Ergebnis für "Emma" in Mittelalter

When love collides with vengeance, only the strong will survive...Scotland's throne has been stolen by a Pretender King who means to crush all those who oppose him. Four Highlanders refuse to yield. Hell-bent on revenge, they vow to destroy the Pretender and restore Scotland to its rightful King. Laird Domnall MacAyre is out for blood. He bears a personal vendetta against the murderous traitor who helped the Pretender ascend. But when he tracks the traitor to a remote island keep, he finds the man’s sister in his stead.

History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward III. Scholars and contemporaries alike have deemed her a manipulative woman who used her great beauty and sensuality to take advantage of an aging and increasingly senile king. But who was the woman behind the...

Ansel Sutherland is charged with a mission from King Robert the Bruce to protect the illegitimate son of a powerful English earl. Though Ansel bristles at aiding an Englishman, the nature of the war for Scottish independence is changing, and he is honor bound to serve as a bodyguard. He arrives in England to fulfill his assignment, only to meet the beautiful but secretive Lady Isolda, who refuses to tell him where his ward is. When a mysterious attacker threatens Isolda’s life, Ansel realizes he is the only thing standing between her and deadly peril.

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?

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.

In the year 1012 England’s Norman-born Queen Emma has been 10 years wed to an aging, ruthless, haunted King Æthelred. The marriage is a bitterly unhappy one, between a queen who seeks to create her own sphere of influence within the court and a suspicious king who eyes her efforts with hostility and resentment. But royal discord shifts to grudging alliance when Cnut of Denmark, with the secret collusion of his English concubine Elgiva, invades England at the head of a massive viking army.

Laird Robert Sinclair will stop at nothing to exact revenge on Lord Raef Warren, the English scoundrel who brought war to his doorstep and razed his lands and people. Leaving his clan in the Highlands to conduct covert attacks in the Borderlands, Robert lives to be a thorn in Warren's side. So when he finds a beautiful English lass on her way to marry Warren, he whisks her away to the Highlands with a plan to ransom her back to her dastardly fiancé.

A spy determined to protect her secrets. A Highlander hell-bent on the truth. All’s fair in their game of deception. When an English spy working for Robert the Bruce falls inexplicably silent, Will Sinclair is sent to determine if she needs protection. But if he discovers her allegiances have turned...the Scottish cause must come first. Yet instead of answers, he finds a beautiful but mysterious woman who refuses to explain herself. Will has been betrayed before - which cost him an eye - so the last thing he’ll tolerate is a traitor....

Discover the adventures of three modern people thrown into 1310, into the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Highland Clan MacKenzie. The Called by a Highlander Box Set contains three steamy audiobooks in which medieval Highlanders and modern-day men and women unite in love and war.

Waren Emma und Einhard Opfer einer apfeligen Intrige? Wie wurde Karl der Große zum Nachfolger der römischen Kaiser? War das Lieblingsgetränk Karl des Großen der Apfelwein? Ist die Emma aus den Erzählungen der Barden und Minnesänger eine historisch verbürgte Person? Welche Worte sprach Karl der Große wirklich, als er endlich seine Emma wiederfand? Diesen und vielen andere Fragen geht der Autor nach. Denn wie bei allen großen Geschichten der Menschheit es begann mit dem Apfel.

Ten Highland warriors. Ten modern time travelers. Ten journeys through time. Can love survive a Scottish medieval war? Discover the adventures of ten modern people thrown into the 1300's, the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Highland Clans Cambel, Mackenzie and MacDonald.

Three Highland warriors. Three modern time travelers. Three journeys through time. Can love survive a Scottish medieval war? - For all fans of Outlander ! 3 love stories. Over 25 hours of binge-worthy, edge-of-your-seat drama, and sizzling time-travel romance. Discover the adventures of three modern people thrown into 1310, into the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Highland Clan MacKenzie. Book 8: Highlander's Protector - He's trapped in the past. She's trapped in a dungeon.

A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen­-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous...

Headstrong Emma of Ashford is marrying Lord Alan, the man of her dreams, when her wedding is interrupted. A woman claims to be his long-lost betrothed. But is she truly the woman thought dead since she was a child? Emma is visited by a ghost. Is this spirit the long-dead Carlyn who has come to help Emma declare the other woman an impostor? Or just another deception? Can Alan and Emma defy the king and family to find the truth of the woman's identity? Can their love be saved?

Fleeing a man in a Scottish castle, American Kate Anderson tumbles into the dungeon. Striking her head, she suffers amnesia and is sent back in time to 1308 where she's rescued by a Highland warrior. Escaped slave Ian Cambel takes Kate to his estate. But as her memories flood back, she's driven to return to the twenty-first century. Helping Kate leave means fighting the invading English troops—and losing a piece of his heart.

To forge an alliance between the English and the Scots, Lady Rosamond must marry a Lowland stranger. But when a mysterious attacker threatens the engagement and her life, Robert the Bruce assigns one of his most trusted warriors to protect her. Finn Sutherland’s brooding gaze is almost as dark as his heart, yet Rosamond finds herself captivated by her Highland Bodyguard. Now she must choose between responsibility and the searing need Finn ignites within her.

Artair MacKinnon will stop at nothing to dethrone the Usurper King Balliol. With his brother’s blood on the Usurper’s hands, Artair volunteers to scout Balliol’s base of operations ahead of a secret attack. But to avoid suspicion, his mission must be concealed as a diplomatic visit. He’s saddled with the gentle-bred yet headstrong Lady Sybil Douglas, acting as her bodyguard while she negotiates a truce. Her presence is supposed to give him cover, yet Sybil’s fiery beauty is a dangerous distraction. As the peril mounts, he finds himself falling for the one woman he can’t have.

As the only woman in King Robert the Bruce’s Bodyguard Corps, Mairin Mackenzie is eager to prove herself. When the king proposes a mission to sow the seeds of civil war in England, Mairin jumps at the chance, even though returning there means confronting the nightmarish trauma of her past. But to her frustration, the Bruce decides to send a second bodyguard with her - Niall, the only Englishman in the Corps. Although Niall kindles a surprising heat within her, Mairin has sworn to hate the English until the day she dies.

After earning a spot in King Robert the Bruce’s elite Bodyguard Corps, Kieran MacAdams is tasked with his first mission. Vivienne, a lady-in-waiting in the French court, has become a target after helping thwart a plot against the king. Kieran is used to working alone and getting his way through brute strength, but Vivienne refuses to bend to his blunt orders. Though he can defend her against any threat, can he protect his heart from the desire that burns hot between them?

Jerome Munro has been battling a shameful truth all his life - he is the son of a traitor. So when Robert the Bruce orders him to deliver a bold declaration asserting Scotland’s independence, Jerome knows it’s his best chance to prove his allegiance. When he travels to the Borderlands to gather support for the King, he finds himself entranced by a copper-haired English lass whose determination to serve the Bruce kindles an unexpected attraction.