Marina Deppisch Books

Roma, 1503. Torna Ezio Auditore, l'eroe solitario che in Assassin's Creed - Rinascimento ha raccolto l'eredità del Credo degli Assassini per battersi contro il malvagio Ordine dei Templari, controllato dalle famiglie dei Borgia e dei Pazzi. Dopo l'incontro nella Cripta, Ezio ha abbandonato alla sua sorte il capo dell'Ordine, papa Alessandro VI, credendolo destinato a morte certa. Il pontefice, però, non solo è sopravvissuto, ma ha anche passato il testimone ai figli Cesare e Lucrezia: un avido condottiero e un'avvelenatrice. E ora Cesare sta trascinando Roma alla rovina. Solo Ezio può fermarlo.

In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, Philippa Gregory tells the tale of Anne Neville, a beautiful young woman who must navigate the treachery of the English court as her father, known as the Kingmaker, uses her and her sister as pawns in his political game. The Kingmaker’s Daughter—Philippa Gregory’s first sister story since The Other Boleyn Girl—is the gripping tale of the daughters of the man known as the Kingmaker, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his daughters, Anne and Isabel, as pawns in his political games, and they grow up to be influential players in their own right. At the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne grows from a delightful child to become ever more fearful and desperate when her father makes war on his former friends. Married at age fourteen, she is soon left widowed and fatherless, her mother in sanctuary and her sister married to the enemy. Anne manages her own escape by marrying Richard, Duke of Gloucester, but her choice will set her on a collision course with the overwhelming power of the royal family.

Splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon.We think of Katherine of Aragon as the barren wife of a notorious king; but behind this legacy lies a fascinating story.Katherine of Aragon is born Catalina, the Spanish Infanta, to parents who are both rulers and warriors. Aged four, she is betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and is raised to be Queen of England. She is never in doubt that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet, cold land.Her faith is tested when her prospective father-in-law greets her arrival in her new country with a great insult; Arthur seems little better than a boy; the food is strange and the customs coarse. Slowly she adapts to the first Tudor court, and life as Arthur’s wife grows ever more bearable.But when the studious young man dies, she is left to make her own future: how can she now be queen, and found a dynasty? Only by marrying Arthur’s young brother, the sunny but spoilt Henry. His father and grandmother are against it; her powerful parents prove little use. Yet Katherine is her mother’s daughter and her fighting spirit is strong.She will do anything to achieve her aim; even if it means telling the greatest lie, and holding to it.

Three women navigate the treacherous court of King Henry VIII, each facing their own perilous fate. Anne of Cleves escapes her hostile family to marry the king, only to find herself despised and alone in a foreign land. With no allies and a language barrier, she must survive in a court rife with deadly politics and the whims of a vengeful monarch. Katherine Howard, young and beautiful, captures the king's attention, unwittingly becoming entangled in the dangerous web of court intrigue. She is enamored with someone else, yet finds herself trapped in a marriage to a man who has already executed her cousin. Jane Rochford, once a Boleyn, bears the weight of her past actions that led to the downfall of her husband and sister-in-law. As a loyal confidante to the queens, she plays a dangerous game of survival, serving her uncle while grappling with her own reputation for malice and jealousy. This gripping narrative explores the intertwining lives of these women, revealing the wealth, power, and terror that accompany their positions. Gregory masterfully brings to life a world of silk skirts and candlelight, immersing readers in the chilling atmosphere of a court where betrayal lurks at every turn.

Edge of Danger was "hugely entertaining," said the Los Angeles Times. "The publisher describes it as a powerful thriller, and it's no lie." At its end, the murderous Arab/English Rashid family lay decimated- but not extinct. And that may have been Sean Dillon's fatal error. After her brothers are killed one by one, Kate Rashid swears vengeance on all who have harmed her family. Never mind that they tried to assassinate the President of the United States or that villainy ran in their veins. They were her brothers, and her enemies would pay. British agent Sean Dillon . . . White House operative Blake Johnson . . . and the President himself. . . . Their time was coming, and only she knew how-or when.Masterfully suspenseful, Midnight Runner is further proof that, in the words of the Associated Press, "when it comes to thriller writers, one name stands well above the crowd-Jack Higgins."