Ergebnis für "Enigma of the Dark" in Historische Romane

The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.

Kirkhaven Hall has been home to Isabella Rubén ever since she was sent into exile for treason. It has always been a strange place; isolated, wrapped in dark clouds and ancient magics. No one really knows what’s hidden there, from eerie ghosts and warlocks to secrets House Rubén not only has kept from the rest of the world, but has itself forgotten. They thought those secrets would remain buried for eternity. But now, as Isabella and her fiancé return from their holiday in Shallot, those secrets are starting to slip into the light.

Firenze 1288. Una città cupa, fosca, nelle mani di Corso Donati, capo dei guelfi, assetato del sangue dei nemici, quei ghibellini che hanno appena sterminato i senesi - alleati dei fiorentini - nelle Giostre di Pieve al Toppo. In questo teatro d'apocalisse si muove il giovane Dante Alighieri: coraggioso, innamorato dell'amore e consacrato a Beatrice, ma costretto a convivere con la moglie, Gemma Donati; amico di Guido Cavalcanti e di Giotto, amante della poesia e dell'arte ma chiamato dal dovere sul campo di battaglia.