Alan Gold

Magnífica novela histórica sobre Gertrude Bell, una de las mujeres más influyentes del sigo XXFue la aventurera más famosa de su tiempo, la mente inspiradora de Lawrence de Arabia, consejera de reyes y jeques, y arma secreta del gobierno britanico en la Primera Guerra Mundial durante la campaña contra los turcos. Brillante intelectual, alpinista, exploradora, linguista, politica y destacada figura literaria, Gertrude Bell es la heroina olvidada mas importante del siglo XX.Rigurosamente documentada, la novela de Alan Gold abre con fidelidad las paginas de la historia por una mujer incomparable, que rompio todos los moldes que decretaban como debian comportarse las victorianas en el plano social, intelectual y fisico. Mientras orientaba los acontecimientos del momento en todo Oriente Medio a traves de la diplomacia publica y autorizada, y tambien, de la aventura, su influencia sobre los hombres situados en la vanguardia de la historia, y su destreza sin par a la hora de trazar el rumbo y la influencia de los aliados ingleses, franceses y arabes en la region, produjeron lo que tal vez fuera su mayor logro: crear ella sola el Irak de hoy dia. Contando la historia como un relato biografico, en La reina del desierto Alan Gold pone de manifiesto que esta mujer extraordinaria y de ferrea determinacion fue, mas que nin...

From the author of The Last Testament comes the true love of Bonnie Prince Charlie, her adventures in America and her lasting legacy.In the page-turning popular genre trail-blazed by Antonia Fraser and Phillippa Gregory, The Pretenders Lady, Alan Golds meticulously researched novel, accurately opens historys pages on a peerless woman who helped change the course of history and whose legend lives on in Scotland todayFlora MacDonald.She was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, single handedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life storyher relations with the Prince, her flight to America, Ben Franklins influence, and her return to Britain to lobby for peaceBut whats hidden from history, revealed now for the first time in Golds dazzling new work of fiction, is the result of Floras and Charlies love: a beautiful and talented boy raised on an American farm. But only she knows his true heritage and his claim to the worlds greatest throne. And only the genius of Ben Franklin understands how to use this naive boy to change the history of America.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

El Imperio de la Reina relata la historia de la mujer celta que desafió a un imperio y se convirtió en heroína legendaria para los británicos. Magistralmente escrita por Alan Gold, esta novela nos acerca la historia de Boadicea con una vivez

A grand historical novel about Gertrude Bell, one of the most influential women of the twentieth century.She was the most celebrated adventurer of her day, the brains behind Lawrence of Arabia, an adviser to kings and desert sheikhs, and the British governments secret weapon in WWI in the campaign against the Turks. A brilliant academic, mountaineer, explorer, linguist, politician, and towering literary figure, Gertrude Bell is the most significant unsung heroine of the twentieth century.Alan Golds meticulously researched novel accurately opens historys pages on a peerless woman who broke all molds on how Victorian women were supposed to behavesocially, intellectually, and physically. Guiding the events of the day in open, sanctioned diplomacy and adventure all across the Middle East, her influence on the men at the vanguard of history, and her unparalleled skill in sculpting the pathways and influences of the English, French, and Arab allies on the region, all lead to perhaps her greatest achievement: single-handedly creating todays Iraq. Told as a biographical narrative of history, Alan Gold reveals that, more than any other single figure, it was this extraordinary woman who most determinedly fashioned the Arab world as we know it today.

A story of justice through the ages . . . and revenge.Germany, 1945. The bloodiest war in history is at an end. Now the retribution and search for justice begins. In a series of Nuremberg trials, war criminals are hanged or commit suicide. Others are judged and sent to prison for their part in the most heinous crimes of all time.But in the final trial, one in which ordinary Germans are forced to confront their complicity, a leading American defense counselor has to consider questions of good and evil when he defends a simple mechanic, a man who kept the gas chambers in working order.As his trial progresses, Wilhelm Deutch, a Nazi mechanic within the concentration camps, is forced by a court to confront his past with nobody to speak on his behalf. Only one man, Joachim Gutman, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitza living hell, the worst of all the concentration campsknows the truth. Gutman knows that Deutch was a life-saving hero, not another sadistic villain that those who barely survived the camps claim him to be at the trial. To save Deutch from a certain-death sentence, Gutman must come forward to testify on his behalf, but hes nowhere to be found.And half a century later, it falls to the defense counselors granddaughter, a young and brilliant lawyer, to correct a grievous miscarriage of justice and ease the moral conscience of Germany. But has there been a miscarriage of justice? As she delves deeper into the evil Nazi past, she is faced with a conundrum that threatens her very sanity.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Ocultas bajo un manto de niebla, las Islas Británicas eran a principios de nuestra era un territorio frágil. Pobladas por clanes celtas en guerra, las tribus luchaban orgullosamente por su tierra, por su legado historico y por sus creencias. Deseoso de expandir su dominio el Imperio Romano arribo a Britania en el año 43. Quienes se resistieron fueron sometidos al nuevo poder; los sometidos de forma pacifica fueron asimilados al nuevo orden. En este ultimo grupo se hallaban los icenos, gobernados por Prasutag y Boadicea.Con su instinto guerrero atemperado por el deseo de velar por la seguridad de su pueblo, Boadicea y su esposo, el rey Prasutag, mantuvieron unidos a los icenos a lo largo de una etapa de paz. Pero en el septimo año de su reinado, Roma reacciono brutalmente al fallecimiento del monarca, traicionando brutalmente a Boadicea y a sus dos hijas. Azotada, humillada y dolorida, el espiritu guerrero de la reina hallo un nuevo proposito. Impulsada por la fortaleza de su linaje y por el amor a su familia, su sed de justicia y de venganza unio a una legion de celtas contra el enemigo comun: Roma. El Imperio de la Reina relata la historia de la mujer celta que desafio a un imperio y se convirtio en heroina legendaria para los britanicos. Magistralmente escrita por Alan Gold, esta novela nos acerca la historia de Boadicea con una viveza que solo encuentra parangon en la pasion que inflamo el propio corazon de la protagonista y que desencadeno la tragedia, el valor y la furia. ¿El deseo de venganza sera capaz de borrar las cicatrices causadas por la traicion del Imperio Romano y traer consigo la paz?Fruto de una investigacion meticulosa y elaborado con una gran dosis de imaginacion, El Imperio de la Reina es el fascinante relato epico de una mujer de roja cabellera que se atrevio a desafiar al agresivo poder del Imperio Romano. Su nombre encontraria eco en la historia. En efecto, en el año 43 Boadicea se convirtio en reina de una tribu celta y en simpatizante de Roma. Pero tras varios años de servicio leal al Imperio, se vio brutalmente traicionada. A partir de entonces, uniendo la conviccion propia del heroe y el coraje digno del mejor guerrero, consiguio unir a los celtas para enfrentarse al nuevo enemigo comun. La furia de su venganza infundio el caos en las fuerzas de Roma. Boadicea se convirtio en una diosa para su propio pueblo e ingreso en los libros de historia como una autentica heroina de Britania.Con la me

From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims. Medicines greatest nightmare, this modern black death is caused by the most virulent and uncontrollable mutant virus humanity has ever witnessed. And medicine can do nothing to stop its merciless spread.Scientist Debra Hart and her team of experts are tasked by the United Nations to stop the disease. Racing against time, they must find the cause and the cure and figure out why this deadly diseasespread by batsis killing thousands in cities across the globe. Debra and her team will struggle to stop the disease from spreading to millions more, even if it means killing off every bat alive. But fighting to prevent her are manic animal rights activists who rail against species genocide, even if it means risking the deaths of human beings. And hidden behind a cloak of secrecy is a crazed academic wholl even kill top American government officials to save one living creature.This is the nightmare scenario that Debra faces as the public becomes so terrified of bats that entire communities become vigilantes.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Two individuals from different countries but who share one ancestral bloodline race to thwart a terrorist plot in Jerusalemthe first heart-pounding book in a new epic trilogy that delves into the dark underbelly of the Holy City.Bilal, a radicalized Palestinian youth, is promised paradise if he destroys the Western Wall. But his attempted terrorist attack fails and he finds himself in the hands of a young Jewish surgeon, Yael Cohen. After saving his life, Yael makes the startling discovery that her DNA and Bilals are nearly identical, sparking suspicion that their connection is greater than mere coincidence. Their search for answers soon puts them in the middle of a high-stakes international conspiracyone that has its roots in the blood of thousands, and now threatens to spill the blood of thousands more.Unknown to Bilal and Yael, theirs is the last chapter in a story that crosses millennia. Century after century, two ancient familiesbloodline ancestors of Yael and Bilaldefied the power of corrupt kings and conquerors, fighting to forge an alliance and lasting peace. But through many years of secret dealings and war, kinships were shattered, dynasties fell apart, and evil gained a foothold. Now, in modern Israel, those same sinister forces are at work, stopping at nothing to take control of the Holy Land and silence anyone in their way. Through imprisonment, assassination attempts, and political machinations, Bilal and Yael must ultimately confront the truth of who they are. But is the common blood of two individuals enough to bring two enemy peoples together, and stave off the destruction that threatens them both?Crossing borders, centuries, and battlegrounds, Bloodline is a thrilling, ultimately redemptive story taking place in the shadows of one of the oldest, most sacred cities in the world.

The dramatic fight for modern Jewish statehood forms the backdrop of this second book in the Heritage trilogy, a series of epic political thrillers set in Jerusalem.Following Bloodline, in which Bilal and Yael raced to thwart a terrorist plot in modern-day Jerusalem, Book Two travels six decades into the past and introduces Yaels grandparents: Shalman, a freedom fighter turned peacenik archaeologist, and his young, beautiful wife Judit, a refugee from the horrors of Stalins USSR. As WWII draws to a close and the truth about Hitlers genocide emerges, the need for a permanent safe haven for the Jewish people takes on unprecedented urgency.But the path to statehood is anything but clear. Throughout Palestine, Arab and Jewish forces battle each other and the British for supremacy in a nightmarish environment riddled with hatred and suspicion. A plot to fashion the fledgling Israeli nation as a puppet of the Soviet Unionundermining Israels future as an independent nationrests upon a handful of committed Jewish Communists, led covertly by Judit. Meanwhile, in a parallel storyline going back to the darkest recesses of ancient history, Shalmans ancestors flee the grisly Roman occupation of Jerusalem, witness the glories of the Islamic renaissance in Baghdad, and endure the rampages of the Crusaders.Set in one of the most fraught regions in the world and spanning centuries, this pulse-pounding, timely thriller centers on a turning point in the inexorable conflict that still rages today.

King Henry II, exhausted from everlasting conflict with France and the bad habit of his sons rebelling against their father finds love, solace, and passion after falling for the youthful beauty of Alys and makes her his mistress.Alys father, King Louis VII of France was a man in desperate need of an heir. Alys was his fourth daughter from two wives. After divorcing Eleanor, he married Alys mother Constance.The desperate need for a son meant that King Louis was striding down the aisle just five weeks after Constances death (not to say that he wasnt grieving, it was said he was deeply affected by his loss), this time with Adele of Champagne who was twenty years his junior. Alys was finally joined by the longed-for brother when she was five years old, and then another sister named Agnes.Long before Alys came on to the scene her father had been at war, on and off, with Henry II of England. While Louis needed a son to inherit his throne, his daughters were also important as diplomatic tools. Alys first played her part in January 1169, when Louis and Henry met to sign the Treaty of Montmirail near Le Mans.

Coutts the bank was founded in 1692 but really took off when Thomas Coutts took over at the beginning of the19th Century. He made a fortune, and left it to his second wife, 40 years younger and an actress. When she died, she left it all to Thomas granddaughter, Angela Burdett-Coutts.Suddenly, Angela became the second wealthiest woman in England after Queen Victoria. She had to hire bodyguards to keep fortune hunters away. But because of her wealth and also because her father was a radical politician, she moved in the most interesting circles of Victorian society, where she met and has numerous affairs with famous people, like the chemist Michael Faraday and many others including Charles Dickens and the Duke of Wellington.She caused something of a scandal with her radical lifestyle, but because of her wealth, and the fact that she spends most of her money on charity, opening schools for impoverished children, helping Dickens with the housing for the poor, housing prostitutes and getting them off the streets shes almost beyond criticism.... until, at the age of 66, she caused absolute shock and outrage, because she chose to marry her 29-year-old secretary called William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett. Whilst this in itself does not appear particularly shocking, as he was, like her father, a Member of Parliament, the astonishing age gap left society aghast.Whilst she was sixty-seven, he was just twenty-nine years old.

No longer one of the spoils of war, Catherine, Queen of England and France, resolves to fight for hernew life on her own termsCatherine of Valois, daughter of the defeated king of France, looks down from the battlements as her future rides to greet her.As one of the spoils of war, she is to be married to her fathers enemy, Henry V of England. She is prepared to do her duty what could be worse than continuing to live with her ailing father and cold mother but she wasnt prepared to fall in love.Henry is everything that she wanted in a husband, and a king. In him she finds a devoted lover and inspiring ruler. When he dies, shortly after she has delivered his heir, her future and that of her son is in doubt. Not only must she protect her baby, the young Henry VI, she must protect his legacy from the grasping and scheming of his uncle and protector.When Owen Tudor -- Welshman, commoner, troublesomely attractive -- stumbles into her lap, she sees her future. A man who will not lead armies, nor rule kingdoms. Instead, one who will devote himself to protecting what is hers.But he must sacrifice everything he has in order to marry her, and even that may not be enough to keep them all safe.

An historical novel based on the life of the 17th-Century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who defied her rape and torture through masterful paintings. With words and images, she fought back against the male violence that dominated her world."The works shall speak for themselves." So wrote Artemisia Gentileschi in 1649, in a letter to a patron acknowledging her rare position in the art world at that time: a painter, and a woman. Although all too aware that she had a harder job being taken seriously, she had faith in her talent, her work.Gentileschis work is known for its strong women, and its vibrant, even shocking depictions of violence. Her story is one of talent, but also resilience, ambition, and fierce determination.For Gentileschi had to overcome personal trauma and public humiliation before she could attain the status as one of the most significant Italian artists of the age. Raped at 17 by her painting tutor, she endured a scandalous seven-month trial in which she was tortured to prove she was telling the truth. Yet she went on to became internationally successful, at a time when painting at all was incredibly rare by a woman.

Magnífica novela histórica sobre Gertrude Bell, una de las mujeres más influyentes del sigo XXFue la aventurera más famosa de su tiempo, la mente inspiradora de Lawrence de Arabia, consejera de reyes y jeques, y arma secreta del gobierno britanico en la Primera Guerra Mundial durante la campaña contra los turcos. Brillante intelectual, alpinista, exploradora, linguista, politica y destacada figura literaria, Gertrude Bell es la heroina olvidada mas importante del siglo XX.Rigurosamente documentada, la novela de Alan Gold abre con fidelidad las paginas de la historia por una mujer incomparable, que rompio todos los moldes que decretaban como debian comportarse las victorianas en el plano social, intelectual y fisico. Mientras orientaba los acontecimientos del momento en todo Oriente Medio a traves de la diplomacia publica y autorizada, y tambien, de la aventura, su influencia sobre los hombres situados en la vanguardia de la historia, y su destreza sin par a la hora de trazar el rumbo y la influencia de los aliados ingleses, franceses y arabes en la region, produjeron lo que tal vez fuera su mayor logro: crear ella sola el Irak de hoy dia. Contando la historia como un relato biografico, en La reina del desierto Alan Gold pone de manifiesto que esta mujer extraordinaria y de ferrea determinacion fue, mas que ninguna otra figura individual, quien diseño el mundo arabe como lo conocemos en la actualidad.