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Ethan Bale Hawker and the King's Jewel
In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels....
Engels | 12 uur 8 minuten (533 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Gough Emperor's Lion
A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos... Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine. Inducted into the Emperor’s bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden. And as the Emperor becomes ever more reckless...
Engels | 10 uur 44 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Will Adams The Sacred Spoils
The new conspiracy thriller from a true master of the genre. To the victor go the spoils... Historian Carmen Nero is in southern Italy help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia. Cesco Rossi, a quick-witted conman on the run from a brutal group of neo-Nazis, is about to be confronted by his tragic past. Israeli Professor Zara Gold is on a mission to find Judaism's most sacred relic. For the tomb of Alaric I, the Visigoth king who sacked...
Engels | 13 uur 51 minuten (616 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Peter Stallone Dakloos
Adam heeft zijn hele leven in harmonie met de natuur geleefd op het geïsoleerde Richman landgoed. Geheel onverwacht stapt hij op zijn zesentwintigste de onbekende wereld in voorbij de poorten van het landgoed. Hij kan beter dan wie ook overleven in de wildernis, maar over de maatschappij die wij mensen hebben geschapen weet hij maar weinig. Hoe moet hij met enkel de kleren die hij draagt, overleven in een wereld waar de natuur grotendeels is verdwenen? En hoe moet hij het laatste beetje ongerepte...
Nederlands | 340 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Elikser, Leeuwarden | 2023
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Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra De vernuftige jonkheer Don Quijote van de Mancha
De wonderlijke kracht van de menselijke verbeelding kan iemand ver brengen in het leven. De excentrieke edelman Alonso Quijano kan zijn fantasie niet meer van de werkelijkheid onderscheiden en dus denkt hij de heldhaftige ridder Don Quijote te zijn. Samen met zijn buurman Sancho Panza en zijn oude paard Rosinante reist hij door Spanje om met reuzen en andere kwaadaardige wezens te vechten. Don ziet huizen aan voor kastelen, windmolens voor reuzen en schapen veranderen in legers. Door zijn onschuld...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub | Saga, [København] | 2022
E-book
Jules Verne Reizen en lotgevallen van kapitein Hatteras - De IJswoestijn
Waarom zou de kapitein de krater van een vulkaan induiken? En zal hij er nog levend uitkomen? ‘De IJwoestein’ is het tweede deel van Jule Vernes roman ‘De avonturen van kapitein Hatteras’ uit 1864. Kapitein Hatteras en zijn bemanning hebben de lange winter op een eiland overleefd en zetten hun expeditie naar de Noordpool voort. Ze ontdekken een eiland met een actieve vulkaan en het blijkt dat de exacte locatie van de Noordpool zich in de vulkaankrater bevindt. Is dit het eind van een lange, moeilijke...
Fictie
Nederlands | 248 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Saga, [København] | 2022
E-book
Wilbur Smith Farao
Na de dood van de farao keert het nieuwe regime in Egypte zich tegen diens vertrouweling Taita die naar Griekenland vlucht om van daaruit Egypte te redden van de ondergang.
Fictie | Avonturenroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 635 pagina's | [Dwarsligger®], [Amsterdam] | 2018
Dwarsligger
Glyn Iliffe Wrath of the Gods
The awe-inspiring myth of loss, labour, and revenge... Heracles will do whatever it takes for justice. Having completed his first trials, Heracles learns that his children's shocking murder was part of an evil plot; his mind brought to madness by some strange poison. To regain his honour, he must uncover the secret behind this terrible betrayal. Despite the revelation, he continues the twelve trials. Charis, the servant of vengeful Hera, sets him a series of seemingly impossible tasks: slay the...
Engels | 11 uur 21 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Frank van Zwol Klem
In 1998 zet de gedesillusioneerde zakenman Herman de Roy zijn eigen zelfmoord in scène op zijn landgoed in de Schotse bergen, zijn vrouw en twee zoons verbijsterd en vertwijfeld achterlatend. Ver weg van de gejaagde wereld leeft hij twaalf jaar later - nu als Roy Thorsen - teruggetrokken in een blokhut in de Canadese wildernis. De harmonie van zijn leven in de Yukon Territories, nabij het goudzoekersstadje Dawson City in het noordwesten van Canada, wordt flink verstoord als zijn blokhut op het tracé...
Nederlands | 304 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Wild, Akersloot | 2023
E-book
J. van Lennep De roos van Dekama
De roos van Dekama' is een historische roman uit 1836, waarin de lezer wordt meegevoerd naar het jaar 1345: het jaar waarin Graaf Willem IV een nederlaag leed tegen de vredelievende Friezen. Het verhaal gaat over de lotgevallen van twee ridders uit Graaf Willems macht. De roman maakt duidelijk dat auteur Jacob van Lennep zich heeft verdiept in de historische details die hij in het verhaal vaak speels weet te verwikkelen. Het is de combinatie van serieuze oprechtheid en speels vermaak wat het werk...
Fictie
Nederlands | 421 pagina's (ePub3, 0,8 MB) | Saga, [København] | 2022
E-book
Anonymous B.J. Harrison Reads Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad is a poor man who works as a carrier under the regime of Harun al-Rashid. Every day, obediently, the man carries the heavy load on his head. One day he feels that fatigue taking over him, and he decides to sit and rest for a few minutes. While Sinbad rests, he sees a store full of fascinating luxuries and he thanks Allah for the beautiful sight. When the owner of the shop sees the poor man, he decides to invite him inside. When the two men gets to know each other, it turns out that the storekeeper...
Engels | 3 uur 3 minuten (134 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Will Adams The Heretic Scroll
Above Naples, Vesuvius is heating up once again... An absolutely gripping thriller from bestseller Will Adams. Archaeologist Carmen Nero and former conman Cesco Rossi are in Herculaneum on the trail of the lost texts of Ancient Rome, possibly stored deep underground in the Villa of the Papyri. But when there is a terrible murder, they realise that powerful forces are interested in the excavations of the villa which threaten the foundations of the Church. With neo-Nazis on Rossi’s tail and a traitor...
Engels | 10 uur 17 minuten (459 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe Hero of Olympus
Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides. Through it all Heracles will come to realise his betrayal...
Engels | 11 uur 58 minuten (524 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe Son of Zeus
The epic story, the greatest hero of them all. Heracles, renowned for his strength and spirit, has done something terrible. His gilded life lies in ruins. Seeking the Oracle, he is given a new mission: pay penance by becoming the slave of his sworn enemy. Twelve impossible labours await him. To restore his reputation, he must face monsters and mythical beasts that will test him to his limits and beyond. For he has become a pawn of Gods: of Zeus's pride and, above all, Hera's jealousy... Can he...
Engels | 10 uur 42 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Nicholas Carter Storming Party
Rivalry and battle abound in this action-packed historical adventure of the English Civil War. 1643: Sir William Waller’s army has been defeated on Roundway Down, his infantry left stranded on the bleak slopes at the mercy of the Royalist cavalry. Sir Ralph Hopton is now free to turn his attention to Parliament’s bastion in the West – Bristol. The city walls are strong enough, but Bristol has precious few men and even fewer guns with which to defend them. And to make matters worse, rumour has...
Engels | 10 uur 18 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Nicholas Carter Harvest of Swords
Rivalry in love and battle in this historical adventure set in the English Civil War. In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale. As they struggle through the bitterly cold Dorset winter, their hard-won experience is enough to lead their men, but never...
Engels | 12 uur 21 minuten (541 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Nicholas Carter King's Men Crow
It takes courage to survive in this atmospheric historical adventure set during the English Civil War. August 1643: the Siege of Gloucester continues. Can the weak city walls really survive against the might of the Royalists? William Sparrow and Hugo Telling may be on different sides, but their dreams and desires are the same. To find the courage to fight proudly and lead their men. For the war to be over and for the love of the incomparable Bella. But only one side can win the war, and only one...
Engels | 12 uur 10 minuten (535 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Oracles of Troy
Only the determination of one man can bring victory. The Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece’s greatest warriors have fallen. But then a series of oracles appear with utterances from the gods, commands that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be defeated. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, knows that only one man has the courage and intelligence to complete the Olympians' tasks: Odysseus, King of Ithaca. From an island haunted by a vengeful madman to a forsaken tomb and its deadly guardian,...
Engels | 12 uur 30 minuten (557 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Voyage of Odysseus
Odysseus’s greatest challenge is only just beginning. The armies of Troy have been defeated, and the city lies in ruins. His oath fulfilled, Odysseus can at last sail for Ithaca and the long-awaited reunion with his family. But the gods, who were once his allies, have turned against him. Exiled with the warrior Eperitus, he is thrust into a world of seductive demi-gods and man-eating monsters. As they struggle from one supernatural encounter to another, never knowing what the next landfall will...
Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (673 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Armour of Achilles
The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors. The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy’s allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Meanwhile, Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of...
Engels | 15 uur 38 minuten (679 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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