Ergebnis für "Arsen" in Historische Romane

Der Gastredner Professor A.H. Riman hält einen Vortrag über den ersten Dombaumeister Gerhard von Rile und den Bau des Kölner Domes. Dabei überrascht Riman sein Auditorium immer wieder mit intimen Details zum Thema, deren Herkunft sich niemand recht erklären kann.

En 1610, en Logroño, han sido condenadas a la hoguera once personas acusadas de brujería. Sin embargo, amplias zonas del señorío de Vizcaya y Navarra siguen sufriendo la presencia del demonio y sus secuaces… Para tranquilizar al pueblo, el Santo Oficio envía...

Arsène, our charming and clever protagonist who sits on the wrong side of the law, becomes inadvertently involved in a damning murder case when his two colleagues are arrested on suspicion of killing Deputy Daubrecq, a corrupt politician, during a burglary. In an attempt to clear their names and get to the truth of what happened, Lupin seeks a crystal stopper which was once in Daubrecq’s possession and holds enough political secrets to bring absolute anarchy.

Gerbert was a farmer's son in an obscure town in France, but his gifts of mind and intellect were so remarkable that even in the feudal world of the tenth century, he could rise far above his station. Princes and prelates courted him; emperors called him friend and teacher. He brought the lost art of mathematics back into Europe; he was an astronomer, a musician, a builder of strange and wonderful devices. In the end he reached the pinnacle of the world, a seat so lofty and an authority so great that he answered only to God Himself. But Gerbert was more than a simple professor of the mathematical arts, or even a prince of the Church.

Two Shakespearean actors in an unconventional marriage get caught up in a renowned director’s scheme that will bring them closer than ever or rip them apart for good. Up-and-coming stage actress Margaret Shoard has just taken a bow as Lady Macbeth, the role she has always believed was destined...

Arsène Lupin, denna gentlemannatjuv med goda vanor, smak för romantik och omöjliga kupper presenteras här i tre äventyr. I olika förklädnader dyker stortjuven upp i Paris salonger och välbevakade residens och lurar intet ont anande affärsmän, politiker och förnäma damer på deras skatter. Kommer polisinspektören Ganimard att sätta dit honom en gång för alla? I originalöversättning av Ellen Ryding Författaren Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) blev omåttligt populär för sina berättelser om Arsène Lupin - i popularitet inte långt efter Sherlock Holmes, som också figurerar i historierna.

How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands...