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Auf Seiten der Konföderierten kehrt der gefeierte Kriegsheld Captain Nate Starbuck an die Frontlinien zwischen Nord und Süd zurück. Im Sommer 1862 bewährt er sich aufs Neue in der Schlacht von Ball's Bluff. Sein alter Widersacher Washington Faulconer neidet ihm den Ruhm. Und Faulconer ist nur einer von Nates Gegnern, die nicht vergessen haben, dass er aus dem Norden stammt. So ist es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis gewisse Leute ihn des Verrats an der Sache der Konföderation bezichtigen. Denn da ist jemand, der Geheimstes an den Feind weitergibt. Nate wird brutal verhört.

Der Weg in die blutigste alle Schlachten. Im Spätsommer 1862 hat sich das Kriegsglück gewendet: Nun marschieren die Armeen der Südstaaten in den Norden ein. Nate Starbuck ist mit dabei, doch immer noch schlägt ihm Misstrauen entgegen. Man hat ihm das Kommando über ein Strafbataillon übertragen: Eine gottverlorene Truppe, angeführt von Offizieren, die ihren neuen Vorgesetzten offen ablehnen. Starbucks Bataillon zieht in den Norden, Sharpsburg an dem kleinen Flüsschen Antietam entgegen. Vor ihnen liegt das blutigste Schlachtfeld des gesamten Bürgerkriegs.

The epic battle for control of the Confederate capital continues through the hot summer of 1862. It’s a battle that Captain Nate Starbuck, a Yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win. He must lead his ragged company in a bitter struggle, not only against the formidable Northern army, but against his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead.

The three sons of Ratharryn’s chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. The eldest, Lengar, the warrior, harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler and take great power for his tribe. Camaban becomes a great visionary and feared wise man, and it is his vision that will force the youngest brother, Saban, to create the great temple on the green hill where the gods will appear on earth. Saban’ s love for Aurenna, the sun bride whose destiny is to die for the gods, finally brings the rivalries of the brothers to a head.

The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time, telling the epic story of the birth of England, and introducing one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Saxon-born, Norse-raised, warrior and rebel. The final Last Kingdom book was published in 2020, but for the author the story felt unfinished: there were some Uhtred tales he still wanted to tell, and over the course of writing the books he'd become fascinated by some elements of the Anglo-Saxon world that it wasn't possible to fully explore in the novels.

Was ist das stärkste Heer gegen den Hass einer Frau? Eine tödliche Gefahr bedroht Wessex: Harald Bluthaar. Nur Uhtred erkennt den Schwachpunkt des mächtigen Feindes. Es ist eine Frau, Skade, die Hure und Zauberin, der der Dänenherrscher gänzlich verfallen ist. Als Uhtred sie in seiner Gewalt hat, ist eine der großen Schlachten der englischen Geschichte schon gewonnen. Skade verflucht ihn, doch Uhtred fühlt sich unbesiegbar. Bis ihn die Nachricht ereilt, dass seine geliebte Frau Gisela im Kindbett gestorben ist. Und über das Land zieht wieder Rauch von brennenden Dörfern.

Ich war ein Kriegsherr in all seiner Pracht, und ich war gekommen, um zu töten. Im Jahre 885 herrscht ein brüchiger Friede in England. Den größten Teil des Landes halten die Dänen besetzt, nur Wessex im Süden ist noch frei. Dessen König Alfred beauftragt Uhtred den Kämpfer, die große Stadt Lundene zurückzuerobern. Wer sie hält, kontrolliert die Themse, Englands Lebensader. Aber herrschen soll nicht Uhtred, sondern sein unfähiger Vetter Æthelred. Uhtred fühlt sich an seinen Eid gebunden, er nimmt die Stadt für Æthelred ein.

Nathaniel Starbuck ist Sohn eines überaus frommen Pastors aus Boston. Der Vater hasst die Südstaaten und er hasst die Sünde. Aber Nate liebt die Frauen, und nach einem Skandal weiß er keinen Ausweg, als zu seinem Studienfreund Adam nach Virginia zu fliehen. Krieg liegt in der Luft, und beinahe lynchen die braven Bürger von Richmond den jungen Mann aus dem Norden als Spion. Gerettet wird Nate von Adams Vater: Washington Faulconer ist ein reicher Mann: Er hat Land und Geld genug, um ein eigenes Regiment aufzustellen.

The magnificent sequel to A Crowning Mercy, Fallen Angels reunites New York Times bestseller Bernard Cornwell—whom the Washington Post calls, “perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today”—with co-author Susannah Kells for a breathtaking story brimming with excitement, intrigue, danger, and passion.

Captain Sharpe's task is to recover from a feared guerilla leader the gold Wellington so desperately needs.The enemy he faces strikes terror into the hearts of all around - a renegade guerilla band whose leader has a particular loathing for Sharpe, who has stolen his woman. Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage.

Bernard Cornwell's brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple. One summer's day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn. The three sons of Ratharryn's chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. The eldest, Lengar, the warrior, harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler and take great power for his tribe.

The prequel to the series, describing Sharpe’s experiences in India. When a senior British officer is captured by the Tippoo of Mysore’s forces, Sharpe is offered a chance to attempt a rescue, which in turn offers an escape from the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill. But in fleeing Hakeswill, Sharpe enters the exotic and dangerous world of the Tippoo. An adventure that will require all of his wits just to stay alive, let alone save the British army from catastrophe.

It is 1809 and Lieutenant Sharpe, who belongs to a small British army that has a precarious foothold in Portugal, is sent to look for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper. But before he can discover the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto falls.

The Last Kingdom is set in the England of the ninth and tenth centuries. These were the years when the Danish Vikings had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms, and when King Alfred, his son, and grandson, fought back and won the freedom of the country again.

In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce. But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no end to the fighting. He is pursuing the grail, the most sacred of Christendom's relics, and is sent to his ancestral homeland, Gascony, to engineer a confrontation with his deadliest enemy, Guy Vexille.

It is 1807 and Sharpe, back from India and Trafalgar, has joined the newly formed Greenjackets, but his career is in ruins, and his future in the army apparently hopeless.

In mid 17th-century England, the nation was in upheaval. In the Dorset countryside, one sunlit afternoon, a young girl, illicitly bathing in a stream, first fell in love with a passing stranger. Her parents called her Dorcas, but he called her Campion and that's what she longed to be, then and forever. She had one gift left for her by her unknown father - a pendant made of gold, banded by tiny glowing stones and at its base was a seal engraved with an axe and the words: St Matthew.

Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar for Sharpe to discover the truth about the disappearance of her husband, the Captain-General of Chile. Sharpe's quest takes him to St Helena and an encounter with Napoleon, and on to Chile where he soon finds himself caught up in the rebellion against Spanish rule and fighting alongside the flamboyant rebel admiral, Lord Thomas Cochrane.

Bernard Cornwell has been thinking about this subject for years. He has long wanted to write a book about a single battle, the events that lead up to it, the actual days in the battle and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints. Lively historical characters abound on all sides but in Bernard Cornwell's hands the fictional characters, horsemen, archers, nobles, peasants are authentic and vivid, and the hour by hour view of the battle is dramatic and gripping.

A highly entertaining, wonderfully colourful story, now revealed to be written by one of our favourite historical novelists.The gilded family had been the envy and the pride of England for centuries. Never had the Lazenders seemed more powerful or more wealthy. And never had the unseen means of their destruction seemed so close…Yet the heir to the estate was absent. Toby Lazender worked for the British in Revolutionary France - where he hunted down the men who had murdered the innocent girl he loved.