Ergebnis für "New Eden" in Historische Romane

Winter 1257. Zwei Reisende kämpfen sich durch Eis und Schnee bis zu einem einsamen Kloster in der Eifel. Der Novize Aelvin erkennt in einem der Fremden den berühmten Albertus Magnus, begleitet von dem todkranken Mädchen Favola. Sie trägt ein begehrtes Gut bei sich: die sagenumwobene Lumina, die letzte Pflanze aus dem Garten Eden. Während Favola das geheimnisvolle Gewächs zurück an seinen rätselhaften Ursprungsort bringen will, hat ein machtgieriger Erzbischof andere Pläne.

In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life together. Over a century later, the Honeys’ descendants and a diverse group of neighbors are desperately poor, isolated, and often hungry, but nevertheless protected from the hostility awaiting them on the mainland.

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Ireland. AD 672. The hamlet of Cloichín is said to be a veritable Eden, with its prosperous farms and close-knit, friendly community. But when Sister Fidelma and Eadulf arrive, a new priest has ordered the villagers to lynch a man accused of murdering a local farmer, his wife and two sons. The only evidence they hold against him is the fact that he is a stranger to their land. Saving the man's life, Fidelma is determined that the villagers must give the newcomer a fair trial.