Corvus The Three Paradises Fabbri Robert

Последняя книга из увлекательного цикла о жизни Веспасиана от автора бестселлеров Роберта Фаббри • Рим, шестьдесят восьмой год нашей эры. Веспасиан поставлен перед крайне болезненным выбором. Должен ли он исполнить поручение императора Нерона и подавить восстание в Иудее? Или совершить немыслимый поступок и обречь свою кампанию на неудачу? Преуспев, Веспасиан рискует пробудить в сердце безумного провителя зависть и ревность. В случае провала его ждёт суровое наказание • Но затем неожиданная смерть Нерона ввергает Рим в хаос. Вовсю идёт борьба за трон, а у Веспасиана как раз есть своя армия. Неужели его время пришло? Неужели его ждут ещё более головокружительный взлёт, завоевания и исполнение бессчисленных пророчеств, предсказывающих захват Рима? Сможет ли Веспасиан наконец-то облачиться в императорские пурпурные одеяния? • Девятая книга цикла "Веспасиан"

The complete collection of Robert Fabbri’s Vespasian novella series about Magnus and the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood • Marcus Salvius Magnus, leader of the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood, has long dominated his part of Rome’s criminal underworld. From rival gangs and unpaid debts to rigged chariot races and blood feuds – if you have a problem, Magnus is the man to solve it. He’ll do everything in his power to preserve his grip on the less-travelled back alleys of Rome, and of course, make a profit • But while Magnus inhabits the underbelly of the city, his patron, Gaius Vespasius Pollo, moves in a different circle. As a senator, he needs men like Magnus to do his dirty work as he manoeuvres his way deeper into the imperial court… • In these thrilling tales from the bestselling Vespasian series, spanning from the rule of Tiberius through the bloody savagery of Caligula to the coming of Nero, Robert Fabbri exposes a world of violence, mayhem and murder that echos down the ages

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Rome, AD 34: Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Empire. But political events in Rome - Tiberius's increasing debauchery, the escalating grain crisis - draw him back to the city. When Caligula becomes Emperor, Vespasian believes that things will improve. Instead, the young emperor deteriorates from Rome's shining star to a blood-crazed, incestuous, all-powerful madman • Caligula's most extravagant project is to bridge the bay of Neapolis and ride over it wearing Alexander's breastplate. And it falls to Vespasian to travel to Alexandria and steal it from Alexander's mausoleum. Vespasian's mission will lead to violence, mayhem and theft - and in the end, to a betrayal so great it will echo through the ages • The third instalment in the Vespasian series

A death in the family rarely brings out the best in people – even the deceased • Jonathan Coulter planned for his death meticulously, leaving nothing to chance. His will states that his three adult children must decide between them how to dispose of his estate. If they cannot come together over their inheritance, then they risk losing it • But Liv, Noah and Chloe never agree on anything. And now, with only one weekend to overcome their rivalry, tensions begin to rise • Why has Jonathan left the decision to them? And why has he made no mention of his new partner, Megan, or the children’s mother, Eloise? If he wanted to teach them a lesson from beyond the grave, what is it? And can the siblings put their differences aside for long enough to learn it? • A powerful novel about love and loss, and what we truly pass on to our children

Welcome to the River Wye: a place of poetry, historic obsession… and occult murder • The curious death of an estate agent is being investigated by detective David Vaynor who, before joining the police, studied the famous 18th century poet William Wordsworth. As Vaynor is discovering, the dark paganism that changed Wordsworth’s life still lingers on the banks of the River Wye today – and there are some killings even the police can’t approach… • Enter Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum, and diocesan exorcist for Hereford. Called away from her local hauntings, Merrily finds herself confronting the riverside ghosts who, as Wordsworth puts it, ‘promote ill purposes and flatter foul desires’. In the ancient heart of the Wye Valley, a buried grudge is about to come to light

Golden Hill and The Alienist meet Gangs of New York in this sweeping historical crime drama set in 18th century New York • New York, 1799: Justy Flanagan, lawyer, soldier, policeman, has returned to his native city, bloodied and battered after fighting in the Irish Rebellion against the English. Determined to hunt down the man who murdered his father, his inquiries lead him to Wall Street and the fledgling stock market there • But as his investigations into the past move ahead, the horrific murders of young slave women in the present start to occupy his time. Convinced that there is a link between his father’s murder, the deaths of the young women, and amassive fraud that nearly destroyed New York’s economy, Justy can trust no one • As the conspiracy deepens, it becomes clear that those involved will stop atnothing to keep their secrets

Foresight is not always a gift… • The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her small town, lights that she interprets as portents of doom • Natasha leads a sheltered life with her beautiful, bohemian mother in a crumbling house by the sea. As news of the lights spreads, more and more visitors arrive in the town, creating a feverish atmosphere of anticipation and dread. And the arrival of a new lodger, the handsome Mr Bowen, threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium between mother and daughter • Then Natasha’s fears seem to be realized when a local teenager goes missing, and she is called on to help. But her actions over that long, hot summer will have unforeseen and ultimately tragic consequences that will cast a shadow for many years to come…

Hare's Landing, West Cork. A house full of mystery • Rachel Lambert leaves London afraid for her personal safety and determined to uncover the truth behind the sudden death of a homeless man with links to a country house hotel called Hare's Landing • New York-based crime reporter Caroline Kelly's career is threatened by a lawsuit and she needs some thinking space away from her job. But almost as soon as she arrives, Hare's Landing begins to reveal its own stories - a 30-year-old missing person's case and the mysterious death of the hotel's former owner • As Rachel and Caroline join forces, it becomes clear that their investigations are intertwined - and that there is nothing more dangerous than the truth

Как защитить своих любимых от секретов, которые могут ранить их больше всего? • Кесси удочерили. Она никогда не чувствовала себя самой странной в семье, но в семнадцать лет она решает найти свою биологическую мать. Когда она начинает поиски, она узнает, что ее удочерение было более сложным, чем она могла когда-либо представить. И, открывая свою историю, Кесси узнает ужасный секрет, который скрывали от нее родители. Секрет, который разрушит отношения, разоблачая решения прошлого и заставит всех участников задуматься тех, кто задается вопросом о том, что делает семью семьей • How do you protect the ones you love from the secrets that hurt them most? • Cassie is adopted. She’s never felt like the odd one out in her family, but at seventeen she decides to find her birth mother

Алекс Моррис потеряла всё: свои отношения, карьеру и веру в будущее • Она переезжает в Эдинбург и устраивается на работу в центр обучения, который принимает учеников, исключенных из других школ города. Это проблемные, трудные дети, и Алекс в ужасе от того, за что она взялась • Её класс состоит из сложных, склонных к насилию подростков. В отчаянной попытке достучаться до них Алекс обращается к историям, которые знает лучше всего – древнегреческим трагедиям • Однако подростки воспринимают истории о жестокой судьбе и кровавой мести слишком близко к сердцу – и на глазах Алекс разворачивается трагедия, которую она не в силах предотвратить • Роман Натали Хейнс “The Amber Fury” можно рекомендовать любителям древнегреческой мифологии, а также её современных переосмыслений