Жду перевода на русский язык — 38 книг

Stavanger - det var der det gikk til helvete. Det var der han mistet Frei. Det var der han mistet jobben. Når det ille tilrede liket av det som antas å være politimannen Simon Bergeland blir funnet nedgravd i sanddynene på Solastranda, må Thorkild Aske vende tilbake til Stavanger på leting etter svar. Simon var ikke bare Freis kjæreste, han var også grunnen til at Thorkild fikk sparken i Spesialenheten. Det viser seg snart at ingenting i fortiden var slik han trodde, og når truslene begynner å hope seg opp, blir det også klart for Thorkild at returen til Stavanger ikke bare er uønsket, den kan også ende med å koste ham livet. St. Avenger er Heine Bakkeids fjerde kriminalroman i den kritikerroste serien om Thorkild Aske.

Stavanger - det var der det gikk til helvete. Det var der han mistet Frei. Det var der han mistet jobben. Når det ille tilrede liket av det som antas å være politimannen Simon…

Den tidligere avhørslederen Thorkild Aske blir tvunget til å vende tilbake til sine røtter på Island. Faren, den karismatiske miljøaktivisten Ulfur, er uhelbredelig kreftsyk. I tillegg sitter han i fengsel, dømt for drapet på sin unge kjæreste. Thorkild og søsteren Liz tar turen til sagaøya for et siste farvel. Faren hevder han er uskyldig dømt, og Thorkild og Liz vikles raskt inn i saken, som avdekker nye sannheter om deres egen familiehistorie og klimaforkjempernes mørke hemmeligheter. Den dramatiske reisen rundt på øya setter både Thorkild og de rundt ham i stadig større fare.

Den tidligere avhørslederen Thorkild Aske blir tvunget til å vende tilbake til sine røtter på Island. Faren, den karismatiske miljøaktivisten Ulfur, er uhelbredelig kreftsyk. I…

London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and 25-year old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad, Elizabeth’s intimate spy, Brendan Prescott, is reunited with the young queen, as well as his beloved Kate, scheming William Cecil, and arch-rival, Robert Dudley. A poison attempt on Elizabeth soon overshadows her coronation, but before Brendan can investigate, Elizabeth summons him in private to dispatch him on a far more confidential mission: to find her favored lady in waiting, Lady Parry, who has disappeared during a visit to her family manor in Yorkshire.

Upon his arrival at the desolate sea-side manor where Lady Parry was last seen, he encounters a strange, impoverished family beset by grief, as well as mounting evidence that they hide a secret from him. The mystery surrounding Lady Parry deepens as Brendan begins to realize there is far more going on at the manor than meets the eye, but the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery in Vaughn Hall, the more he learns that in his zeal to uncover the truth, he could be precipitating Elizabeth’s destruction.

From the intrigue-laden passages of Whitehall to a foreboding Catholic manor and the deadly underworld of London, Brendan must race against time to unravel a vendetta that will strike at the very core of his world—a vendetta that could expose a buried past and betray everything he has fought for, including his loyalty to his queen.

London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and 25-year old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad, Elizabeth’s intimate spy, Brendan Prescott, is reunited with…

Late spring, the year of our Lord 1370. Owen Archer, ex-soldier and spy, is preparing to depart Wales, his work for John of Gaunt completed. But his attempts to arrange safe passage home to York are thwarted by a mysterious suicide. In York Lucie Wilton is disheartened by her husband's long absence and concerned by allegations against her apothecary. Then Brother Michaelo brings upsetting news, forcing her to journey to her father's manor outside the city. Increasingly desperate, she accepts the company of a stranger, who proves invaluable when they face danger. Angered by Owen's prolonged absence, aware of malicious rumours, John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, orders his return. But Owen's stay in the land of his birth has created divided loyalties in him. And those who serve the Welsh rebel leader would have Owen sign up to fight and never go home...

Late spring, the year of our Lord 1370. Owen Archer, ex-soldier and spy, is preparing to depart Wales, his work for John of Gaunt completed. But his attempts to arrange safe…

England 1371: a solemn convoy wends its way into York. William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, is bringing home the remains of Sir Ranulf Pagnell, patriarch of a powerful local family, who has died in France. But the family hold the bishop responsible for Sir Ranulf's death, and ill feeling surrounds his arrival. An accident in the grounds of York Minster nearly kills the bishop.

Then, only a few days after, his townhouse is found ablaze. When the body of a young woman is discovered in the undercroft of the house, scandal threatens to destroy Wykeham. The Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, asks Owen Archer for his help.

The one-eyed spy is troubled. Was the fire an accident or arson? Was the woman trapped or the fire started to conceal a corpse? Stationing guards in front of the smouldering remains, he starts to ask questions. When it appears the dead woman was a midwife known to many of the city's women, including Lucie, Owen's wife, his quest becomes personal.

England 1371: a solemn convoy wends its way into York. William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, is bringing home the remains of Sir Ranulf Pagnell, patriarch of a powerful local…

Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious 'Sorcerer', an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church leaders from power. One murder, another unexplained death, a font filled with blood, a desecreated grave - all bear the hallmarks of the Sorcerer's hand, only the identity of the magician remains a mystery. A mystery which Matthew Barthlomew must solve before he loses his reputation ... and his life.

Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the…

On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael arrive in Lincoln - Michael to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew to look for the woman he wants to marry. It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered. It soon emerges that the dead man was holding the Hugh Chalice, a Lincoln relic with a curiously bloody history. Bartholomew and Michael are soon drawn into a web of murder, lies and suspicion in a city where neither knows who can be trusted.

On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael arrive in Lincoln - Michael to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew to look for the…

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at boiling point and soon explodes into violence and death. Into this maelstrom comes a charismatic physician whose healing methods owe more to magic than medicine but his success threatens Matthew Bartholomew's professional reputation, and his life ...

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the…

The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy. They were among the staunchest opponents of the Reformation, played a major role in re-fashioning Catholicism at the Council of Trent before plunging France into a bloody civil war that culminated in the infamous St Bartholomew's Day Massacre. They protected English Catholic refugees, plotted to invade England and overthrow Elizabeth I, and ended the century by unleashing Europe's first religious revolution, before succumbing in a counter-revolution that made them martyrs for the Catholic cause. Martyrs and Murderers is the first comprehensive modern biography of the Guise family in any language. In it Stuart Carroll unravels the legends which cast them either as heroes or as villains of the Reformation, weaving a remarkable story that challenges traditional assumptions about one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.

The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family…

Vincent J. Pitts chronicles the life and times of one of France’s most remarkable kings in the first English-language biography of Henri IV to be published in twenty-five years. An unwelcome heir to the throne, Henri ruled over a kingdom plagued by religious civil war and political and economic instability. By the end of his reign in 1610 he had pacified his warring country, restored its prosperity, and reclaimed France’s place as a leading power in Europe. Pitts draws upon the rich scholarship of recent decades to tell the captivating story of this pivotal French king.
From boyhood, Henri was destined to be leader and protector of the Huguenot movement in France. He served as chief of the Calvinist party and fought for the Huguenot forces in the bloody Wars of Religion before an extraordinary sequence of dynastic mishaps left the Protestant warlord next in line for the French crown. Henri was forced to renounce his faith in support of his claim to the Catholic throne and to unite his deeply divided country. A master of political maneuvering, Henri restored order to a country in the throes of great religious, political, and economic upheaval. He was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot.
Vincent Pitts expertly recounts this history and skillfully untangles its complex set of personalities and events. Pitts engages the vast amount of literature relating to the king himself as well as the large body of recent scholarship on France during this time. The result is a fascinating biography of a French king and a comprehensive history of sixteenth-century France.

Vincent J. Pitts chronicles the life and times of one of France’s most remarkable kings in the first English-language biography of Henri IV to be published in twenty-five years.…

Joan of Kent, renowned beauty and cousin to King Edward III, is destined for a politically strategic marriage. As the king begins a long dynastic struggle to claim the crown of France, plunging England into the Hundred Years’ War, he negotiates her betrothal to a potential ally and heir of a powerful lordship.

But Joan, haunted by nightmares of her father’s execution at the hands of her treacherous royal kin, fears the king’s selection and is not resigned to her fate. She secretly pledges herself to one of the king’s own knights, one who has become a trusted friend and protector. Now she must defend her vow as the king—furious at Joan’s defiance—prepares to marry her off to another man.

In A Triple Knot, Emma Campion brings Joan, the “Fair Maid of Kent” to glorious life, deftly weaving details of King Edward III’s extravagant court into a rich and emotionally resonant tale of intrigue, love, and betrayal.

Joan of Kent, renowned beauty and cousin to King Edward III, is destined for a politically strategic marriage. As the king begins a long dynastic struggle to claim the crown of…

Veteran royal biographer Weir (Eleanor of Aquitaine) resurrects the life and times of the remarkable woman who was mistress and eventually the wife of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, third son of the charismatic and accomplished king of England, Edward III. Through John and Katherine Swynford descended centuries of British sovereigns, including Queen Elizabeth II. Weir makes use of meager contemporary sources to build a convincing case for an intelligent, poised and talented woman who flouted convention and took control of her destiny in a male-dominated age. After the death of her first husband, one of John's knights, Katherine embarked on an illicit and notorious liaison with John, married to the queen of Castile; the connection survived separations and calamities, and she bore him four children. Repentant in the wake of the Peasants Revolt, John broke off the liaison, but after his wife's death, he risked censure to marry her, making her stepmother to the future Henry IV. Weir's well-researched, engrossing and perceptive biography gives a gutsy beauty her due while vividly describing the age of chivalry and its many players, including Katherine's renowned brother-in-law, Geoffrey Chaucer. 16 pages of color photos.

Veteran royal biographer Weir (Eleanor of Aquitaine) resurrects the life and times of the remarkable woman who was mistress and eventually the wife of John of Gaunt, duke of…

Weir's brilliant reconstruction of all the evidence brings a 500-year-old whodunnit to a convincing conclusion.
The story of the death, in sinister circumstances of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. In her gripping account, Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence - including that against the Princes' uncle, Richard III. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why and by whose order they died.

Weir's brilliant reconstruction of all the evidence brings a 500-year-old whodunnit to a convincing conclusion.
The story of the death, in sinister circumstances of the…

Dagobert 1er, roi des Francs de 623 à 639, fut enterré à l'abbaye de Saint-Denis dont il était le bienfaiteur. Onze siècles plus tard, une chanson fut composée, qui installa pour toujours le bon roi dans la mémoire collective des Français.
Durant ce long millénaire, ce prince mérovingien, dont la vraie vie en son temps est presque impossible à connaître, ne cessa d'être détourné de ses origines au profit d'exigences ou d'intérêts divers: l'Eglise, la monarchie française en formation, la tradition populaire s'emparèrent du nom et de l'image de Dagobert, l'inscrivirent dans de multiples documents et lui composèrent des existences posthumes souvent surprenantes.
Cette biographie, rigoureuse et insolite, d'un roi très ancien constamment renouvelé, est aussi un pan de l'histoire de la nation française, où le souvenir de Dagobert est profondément inscrit, familier aux grands aussi bien qu'aux plus humbles.

Dagobert 1er, roi des Francs de 623 à 639, fut enterré à l'abbaye de Saint-Denis dont il était le bienfaiteur. Onze siècles plus tard, une chanson fut composée, qui installa pour…

On ne compte plus les clichés, les légendes, les fausses énigmes dont Philippe le Bel continue à être l'objet ou le prétexte. Les énigmes vraies sont bien suffisantes. Car il en est à chaque détour de la recherche. Le roi en est une à lui seul, et la première de toutes. Froid calculateur, timide, pauvre homme ballotté? Son silence est-il habileté, refuge ou abdication? Sa foi est-elle cause première ou prétexte? Son amitié est-elle fidélité ou favoritisme? Le gouvernement est une deuxième énigme. Roi de fer et hommes de paille? Prince sage et conseillers avisés? Jeu subtil de la compétence et du pragmatisme. Chacune de ces " affaires " dont est faite l'histoire du règne est en soi une question: Pourquoi les Juifs? Pourquoi le Temple? Pourquoi la dévaluation? Même si l'on met de côté les images traditionnelles, quel drame que cette lutte du roi chrétien et du Souverain Pontife! Quel drame que cet effondrement d'un ordre naguère respecté d'Orient en Occident! Quel drame que cette fièvre qui s'empare du marché monétaire et qui fait connaître à la France, pour la première fois, dans le même temps, l'inflation galopante et l'instabilité des valeurs! Jean Favier est né en 1932. Il a été conservateur aux Archives nationales, professeur aux universités de Rennes, de Rouen et de Paris-Sorbonne, directeur général des Archives de France, président du Conseil international des Archives et président de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Membre de l'Institut, il est aujourd'hui président de la Commission française pour l'Unesco. Il est l'auteur de plus de vingt ouvrages, dont La Guerre de Cent Ans, François Villon, Les Grandes Découvertes, le Dictionnaire de la France médiévale et Paris (Fayard).

On ne compte plus les clichés, les légendes, les fausses énigmes dont Philippe le Bel continue à être l'objet ou le prétexte. Les énigmes vraies sont bien suffisantes. Car il en…

La guerre de Cent Ans, la Peste noire et les grandes compagnies, les révoltes et les défaites. Malgré tant de malheurs, l'espoir n'a pas manqué aux contemporains qui ont vu dans leur temps le beau XIVe siècle et encore moins à Charles V: dès le jour de son avènement, il affirmait sa volonté de bouter les ennemis hors du royaume ".Un roi sage, un règne réparateur. Arrivé au pouvoir à dix-huit ans, en pleine crise, ayant fait face à Etienne Marcel et aux états généraux, à la contestation dynastique et à la levée de boucliers contre l'Etat moderne, Charles V, devenu roi, sans quitter sa chambre ni son étude, dirigea la reconquête du royaume. La sagesse de l'homme fut la patience. La sagesse du roi, ce fut de porter le débat politique sur le terrain intellectuel, de penser l'Etat, de l'expliquer en clair et en français. La science politique moderne est sortie de là. Ce fut d'abandonner les méthodes brutales du gouvernement et de leur préférer la loi et la justice. Ce fut encore d'engager la royauté dans le chemin qui conduit à l'Etat de droit.Françoise Autrand, ancienne élève de l'ENSJF, est agrégée d'histoire, docteur ès lettres, professeur à l'Ecole normale supérieure. Spécialiste d'histoire politique du Moyen-Age, elle est l'auteur d'une thèse d'Etat sur le personnel du Parlement de Paris et d'une vie de Charles VI. Elle a collaboré à une histoire des fonctionnaires et de la fonction publique en France."

La guerre de Cent Ans, la Peste noire et les grandes compagnies, les révoltes et les défaites. Malgré tant de malheurs, l'espoir n'a pas manqué aux contemporains qui ont vu dans…

1392: un roi de 24 ans devient fou. Pendant trente ans, il va vivre une vie de souffrances, entre des crises atroces et des rémissions qui le laissent lucide et anxieux. Quelle était cette maladie? Comment affectait-elle ses relations avec sa femme, Isabeau de Bavière, avec son frère, le brillant duc d'Orléans, marié à la belle Valentine Visconti, avec ses nombreux enfants? Comment était-elle ressentie par ses sujets? Scandale, fléau de Dieu, châtiment pour des péchés collectifs? Seule l'écoute du discours du roi malade et des hommes de son temps, avec leur langage, leurs croyances, leurs peurs, permet de répondre à ces questions.Le règne de Charles VI passe à juste titre pour désastreux: guerre civile des Armagnacs et des Bourguignons, guerre de Cent Ans, la moitié du royaume conquise et occupée par les Anglais, le traité de Troyes, l'abandon de la couronne à Henri V, roi d'Angleterre, le dauphin déshérité, la France vaincue, coupée en deux, humiliée, et partout les divisions, la misère, les ruines. Mais, derrière le désastre, se décèle le lent progrès des structures. Le sentiment national naissant, Jeanne d'Arc elle-même, peuvent s'expliquer par l'identification qui se produit alors entre la nation souffrante et son roi de douleurs.Françoise Autrand, ancienne élève de l'ENSJF, est agrégée d'histoire, docteur ès lettres, maître de conférences à l'ENS. Spécialiste d'histoire politique du Moyen Age, elle est l'auteur d'une thèse d'Etat sur le Parlement de Paris et de différentes études consacrées à l'histoire de la société et des mentalités politiques en France à la fin du Moyen Age.

1392: un roi de 24 ans devient fou. Pendant trente ans, il va vivre une vie de souffrances, entre des crises atroces et des rémissions qui le laissent lucide et anxieux. Quelle…

The stunning finale to The House of Niccolo series provides ample evidence, if any more were needed, that Dorothy Dunnett is the grande dame of the historical novel.In Gemini, Nicholas de Fleury returns to Scotland, a country whose economy he nearly devastated four years earlier. He seeks personal redemption and a haven for his recently reunited family, but he soon becomes swept up in a political maelstrom involving King James III of Scotland. As tensions escalate and the secrets of his heritage begin to emerge, the unflappable Nicholas -- valiant soldier, charismatic romancer, relentless entrepreneur, royal confidant -- finds that peace can be the most elusive achievement of all.

The stunning finale to The House of Niccolo series provides ample evidence, if any more were needed, that Dorothy Dunnett is the grande dame of the historical novel.In Gemini,…

Winter, 1474: In the frozen port of Danzig, Nicholas de Fleury, one-time soldier, merchant, and banker to kings, leads his raffish companions on frivolous, drunken adventures that give little indication of the dark and complex events that have brought him among them--his activities as a spy; his shifts of allegiance from the Duke of Burgundy to the Holy Roman Emperor, and back; the mischief-making at the court of Scotland so vicious that his disgusted friends cast him into justifiable exile.

Winter, 1474: In the frozen port of Danzig, Nicholas de Fleury, one-time soldier, merchant, and banker to kings, leads his raffish companions on frivolous, drunken adventures that…

The sixth volume in the popular The House of Niccolo series, this vivid novel of the 15th century centers on Nicholas vander Poele who, in 1471, is acclaimed by all the great courts of Europe, but whose personal life is tumultuous. He and his passionate rival--his wife--embark on a deadly competition for control of their mutual destiny.

The sixth volume in the popular The House of Niccolo series, this vivid novel of the 15th century centers on Nicholas vander Poele who, in 1471, is acclaimed by all the great…