First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial...
Kings and rulers
- Auteur:Shakespeare, WilliamSommaire:
- Auteur:Tan, June CLSommaire:
Ahn has no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen as a child. When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaim the throne. Ahn sees a way to unlock her past. But both come with a deadly price.
- Auteur:Calvino, ItaloSommaire:
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo-Tartar emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts the emperor with tales of the cities he has seen in his...
- Auteur:Castellan, E. M.Sommaire:
When an accident forces Henriette to reveal her powerful gift for enchantments to Louis, he asks for her help. For she alone can defeat the dark magician threatening his authority.
- Auteur:Goldstone, NancySommaire:
The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters: elegant and artistic Maria Christina, duchess of Teschen; Maria Carolina, courageous queen...
- Auteur:McClellan, BrianSommaire:
From Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy, comes the first novel in the Glass Immortals series, In the Shadow of Lightning , an epic fantasy where magic is a finite resource—and it's running out. "Excellent...
- Auteur:Cole, AlyssaSommaire:
When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it's nothing like she imagined. Newly crowned King Sanyu agrees to take a wife, and his beguiling new queen seems to have the answers...
- Auteur:Black, HollySommaire:
Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan, including familiar moments from the Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan's perspective.
- Auteur:Eason, KSommaire:
Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse--or possibly destroy it--in the first book in a humorous new space opera duology. The Princess Rory Thorne--eldest daughter, amateur...
- Auteur:Kendrick, SharonSommaire:
King Casimiro harbors a secret--no one in the kingdom of Zaffrinthos knows that a devastating accident has left his memory clouded in darkness. And Casimiro himself cannot answer why Melissa Maguire, an enigmatic English rose, stirs...
- Auteur:Sutherland, Tui T.Sommaire:
Deep in the rain forest, danger awaits...Glory knows the dragon world is wrong about her tribe. After all, she isn't "as lazy as a RainWing" — she isn't lazy at all! Maybe she wasn't meant to be one of the...
- Auteur:Bouchet, AmandaSommaire:
The destiny Catalia "Cat" Fisa has spent her entire life running from has finally caught up to her. But in order to truly accept her fate and become Queen of Thalyria, Cat and her dedicated husband Griffin Sinta will have to go to war...
- Auteur:Shakespeare, WilliamSommaire:
After seeing the ghost of his murdered father, Hamlet realizes that his new stepfather was the killer and plots revenge and ponders the value of life.
- Auteur:Zenko, Darren, Hollihan, TonySommaire:
More chronicles of renowned Indigenous leaders who grappled with the catastrophic arrival of foreigners on their soil and of the measures they took to protect their people.
- Auteur:Hollihan, TonySommaire:
"A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expansion across North America: Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for...
- Auteur:Hollihan, TonySommaire:
Biographies of the great chiefs Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker, Red Cloud, Sequoyah, and Louis Riel. Vol. II: Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Crowfoot, Plenty Coups, and Wovoka of the Northern Paiute.
- Auteur:Hollihan, TonySommaire:
Biographies of the great chiefs Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker, Red Cloud, Sequoyah, and Louis Riel. Vol. II: Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Crowfoot, Plenty Coups, and Wovoka of the Northern Paiute.
- Auteur:Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
Shortly after the death of King Solomon in 931 B.C., the Promised Land is divided into two separate nations: Israel in the north, and Judah in the south. Hezekiah is the second son of King Ahaz of Judah. As he comes to power, he must...
- Auteur:Ngan, NatashaSommaire:
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for ... and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire. In...
- Auteur:Ngan, NatashaSommaire:
The last Lei saw of the girl she loved, Wren was fighting in a furious battle to the death. With the two girls torn apart and each in peril, will they find each other again or have their destinies diverged forever?