain, a land he despises, Justinius nevertheless works hard to bring to his men some of the same pride he feels as a Roman soldier. As their bond grows...

Engels | 12 uur 57 minuten (570 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Knife

Brothers. Emperors. Deadly enemies... An unputdownable novel of intrigue and combat in Ancient Rome. Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, now a centurion in the Arcani, the secrete network of spies and assassins, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Ancient Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Everyone a traitor. As an Imperial Assassin, Silus’ loyalty will...

Engels | 13 uur 24 minuten (594 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Nicholas Carter Turncoat's Drum

The country is in turmoil in this thrilling historical adventure of the English Civil War. It is 1643, and the struggle between Parliament and the King erupts in the West Country, tearing families apart and setting village against village. But for some, this fight is not only about crown and country: it is far more personal than that. Royalist soldier Hugo Telling wishes Parliamentarian William Sparrow dead. This rivalry will take them across battlefields the breadth of England, and all for the...

Engels | 11 uur 25 minuten (504 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Sword

A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia...

Engels | 12 uur 58 minuten (571 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Emperor's Spear

An intense novel of war at the Roman frontier. On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Imperial Assassin Silus is sent into the heart of the battle-torn region. Plunged into a deadly intrigue and a brutal conflict, can Silus find out who is betraying Rome? Or will the legions start falling, one by bloody...

Engels | 10 uur 21 minuten (456 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Jeffrey Archer Sons of Fortune

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire’s son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics...

Engels | 16 uur 10 minuten (705 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alex Gough Carbo and the Thief

The road to Rome is long and full of peril. Following his retirement, ex-legionnaire Carbo journeys back to Rome, blissfully unaware of the dangers that await him. On the way, he encounters many adventures, strives to solve a mysterious theft, and meets an old friend getting ready for gladiatorial combat. In other stories, we visit Elissa, the evil priestess, and Vespillo, the trusty watchman, and discover more about their colourful histories. We see a young boy’s first battle and travel all...

Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (127 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
Damion Hunter The Emperor's Games

The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising...

Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (680 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)
M J Lee The Murder Game

A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts – and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve...

Engels | 9 uur 30 minuten (440 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

Luisterboek (digitaal)