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From his birth in 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum, Cicero, the educated son of a wealthy member of the equestrian order, is destined for greatness. From his tumultuous family life to his tenuous alliance with Julius Caesar to a fateful love affair with the Roman empress Livia and, finally, to the political role that will make him a target of powerful enemies, A Pillar of Iron is the story of Cicero's legacy as one the greatest influences on Western civilization.

Join Christian and Gaithlin as they succumb to searing passion, torn between loyalties and long-standing hatred. As their families turn against them and Christian must face his warring family and answer for his crime of falling in love with the enemy, help and understanding come from the most unexpected of places. From the green forests of Cumbria to the wilds of Galloway, share Christian and Gaithlin's adventures of murder, betrayal, love, understanding, and of new beginnings.

A historically-based novel with authentic, legendary, and fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama of the Bronze Age Collapse in the Hittite Empire between the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean seas. Diomedes, previously a hero of the Trojan War, and the polyglot Peoples of the Sea raid inland into the Hittite Empire during its final months. The tale is both a study of ancient mythic consciousness and an exciting adventure of love, character, destruction, desperate survival, and the lived mystery of pagan rituals.

Helena lebt seit ihrer Geburt als Sklavin im Haus-. halt des Lucius Claudius Romanus auf Kreta. Ihr Herr ist dem Mädchen vollkommen verfallen. und lässt sie bei den Gelagen für seine Gäste. tanzan. Eines Abends befindet sich ein Fremder. mit einer faszinierenden Aura bei Tisch. Ihr er-. scheint es, als tanze sie allein für ihn, denn seine. durchdringenden Augen verfolgen jede ihrer Be-. wegungen. Dieser Römer mit dem makellosen. Antlitz übt auf sie eine Anziehungskraft aus, der. sie sich nicht erwehren kann. Sie hofft ihn wieder-. zusehen und ahnt nicht, dass ihr Wunsch schneller.

Life has always been a banquet for Sappho, one to be savored to the fullest. Following a magnificent destiny, her strange and sensual odyssey has carried her to the far corners of the ancient world, from Delphi to Egypt, to the Land of the Amazons, and the realm of Hades. For Sappho, it was always about love—love that seduced her into a plot to depose a dictator, and love that made her trade an unwanted marriage bed of a despised and drunken husband for a seemingly endless series of lovers, both male and female.

“Page-turning . . . Set against the political and religious turmoil of the times, the Thoenes’ story vividly reimagines the evolving friendship between Jesus and Lazarus.” —Publishers Weekly LAZARUS—the man Jesus raised from the dead in one of the most extraordinary encounters with The...

It began nearly 400 years ago. The Conall clan and all their people were murdered in a surprise attack, their beloved castle and all evidence of who destroyed them burned to the ground with their bodies. In the centuries following, archaeologists searched through the ruins looking for any evidence of what or who had caused the untimely demise of such a powerful Scottish clan. All efforts were fruitless until a spell put in place by an ancient Conall ancestor finally began to work its magic.

Sir Rook Blake has seen his twin sister fall in love with someone from below the salt and swears he will never make that mistake. As the eldest son of Lord Corbett Blake, Rook is betrothed to a lady he's never met and expected to produce noble heirs. To his dismay, his betrothed has a reputation for being demanding, snobby, and hard to please.

Brodie Dunstan was an honored McTiernay commander when he agreed to leave and help an allied clan. Eight years later, he's back among the McTiernays at Lochlen Castle, yet despite the welcome, Brodie feels he's still searching for his rightful place. The moment he rescues a storm-soaked young woman on the road to Lochlen, he wonders if he's found it....

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.

In this BBC full-cast production, Julius Caesar is triumphant after his victory over the sons of Pompey. But as bad omens and weather plague Rome, even his most loyal friends are starting to see the signs... Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which...

It is no act of love that Regan experiences the night she takes her sister's place in the marriage bed, a counterfeit bride to sate the lust of her twin's new husband. Come morning, her sister, carrying another man's child, resumes her place, and Regan is spirited away to a nunnery. But a more exotic fate awaits the fiery Celtic beauty: Regan is sold to a slave trader. It will be her destiny to come under the tutelage of Karim al Malina, master of the erotic arts, who will mold Regan - now renamed Zaynab, the beautiful one - into a love slave fit for a Moorish king.

Privé de sa couronne, Antarès n'a plus qu'un objectif : rassembler des alliés pour reconquérir le royaume de Phédor, au cœur d'un jeu d'alliances aussi instable que dangereux. Loin de lui, Véga affronte des forces incontrôlables, tandis que Damian agit dans l'ombre et que Pandora se retrouve liée à un pouvoir capable de tout faire basculer.

Wall Street and Easter Island come crashing together in this epic and cautionary story of two lost civilizations: one perilously lost in the present and the other tragically lost in the past, each on their journey to find peace, sustainability, and resilience. Rookie New York derivatives trader, Alec James, has a fateful encounter with Roshanak Amari, the most beautiful woman he has never seen, knowing only her eyes from behind the enigmatic veil of the Middle East.

For 18 years, Gilead has been under relentless attack from neighboring Ammon. Javan, a tall, handsome Israelite warrior, has lost everything during the Ammonite attacks. The sole survivor of his family, possessor of nothing but burned land, he joined with Jepthah's army to bring vengeance, decimating 20 cities along the Israelite/Ammonite border. During the mopping-up after the last victorious battle, Javan finds Taleh hiding in the remnants of her house.

In the days of ancient Israel, Hannah is a woman oppressed. Her once-hopeful marriage is a nightmare, her husband Levi is violently abusive. Hannah believes it is because she is barren, and if she could only give him a child, all would be well. But no child comes, and she does not know how long she can possibly endure. She prays for release and after six long years of Levi's cruelty, he suddenly drowns. Hannah is finally free, free to heal her body and spirit.

When Pheodora's husband is unexpectedly thrown into debtors' prison, she is shocked to learn that a loan from her generous sister would jeopardize her brother-in-law's religious aspirations. Forced to pin her hopes on two she-goats whose spotless white offspring could be sold for an upcoming Yom Kippur sacrifice, Pheodora must struggle to keep the animals - and her family - alive.

Distribution de cette représentation historique : Edwige Feuillère, Marguerite Gautier ; Jean-Pierre Aumont, Armand Duval ; Germaine Michel, Prudence ; Louis Seigner (Sociétaire de la Comédie Française), Monsieur Duval ; Dora Doll, Olympe ; Michel Etcheverry, Varville ; Chantal de Rieux, Nichette ; Varny, Saint-Gaudens ; Germaine Delba, Nanine ; Jean Michau, G. Rieu ; Y. Brieux, Adèle ; Georges Saillard, Le Docteur ; Micheline Pizani, Esther ; Roland Bourdin, Gustave.

« Mina de Vanghel naquit dans le pays de la philosophie et de l'imagination. » Ainsi commence l'histoire d'une jeune fille noble de Koenigsberg qui, au XIXe siècle, décide de vivre pleinement « le feu qui l'anime ». Mais si elle réchauffe un cœur, la passion peut aussi bien le consumer lentement. À la vie, à la mort ! Pour sentir cette brûlure même un instant, Mina s'engage jusqu'au crime. Reprenant la question de l'amour, Stendhal (1783-1842) poursuit son étude de la « cristallisation » des sentiments.

The boy no one wanted became the man everyone needed. He was a boy with no name worth keeping, no family to claim him, and no home but a weathered crate behind a tree in Ayr. But when Loki watched Clan Grant warriors thunder through the burgh — bold and fierce and belonging to something — he made a vow: someday, he would be one of them.