Das Jahr des Herrn 1863 ist eine düstere, hoffnungslose Zeit in Deutschland. Das einfache Volk ist verarmt. Wer Arbeit hat, schuftet für Groschen. Menschen sterben an Hunger und Epidemien.
In dieser Zeit ist »Amerika« ein Wort der...
La nouvelle Aux confins de l’Œcumène ( 1949 ) évoque les arts et la civilisation de l’Hellade et de l’Égypte des pharaons, la nature de l’Afrique et la vie de ses peuples, les aventures du jeune Grec Pandion, qui tailla un merveilleux...
Le kopje (mine de diamants) de Nelson’s Fountain était, ce jour-là, plus que jamais, plein de bruit et d’animation. À l’incessante activité habituellement déployée par les diggers de toute race, de toute couleur, avait brusquement...
"A dazzling and hypnotic historical novel."--The New York Times
"Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can't put down, will glory in Aztec."--Los Angeles Times
Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last...
"A dazzling and hypnotic historical novel."--The New York Times
"Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can't put down, will glory in Aztec."--Los Angeles Times Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and...
Told plainly and at some remove, Jennings has reserved the fancier footwork for an excursion into Aztec culture, creating a detailed tapestry of a struggling, vanquished race.
Readers familiar with Mexican history will welcome the rich details of...
The magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heal of the Spaniards. But one proud Aztec, Tenamaxtli, refuses to bow to his despised conquerors. He dreams of restoring the lost glory of the Aztec empire, and recruits an army of...
In this colorful and exciting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royalty must claim his birthright. From the torrid streets of the City of the Dead along the...