Títulos em Ficção Histórica

Vânia é uma jornalista em ascensão. Recém-separada, ela se divide entre a redação de O Redentor e o cuidado com seu filho pequeno. Sua rotina muda quando, de repente, recebe a notícia de que sua mãe, Inês, tentou suicídio e sofreu uma grave lesão que a deixou em estado vegetativo. Ao rememorar Inês, Vânia se dá conta de que há muitas lacunas na história de vida de sua mãe.

Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread. And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency.

Suffolk, 1944. American pilot Charlie’s second tour is about to draw to a close, but his heart is forever changed when he meets Kitty, a local girl. As love blooms, the pair are all too aware that every perilous mission Charlie flies may well be his last. Suffolk, 2011. When Kitty’s granddaughter and ambitious tearoom owner Amy meets American tourist and photographer Jack, she agrees to show him around in exchange for his photographic talents. The deal quickly grows into an unexpected bond – but when long-buried secrets emerge, neither of their worlds will ever be the same again.

Elizabeth Hotchkiss precisa se casar com um homem rico, e bem rápido. Com três irmãos mais novos para sustentar, ela sabe que não lhe resta outra alternativa. Então, quando encontra o livro Como se casar com um marquês na biblioteca de lady Danbury, para quem trabalha como dama de companhia, ela não pensa duas vezes: coloca o exemplar na bolsa e leva para casa. Incentivada por uma das irmãs, Elizabeth decide encontrar um homem qualquer para praticar as técnicas ensinadas no pequeno manual.

The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel. In this lively compendium, Bernard Cornwell revisits Uhtred’s realm, illuminating elements of the Anglo-Saxon world he couldn’t fully explore in his novels.

My life has been shaped and controlled by the greed of others, but that ends now. I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power. The problem is, when you turn against a King - everyone turns against you.

Lydia Fletcher é uma mulher notável. Casou-se três vezes. Com três duques. E deu a cada um deles um herdeiro, tornando-se, assim, mãe de três duques. Agora, viúva pela terceira vez, ela quer assegurar a presença de todos os seus filhos no velório de seu último marido. Seu primogênito, Fletcher Pryde, o duque de Greycourt, se transformou, após uma infância difícil, em um homem com um coração inacessível, uma riqueza invejável e a fama um tanto injusta de libertino. Concentrado em expandir sua fortuna, ele nem pensa em casamento.

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world. Morgoth of the uttermost evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo Lord of Waters' designs to protect it. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom.

England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir. A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed.

Em seu romance de estreia, o sueco Niklas Natt och Dag cria um retrato vívido da sombria Estocolmo do final do século XVIII. Estamos no outono de 1793. Logo pela manhã, ainda de ressaca, o sentinela Mickel Cardell é alertado sobre um corpo que foi encontrado flutuando nas águas fétidas do lago da Ucharia. Os esforços para identificar o cadáver totalmente mutilado são confiados ao incorruptível advogado Cecil Winge, que pede a ajuda de Cardell para resolver o caso.

Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He's not lovable or even likable. He's an overbearing idealist, a radical bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution...and for Wednesday nights. Every week he meets anonymously with the same man, in whom Silas has discovered the ideal meld of intellectual companionship and absolute obedience to his sexual commands. But, unbeknownst to Silas, his closest friend is also his greatest enemy, with the power to see him hanged - or spare his life.

Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love. But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him. But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.

Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. As such, it contains huge spoilers for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning. Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterisation, events and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Listening to it without that background will be a confusing process at best.

Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, o jovem pintor francês Édouard Lefèvre é obrigado a se separar de sua esposa, Sophie, para lutar no front. Vivendo com os irmãos e os sobrinhos em sua pequena cidade natal, agora ocupada pelos soldados alemães, Sophie apega-se às lembranças do marido admirando um retrato seu pintado por Édouard. Quando o quadro chama a atenção do novo comandante alemão, Sophie arrisca tudo—a família, a reputação e a vida—na esperança de rever Édouard, agora prisioneiro de guerra.

Lady Aline Marsden foi criada para um único objetivo na vida: conseguir um casamento lucrativo com alguém de sua própria classe social. Mas, em vez de cumprir seu destino, ela preferiu entregar sua inocência a John McKenna, empregado da propriedade de seu pai. A transgressão impetuosa dos dois foi imperdoável. Por causa dela, John foi mandado embora e Aline foi mantida na casa da família no campo, privada do convívio com a sociedade londrina.

Depois de participar do cerco de Calais, o jovem Thomas reúne um grupo de homens e viaja para o interior da França. Pretende tomar uma fortificação na Gasconha, perto da Astarac de seus antepassados, e assim chamar a atenção do primo Guy Vexille, o assassino de seu pai, que, como Thomas, também segue a trilha do Santo Graal. Durante a jornada, deixa um rastro de aldeias saqueadas e, em uma delas, salva da fogueira uma jovem acusada de feitiçaria.

Among his eccentric though strictly principled group of friends, Lord Richard Vane is the confidant on whom everyone depends for advice, moral rectitude, and discreet assistance. Yet when Richard has a problem, he turns to his valet, a fixer of unparalleled genius - and the object of Richard's deepest desires. If there is one rule a gentleman must follow, it is never to dally with servants. But when David is close enough to touch, the rules of class collide with the basest sort of animal instinct: overpowering lust.

In 15th-century Volterra, sculptress Ravenna Maffei enters a competition hosted by a secretive, immortal family who offer an invaluable boon to the victor. Desperate to win so she can save her brother, Ravenna reveals a rare magical talent—a dangerous act in a city where magic is forbidden. Her revelation makes her a target, and she is kidnapped by the Luni family and taken to Florence, a city of breathtaking beauty and cutthroat ambition.