The Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, representing these factions, plan to assassinate the Lord...
In autumn 1379, the power of the British crown is invested in John of Gaunt, and the kingdom is seething with discontent. The French are attacking the southern ports and peasants are planning a revolt organized by a mysterious leader who...
Listopad 1327 roku. Do znamienitego opactwa benedyktynów w północnych Włoszech przybywa uczony franciszkanin, Wilhelm z Baskerville, któremu towarzyszy uczeń i sekretarz, nowicjusz Adso z Melku. W klasztorze panuje...