Ergebnis für "The Cavaliers" in Belletristik

Kessel a situé en Afghanistan une des aventures les plus belles et les plus féroces qu'il nous ait contées. Les personnages atteignent une dimension épique : Ouroz et sa longue marche au bout de l'enfer... Le grand Toursène fidèle à sa légende de tchopendoz toujours victorieux... Mokkhi, le bon sais, au destin inversé par la haine et la découverte de la femme... Zéré qui dans l'humiliation efface les souillures d'une misère qui date de l'origine des temps.

Heir to one of the leading "Four Horsemen" mercenary companies, Jim Cartwright is having a bad year. Having failed his high school VOWS tests, he's just learned his mother bankrupted the family company before disappearing, robbing him of his Cavalier birthright. But the Horsemen of eras past were smart - they left a legacy of equipment Jim can use to complete the next contract and resurrect the company.

Suor Teodora narra la storia di Agilulfo, cavaliere senza corpo, di cui vive solo l'armatura. Mentre Carlo Magno assedia Parigi, Agilulfo, dopo essersi coperto di gloria, decide di partire alla ricerca di Sofronia, fanciulla da lui salvata quindici anni prima. Accompagnato dallo scudiero Gurdulù, attraverso numerose peripezie, inseguito dalla guerriera Bradamante innamorata di lui, Agilulfo riesce a trovare Sofronia, ma credendola macchiata di gravi peccati, decide di scomparire. Si sveste dell'armatura e la consegna a Rambaldo, giovane compagno d'armi.

The marriage of a well-bred Royalist lady and an illegitimate Roundhead Colonel is less a match made in heaven than a union doomed to hell. Unfortunately, Sir Robert Brandon's last will and testament leaves Venetia Clifford and Gabriel Brandon with little choice in the matter - deeply though they both resent it. Their tempestuous relationship is reflected in the stormy events buffeting the nation as England slides inexorably into a second Civil War.

Following on the heels of his New York Times–bestselling novel Telegraph Avenue, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure—and the forces that work to destroy us. In 1989, fresh...

It was Charles I's love for his queen, Henrietta Maria, that plummeted England into the darkness of the Civil Wars, but it was the love and loyalty of another man that sustained her through days of betrayal, destitution, and death.

Tall and brave, Harry Jermyn is captivated by the witty French princess, just 14 years old when she sails with him to Dover, queen of a land she has never seen, of a people whose language she cannot speak, who despise her for her faith - and wife of a king she has never met.

Un jour d'hiver 1995, en Suisse. Georg Huber, ancien chef des Services Secrets Helvétiques, assiste à l'enterrement du banquier Gottfried Von Adler. Lors des funérailles du vieux compte, le notaire du défunt contacte l'officier de renseignements et lui fait part d'un legs que le banquier lui destinait : une mystérieuse malle. Huber se rappelle d'avoir rencontré Von Adler quelques mois plus tôt dans son château. Celui-ci lui avait dit détenir des informations inédites sur les événements politiques de l'Allemagne des années trente, propres à intéresser le maître-espion.

In the final story of the Summer Palace Series, Wiley Breuder uses his influence to relocate his family to their original destination and find themselves at Cavalier House in Saxony. This pivotal story takes place during The Great. Northern War involving Sweden, Russia, Poland, and Saxony. Entire villages are crushed, countries shift allegiances, and borders change at the whim of the invading forces.

Un thriller dystopique. Dans une Milan du futur tombée aux mains d’un cartel d’affairistes, un psychiatre hypnotiseur se double d’un tueur à gages d’un genre très spécial. Une redoutable partie d’échecs s’engage... Théo Frilet exprime avec brio la tension psychologique qui se déploie tout du long de ce savoureux récit.

Segurano il Bruno lascia la sua patria, l'Isola Che Non Sa, per incontrare re Artù e sfidare i suoi campioni. Lungo il tragitto vince innumerevoli tornei destando l'ammirazione dei cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda. Ma due maghe, Morgana e Sibilla, fanno apparire l'immagine di un drago; credendolo reale, Segurano si lancia al suo inseguimento e scompare.

Avec deux autres fugitifs, Von Adler réussit à échapper aux recherches. En route vers le lac de Constance d'où il espère regagner la Suisse, il bénéficie de l'aide du réseau de prisonniers de guerre français mais aussi de la protection de résistants allemands. Il est finalement repéré par Walter Schellenberg qui assure son rapatriement en Suisse et le charge de transmettre de précieux documents au Colonel Masson.