Historical romans

Can two strangers, bound by a contract, become lovers?

In an Iron Age village beside a vast peat bog, a silent girl becomes the target of fear and superstition. As the villagers begin to call Aisje a witch, no one can know what lies behind her silence.

Toledo, 1613. Diego doodt zijn verloofde en zijn vriend op een vermoeden en vlucht naar Napels. Haar broer is jurist, kan niet schermen, en begint een dossier. Een klopjacht op papier, tussen twee mannen die elkaar nooit ontmoeten.

Nick Carraway is drawn into the dazzling world of his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Beneath the glittering parties lies a man chasing a lost love—and a dream that may prove impossible to reclaim.

Napels, 1616. Een leerjongen van negentien is de enige die weet dat zijn vriend nog leeft, ergens in Barbarije. Om hem vrij te kopen heeft hij acht weken, twee escudo's, en een hoofd dat niet kan stoppen met tellen.

Napels, 1616. Een leerjongen van negentien is de enige die weet dat zijn vriend nog leeft, ergens in Barbarije. Om hem vrij te kopen heeft hij acht weken, twee escudo's, en een hoofd dat niet kan stoppen met tellen.

Toledo, 1613. Diego doodt zijn verloofde en zijn vriend op een vermoeden en vlucht naar Napels. Haar broer is jurist, kan niet schermen, en begint een dossier. Een klopjacht op papier, tussen twee mannen die elkaar nooit ontmoeten.

In the glittering world of 1920s Long Island, mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby pursues an impossible dream: to recover the love and happiness of his past. F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece is a timeless exploration of wealth.

In the glittering world of 1920s Long Island, mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby pursues an impossible dream: to recover the love and happiness of his past. F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece is a timeless exploration of wealth.

In an Iron Age village beside a vast peat bog, a silent girl becomes the target of fear and superstition. As the villagers begin to call Aisje a witch, no one can know what lies behind her silence.

An adventure to Utopia, set during the Age of Discovery, inspired by Thomas More's original masterpiece.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, the young Flemish businesswoman Angelique (Angele) Dams enters into a risky transaction. She is betrayed and eventually ends up in a prison in Cologne.

Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, the young Flemish businesswoman Angelique (Angele) Dams enters into a risky transaction. She is betrayed and eventually ends up in a prison in Cologne.

A Moonlit Encounter. A Hidden Asylum. A Web of Deception and Stolen Identity. Walking down a lonely, fog-shrouded London road at midnight, young drawing master Walter Hartright is startled by a sudden touch on his shoulder.

A Fatal Loophole. A Stolen Identity. A Marriage Turned Into a Legal Nightmare. Step into the rigid, unforgiving world of Victorian high society, where a single spoken promise can bind you in chains forever.

Akarat of Ragoon is no hero—just a weary mercenary trapped in a web of betrayal, war, and hidden agendas. As loyalties crumble and kingdoms clash, he must discover whether survival alone is enough.

Akarat of Ragoon is no hero—just a weary mercenary trapped in a web of betrayal, war, and hidden agendas. As loyalties crumble and kingdoms clash, he must discover whether survival alone is enough.

The novel tells the story of the Jew Joachim Israel Behrend, who arrived in Copenhagen in 1783. He was sent to Denmark by his mother for an arranged marriage to a young Jewish woman living there.

Five broken souls walk the medieval Camino. Through mud, hunger, and forgiveness, they discover that the road does not end—it transforms.

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature.

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air.

"La Confession de Claude" met with poor appreciation from the general public, although it attracted the attention of the Public Prosecutor, who sent down to Hachette's to make a few inquiries about the author, but went no further

In order that the circumstances may be clearly understood, I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.

Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o'clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty..

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book.

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive,

“The Punishment Post” is set in the former Dutch East Indies and tells a powerful story of oppression, resistance, and healing, as a community transforms a colonial instrument of suffering into a symbol of justice, hope, and inner liberation.

Here be Dragons is an unforgettable adventure novel for boys, in which there is shipwreck, discovery and plot. No healthy boy will want to put down this book.

The Mutiny is a tale of Henry Hudson and his last voyage in the Discovery. Was he looking for the North-West Passage? If not, what was he looking for? The Mutiny is an unusual book, and not what you expect from the average authors of today.

The Count of Monte Cristo (is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père). Completed in 1844, it is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.