Ergebnis für "Origines" in Historische Romane

Before Assassin's Creed: Origins, there was an Oath. Egypt, 70 BC, a merciless killer stalks the land. His mission: to find and destroy the last members of an ancient order, the Medjay—to eradicate the bloodline. In peaceful Siwa, the town's protector abruptly departs, leaving his teenage son, Bayek, with questions about his own future and a sense of purpose he knows he must fulfill.

C'est le temps de l'Encyclopédie et des esprits libres, de l'avènement du pouvoir de la presse et la veille de la Révolution. Et une découverte historique fait trembler le trône de France... Lyon, septembre 1777. Des textes gaulois sont découverts : ils traitent des origines du peuple français. L'avocat Antoine Fabert se retrouve propulsé au centre d'une bataille dont l'enjeu est colossal.

Sniper Elite: Origins is three original stories set in the world of the hit video game that explore the beginnings of Karl Fairburne, the Sniper Elite. In Water Line, Karl Fairburn is a new recruit fighting on the front line. Battle weary, low on morale and holding a bridge in a rear-guard action to delay the German onslaught. This is where he comes to understand his place in the war. The beginning of his training for life behind the lines starts in Home Ground. Karl is recruited into the SOE to learn sabotage, espionage and assassination.

The year is 1492, and Cristopher Columbus has just sailed the Ocean Blue. But in the town of Kessel, Germany, the club-footed Adolphus von Kessel finally finds the strength to leave his hometown after he is invited to work for Doktor Lommel, a well-known physician who works in the large, prosperous town of Wiesbaden. Leaving behind his rural life, Adolphus becomes a Barber-Surgeon apprentice with Dr. Lommel, and marries Sofia, a pretty and well-adjusted girl who even has a daughter, Hilde.

All her life, Riley Bernard has felt like an outsider. Bullied and misused, she finds solace in her books and research. She comes to Yellowstone, hoping to learn about its ancient inhabitants, and unexpectedly overhears a strange tale about time travel from a couple of park rangers. When a mysterious box of artifacts arrives for her, she is thrust into field research beyond her wildest dreams. Taken as a boy from the only family he knew, Cameahwait is thrown into an unknown world.

Darke County, Ohio, 1866. Young Phoebe Ann Moses lives a life of peace and harmony on a farm with her Quaker family and has dreams of living a hunter’s life in the woods. When Jacob Moses, the beloved patriarch, tragically dies, Phoebe’s life is sent into a tailspin. The family suffers in squalor as they move from place to place, until Phoebe is sent to live in the Infirmary, where the orphans taunt and bully her. Desperate to start over, she volunteers to live in a secluded cabin in the woods with a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Wolf, to help them raise their baby.

Uncover the mythical origins of a culinary legend in Academic Fantasy Papers: The Origin of Cheddar, a fictional academic discourse set in the lush, folklore-rich world of The Hollow Vale. Journey back to a time of ancient magic and fading empires, where the British West Country of Somerset is known as Tharion. This isn't a history book; it's a "myth, not a map".

Gabriel Reyes, protagonista de la trilogía conformada por El origen de la tristeza, La ley de la ferocidad y En cinco minutos levántate María, muy afectado por la inesperada y temprana muerte de su hermana menor, inicia un viaje a Rosario colmado de paradas intermedias en las que se encuentra con amigos, amantes y distintas situaciones con las que intenta superar su dolor y desamparo.

For over 600 years, Darius of Agremon has fought wars on behalf of those who needed his skills in combat. As a lechagos on Strongili, he spends his days commanding the Minoan coastguardsmen against pirates and marauders. His nights are spent alone, for despite having had wives in the past, he has watched them all grow old and die, childless, as he continues to live.

Una joven aldeana ha dado a luz a un bastardo, predestinado a convertirse en el artista más grande de todos los tiempos. Caterina se convierte repentinamente en madre de un niño que posee una inteligencia prodigiosa y ella, con espíritu curioso y algo de intuición, lo lleva a descubrir su talento. Un futuro luminoso se abre frente a ese genio al que bautiza como Leonardo.

Gabriel está dejando de ser niño. Crece en su barrio, El Viaducto, entre la villa Mariel, las vías del Roca y el arroyo Sarandí. Gabriel tiene un amigo grande que duerme en el cementerio. Aprende mucho de él y de las tumbas. En el barrio de Gabriel, el agua podrida del Sarandí se incendia. Juega con una barra de pibes, aunque jugar, cuando se vive en El Viaducto, también es jugar con la muerte.

The Knights Templar Order remains one of the most sought after unsolved mysteries of all time. Formally they are known as The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, shortened to Knights Templar referring to their encampment granted to them by King Baldwin II for Sir Hugh de Payens the first Grand Master and founder of the Order along with eight other knights, whom King Baldwin gave the status of protectors of the pilgrimage road for Christians, and then allowed them to make their camp in the old stables under the Temple of Solomon.