Ergebnis für "1.000" in Mittelalter

Byzanz im Jahre 1189: Das Kreuzritterheer Barbarossas plündert und brandschatzt auf seinem Weg nach Jerusalem. Bei der Besetzung von Adrianopol wird Alkmene, eine Köchin aus der Palastküche, Ritter Diethelm als Zeltmagd zugeteilt. Dieser hat schon längst den Glauben an den Kreuzzug verloren und will sich nicht um sie kümmern. Doch sie ringt ihm ein Versprechen ab: Sie wird ihm eine so köstliche Mahlzeit vorsetzen, dass Diethelm Alkmene dem Herzog empfehlen würde. Er schlägt ein, ohne zu wissen, dass Liebe durch den Magen geht.

He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people—and the chosen one of the sidhe ... journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!

Das bin ich, Robynne: Fuchsgestaltwandlerin, Meisterbogenschützin und gerissene Gesetzlose mit dem unbändigen Wunsch, Ärger zu vermeiden. Doch als mein impulsiver Bruder mit seiner fröhlichen Bande von Außenseitern eine vorbeifahrende Kutsche ausraubt, setzt dies eine Kette von Ereignissen in Gang, die mein Schicksal für immer verändert. Da es zu spät ist, sie aufzuhalten, entscheide ich mich für die nächstbeste Lösung: von den Reichen zu nehmen und den Armen zu geben.

Declan can kill with a blink of his eye. Jaded and cold, he rules his kingdom the same way he does his heart—with ruthless pragmatism. So why does he risk all to protect a little mortal during a slave-trade uprising? Now stranded in the demon realm, the loss of his powers is the least of his troubles. The woman may have a frustratingly tender heart, but she has enough fire in her soul to thaw the ice in his veins.

Princess Rowan thought she knew her place in the world. She never expected to feel like an outsider. She certainly never imagined she would fall in love, least of all with a man from a barbarian kingdom half a world away. But when series of missteps lands her in the hands of the people she was brought up to hate, she is forced to reconsider everything she thought she knew about both lands. And about herself. After a lifetime of animosity between the kingdoms, will the Socairans ever accept her as one of their own? Or will her mistakes push her people into yet another war?

The year is 1180 A.D. and times are very dark. England is lawless for the most part and the people live in fear. Rising to power during this time is the vicious and brutal knight Ajax de Velt. His mission is to conquer a large stretch of the Scots and Welsh border, commandeering wealth and property along the way. He wants to be the most feared and powerful warlord in all of England, Wales, and Scotland, and he is well on his way.

Discover the adventures of four modern people thrown into 1307, the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Clan Campbell. The Called by a Highlander Box Set contains four steamy audiobooks in which medieval Highlanders and modern-day men and women unite in love and war.

A hero of the crusades, Dominic le Sabre has returned in glory and in triumph to claim his reward: the beautiful Saxon bride awarded to him by the conqueror king. But Lady Margaret of the Blackthorne cannot yield to the bold Norman invader.

Bound home after two years away, Gavan MacNabb comes across a lass and her deerhound in a moonlit circle of standing stones. Little does he know that the garland of bluebells she weaves and the spell she sings will change the course of his life. Marsali Murray doesn't really believe the old wives' tale that making a chain of bluebells by the standing stones under a waxing moon will bring true love, but she's desperate to try anything to escape the boring, everlasting sameness of her life. Anything except marrying a man her father chooses for her.

Ranulf Ombrier is notorious throughout England for his skill at swordplay and murderous reputation. But after years of doing his king's bidding, he follows his conscience away from Edward, all the way to the wilds of Wales. Gwenllian of Ruardean, Welsh daughter of a powerful Marcher lord, has every reason to leave Ranulf for dead when one of her men nearly kills him. As a girl she was married by proxy to a man Ranulf murdered, only to become a widow before she ever met her groom.

Catlin MacRob is used to being called headstrong. So when news arrives that she will be forced to wed Laird Broden Shaw in one month’s time if their clans’ feud is not laid to rest, she knows what she must do: single-handedly solve the mystery of her missing clanswoman, which has pushed both clans to the verge of war. Easy enough. But when Broden comes upon her snooping on his lands, his steely blue stare sends her wits scattering, and his nearness throws her best-laid plans into disarray. Can she uncover the truth before she loses her heart to the enemy?

Listen to the first three books in the medieval time travel romance series listeners call addictive: A Knight to Remember, Knight Moves, and Lonely Is the Knight.

Every story has a beginning often driven by fate. The McKinnon Legends are no exception. It is the year of our Lord 1493, and King Henry VII has been seated on the English throne for eight years. He did not get there by chance alone. Nor has he stayed there with ease. He has his favorites, generously rewarding those who serve him well. Sir Nic McKinnon is at the top of that list. For his faithful devotion, Nic finds himself graciously rewarded. That reward is the hand in marriage to the seventh duchess of Seabridge.

Nearly killed while trying to win back his ancestral home, Black Richard MacCullough is left scarred and mangled; but some scars run far deeper than mere skin. No longer the handsome devil or kind man of his youth, now he focuses solely on rebuilding everything that was lost to the brutal Chisolms and traitorous MacRays. Revenge - while not nearly as important as keeping his clan from starving - is the only thing that keeps his bruised heart beating.

England in the early 1320s is a restless place. Edward II’s barons are disgruntled by his preference for Hugh Despenser, and in 1321 Roger Mortimer rebels against his king. With Baron Mortimer rides Adam de Guirande, Mortimer’s most loyal man. But when Edward II strikes back, things look uncomfortably dark for Adam who finds himself a prisoner—and abandoned by everyone but his wife.

An epic love story. More than 26 hours of listening. Aldara and Tyron’s complete story. This audiobook features books one to three in The Companion Series: The Royal Companion, The Common Girl, and The Majestic Impostor.

Madelina is the youngest daughter of a Norman conqueror and a woman of power. Her own power is insignificant enough in her eyes that she trains to be a healer under the expert tutelage of her mother. When a child is brought to the castle where she lives, she knows she doesn’t have the skills to heal him, and her mother’s powers—and her own—will need to be revealed to a handsome knight.

John Croxen, convinced that he is possessed by a demon, takes a risk when he saves the life of a beautiful gypsy woman one night while roaming the forests of England. However, Annalette is not as she appears. She knows that John is not demon possessed, but in fact a loup-garou - a werewolf. Alone and in need of his unique kind of help, Annalette strikes a bargain with John. If he can help rescue her condemned brother from prison, she will tell him everything he needs to know about being a loup-garou.

Quando o destino coloca Maldie Kirkcaldy na mesma estrada que sir Balfour Murray e seu irmão ferido, ela lhes oferece seus serviços como curandeira. Ao saber que tem em comum com sir Balfour um juramento de vingança, decide seguir com ele para cumprir a sua missão. Mas ela não pode lhe revelar sua verdadeira identidade, sob o risco de ser acusada de espiã. Enquanto luta para negar o desejo que a dominou assim que viu o belo cavaleiro de olhos negros pela primeira vez, Maldie tenta a todo custo conservar o aliado.

The world sees Lady Elora Brodie as a controlling noblewoman, but inside her, beats a passionate and rebellious heart. Determined to protect her independence, she will do anything to avoid marriage. She will even venture beyond the comforts of home to traverse the disreputable shipyards of Edinburgh in search of a man reckless enough to set her plan in motion; a plan she hopes will ensure that she never need utter the words "to honor and obey.