Résultats pour "audible" dans Médiéval

Il est de ces rebelles qui vous envoûtent et pour qui l'on est prêt à braver tous les dangers... Écosse, XVème siècle. Orpheline depuis son plus jeune âge, Élisabeth MacDonald est élevée par son oncle, Georg MacDonald, laird d'un des plus puissants clans des Highlands. Quand il décide de la marier contre sa volonté, Lizzie n'a pas d'autre choix que de s'enfuir, emmenant avec elle un jeune voleur que son oncle vient de faire emprisonner et qu'elle sauve d'une mort certaine

Les rumeurs vont bon train au sein des rues d'Easthaven. Il est dit que la nouvelle reine, fraîchement couronnée, souhaite redorer l'image de certains nobles de la cour dont la réputation a été entachée par leur vie de débauche. Farell Harrys est beau, riche et mystérieux. Il refuse le mariage et entend bien profiter des filles de joie, des jeux et de l'alcool, ces vices que l'ancien roi lui permettait jusque-là. Pourtant, la décision prise par la nouvelle souveraine risque bien de ruiner l'avenir auquel il aspirait.

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.

Le destin hors du commun d'Ingeburge au cœur des secrets de la cour et des grands faits du royaume de France aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles. Une vie tragique, romanesque, liée pour le pire à son époux, le roi Philippe Auguste, mais qui révèle une personnalité pleine de force, et qui sera transcendée par un amour impossible avec un chevalier troubadour. 15 août 1193, en la cathédrale d’Amiens. Une foule en liesse découvre une belle princesse danoise, Ingeburge, sacrée reine du plus puissant royaume d’Europe par son union avec Philippe Auguste.

Symbole et mythe de la passion amoureuse, chef d'œuvre de la littérature médiévale, "Tristan et Iseut" est une œuvre intemporelle. Elle happe le lecteur et résonne en chacun d'une étonnante modernité.

1605. Face à l'arrogance anglaise, la fierté écossaise se rebelle. À la cour d'Édimbourg, Meg Mackinnon est venue chercher un époux qui saura tenir tête à l'envahisseur. Dans cette quête pragmatique, il n'est pas question de sentiments. Pourtant, un homme jette le trouble dans son cœur : le farouche Alex MacLeod, un mercenaire qui prétend vendre son épée au plus offrant. Sauf que Meg a reconnu en lui le mystérieux guerrier qui l'a sauvée d'une attaque de brigands sur les routes d'Écosse. Pourquoi ment-il ?

A daughter of the forest and loyal to no clan, Seana has been whispered to be a child of the faeries, but not even a little Gael magic can help her claim what she truly desires—a home and hearth… before it’s too late for her ailing da.

Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1461. When Lady Catherine Dancy saves the life of a wounded knight, Guy de Rosel, her fate is sealed. Though they share a powerful connection, Guy’s manipulative brother Hugh discovers her identity and forces her into a loveless political marriage. Trapped in the crumbling de Rosel keep on the Scottish borders, Catherine faces an impossible choice between duty and desire. But Hugh’s cruel ambitions run deeper than she knows, and when betrayal strikes, will the chapel where she sought solace become her tomb?

On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius, and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war.

Along the ancient Pilgrim Trail traveled by countless crusaders from Europe to The Holy Land, Dr. Rory Osgrove is in charge of her first archaeological dig. A Biblical Archaeologist by degree, her target is a holy relic of unimaginable power. But what she discovers instead is the tomb of a long-buried Crusader, one of the thousands who came to this desert land in search of glory and riches. Deterred from her original goal, Rory is fascinated by the English knight and the journal buried with him.

As a child, Jackston Forbes made a promise to lovely - and pushy - Lizelle Menzies. A man of his word, Jackston never forgot that promise. Through the years of experience and growth, Jackston has become a powerful warrior, now returning to his home in the highlands to assume his place as his father's heir. But along the way he meets a young woman who will test the strength of his vow to marry Lizelle, and when he discovers the brutal and petty woman Lizelle has become, it becomes a difficult choice for him - will he remain true to a childhood vow?

Twenty years ago, during the reign of Edward I, the last Welsh prince was sentenced to death. All that remained of his family was his six-month-old daughter with dual royal bloodlines, who was arrested and sent to live at Sempringham Priory. She was to become a nun, never to procreate, because prophesy dictated that should she ever marry and rise to power, she would bring about the collapse of England.

Ireland, 1588. Rafael de Silva washes ashore on an Irish beach after a catastrophic shipwreck, carrying only his secret Jewish faith and a golden hamsa. He is starving and desperate when he meets Aisling O’Rourke, a local chieftain’s niece, and experiences a blinding desire he has never felt before. But their love is impossible, and when Rafael’s precious hamsa is discovered, he faces a terrible choice: admit to a secret that could see him nailed to a cross or watch an innocent man die in his place.

He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people—and the chosen one of the sidhe ... journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!

À la fin de sa vie, Abélard écrivait à Héloïse : "Tu sais à quelle abjection ma luxure d'alors a conduit nos corps au point qu'aucun respect de la décence ou de Dieu ne me retirait de ce bourbier et que, quand, même si ce n'était pas très souvent, tu hésitais, tu tentais de me dissuader, je profitais de ta faiblesse et te contraignais à consentir par des coups. Car je t'étais lié par une appétence si ardente que je faisais passer bien avant Dieu les misérables voluptés si obscènes que j'aurais honte aujourd'hui de nommer."

Kidnapped while journeying with her maid, Morven, Louise McGregor finds herself the prisoner of the charming rogue Colin McKay. As she waits for her father to answer Colin’s demand for ransom, she begins to see there is more to her captor than meets the eye. The threat of war looms between the McGregors and the Ross clan, but will Louise’s father get to her in time, or will Colin sell her to the highest bidder?

Gavin Mac Brodie fears the thought of becoming the man his father was. Driven into solitude by visions of what he would not be and could not have, he vows never to wed. But this last of the available Brodie men is about to encounter a wee bit of Highland magic... Catrìona is no stranger to solitariness. Driven deep into the Highland mountains, her kinsmen have become little more than legend. But no one knows better than Cat that you cannot hide from fate.

Lady Raven Blake has trained alongside her twin brother, Rook, for years. She is intrigued with weapons and skilled at wielding a sword. Raven likes excitement in her life, but her father wants her to start acting like a lady. To her horror, he's planned a tournament, and whichever nobleman wins will receive her hand in marriage as the prize. Infuriated, Raven comes up with an idea to ruin this plan and stay single. Now, all she needs is the help of the armorer who her father has foolishly assigned as her bodyguard, trying to keep her out of trouble.

It’s suave, handsome Edward de Wolfe’s tale as he vies for the hand of Paris de Norville’s daughter, Cassiopeia. The problem is the bride herself - she can’t stand the sight of him! He is a man of great words and swift action, and he soon finds himself battling another suitor for Cassiopeia's hand. While Edward's attention is genuine, the other suitor's attention is not.

Les Vikings déferlent sur les mers pour tout piller sur leur passage. Pictavia n'est pas épargnée. Pour sauver son royaume, le roi n'a d'autre choix que conclure un pacte avec les envahisseurs du nord. Quelques années plus tard, de grandes voiles assombrissent les côtes pour reprendre cette princesse picte qui leur a été promise. Unique héritière du trône, Nola ne sait pas encore qu'elle doit épouser un homme qu'elle ne connaît pas. Enlevée par ces barbares, elle va devoir apprendre à vivre avec ce Viking qui ne cesse de la tourmenter.