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FICTION >> Historical
Maggi Lidchi-Grassi:
THE GREAT GOLDEN SACRIFICE OF THE MAHABHARATA
Random House India · Noida, 2010 · 999 pp
Sold to Italy and France
A stunningly lyrical work, The Great Golden Sacrifice of the Mahabharata reinterprets Vyasa’s epic from Arjuna’s point of view. As Arjuna relives the battle of Kurukshetra, he senses a profound change coming upon himself.
Carla Federico:
IM LAND DER FEUERBLUME
Knaur · München, 2010 · 780 pp
IN THE LAND OF THE FIRE BUSH
40.000 copies sold in Germany! (06/2010)
This novel is a generations-spanning immigrant saga about the settlers in Chile.
Ulrike Schweikert:
DAS HERZ DER NACHT
Lyx · Köln, 2009 · 384 pp
THE HEART OF THE NIGHT
Opulent, sensual, seductive - a grand historical vampire novel - Vienna in the 19th Century. In the ostentatious halls of the imperial court a ball is held and the vampire, András Báthory, finds himself the centre of attention amongst the ladies in attendance.
Richard Dübell:
DIE ERBIN DER TEUFELSBIBEL
Ehenwirth · Köln, 2010 · 816 pp
THE HEIRESS OF THE DEVIL’S BIBLE
With this novel Richard Dübell concludes his trilogy about the Codex Gigas, one of the most comprehensive and most myth-shrouded manuscripts in the world.
Tanja Kinkel:
IM SCHATTEN DER KÖNIGIN
Droemer · München, 2010· 400 pp
IN THE QUEEN'S SHADOW
Murder in the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth I
September 8, 1560: When young Amy Robsart is found dead, all of England thinks it knows who the murderer is: her husband Robert “Robin” Dudley, a “favorite” of Elizabeth I.
Andrew Williams:
TO KILL A TSAR
John Murray · London, 2010 · aprox. 400 pp
St Petersburg, 1879. A shot rings out in Palace Square. Cossack guards tackle the would-be assassin to the ground. In the mêlée no one notices a striking dark haired young woman slip away from the scene.
Kate Quinn:
MISTRESS OF ROME
Berkeley Books · New York, 2010 · 470 pp
Sold to UK (Headline) and Germany (Ullstein)
An exciting debut: a vivid, richly imagined saga of ancient Rome from a masterful new voice in historical fiction.
