desire for mystery under the umbrella - the books in June

Books

A table in the Middle Ages. With 150 recipes from France and Italy

Odile Redon, Françoise Sabban, Silvano Serventi
and Laterza, 2008, XII-312 pp - Translator Cardini M. Salemi

This book comes from the desire to escape the ketchup and fast food. To discover the unusual flavors, velvet almond milk lighter, the tip of elegance that one drop of rose water or a pinch of pepper Guinea can enter in some preparations.

The duel between the Middle Ages and modern age. Historical-cultural perspectives and

Viella, 2009, 160 p., ill., Paperback - Curator Israël U.; Ortalli G.

The phenomenon of the duel to a close examination offers much guidance on the history of European society. From time to time was evidence of willingness to defend its case at the risk of life, then demonstration of God's will that they should express field and, ultimately, protection of honor that he thought he could save only by the armed challenge. In five studies of monographic issues are addressed in different ages and with different perspectives to illustrate the practice of dueling in its complex development. Useful for those who want to watch and find out how much still being felt those long thousand years.

Middle Ages

Tobacco John
UTET 2010, XI-299 p., - Curator Sergi G.

The reissue of a classic. Carefully reviewed by the systematic work of the curator. "Middle Ages" covers all the classic themes of history altomedievale: dall'età tardo-antica agli sviluppi signorili locali, dall'impero carolingio alla nascita della potenza papale. Attraverso l'analisi dei fatti, Giovanni Tabacco porta il lettore ad approfondire gli aspetti più caratteristici e specifici dei secoli iniziali e centrali del medioevo, coniugando impegno scientifico e rigore espositivo. Un volume attualissimo, fondamentale per chiunque voglia avvicinarsi a questo periodo e comprenderlo in tutti i suoi molteplici elementi distintivi.

Il Medioevo degli increduli. Miscredenti, beffatori, anticlericali

di Golinelli Paolo
Mursia ed, 2009, 272 pp.

Dopo decenni di studi sul culto dei santi, Paolo Golinelli affronta in questo libro il rovescio della medaglia: l'incredulità. Non una storia dell'ateismo, ma un vero e proprio viaggio nella religiosità quotidiana, dal punto di vista di chi "non se la beve", di chi guarda ai fenomeni religiosi con disincanto, di chi non ha paura di criticare un clero avido e corrotto, come di prendersi gioco di una massa di credulone e creduloni, suscitando l'ilarità dei contemporanei e andando incontro, talvolta, alla repressione. Uno studio originale dal quale esce un quadro dinamico, ricco di narrazioni impreviste, per un Medioevo insolito, nuovo ma vero.

medieval magic. The magic between religion and science in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

of Graziella Federici Vescovini
and UTET, 2008, 494 p., ill.

What was the magic over the centuries, particularly at that time considered magic par excellence, namely the Middle Ages? What is the relationship between magic, science and religion, illusion and reality? What do you mean by magic? What is the role of the devil in magic? How many pictures of the devil which have occurred in those centuries the so-called "dark"? These questions, as that the definition of "occult" and the occult that said some scholars of the Middle Ages, the reader will find clearly articulated in a track located on historical documents and texts mostly unpublished or little known authors of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries sometimes preserved in rare incunabula of the fifteenth century: a story of magic that would thus a history of philosophy, science and occultism in the mature period of medieval thought. The contemporary world, with all its sophisticated technology, really expunged the essential features of the magic from his horizons?

Middle Ages 'superstitious'

Schmitt and Jean-Claude
Laterza, 2007, 159 p., ill. - Translator Garin M. Do

beneficial, visions of ghosts of the afterlife, a gathering of witches in the full moon, magic rites, goblins and the abundance of poverty: the figures of the collective imagination and investigated as soon as they took shape. The curious and fascinating story of the alternative culture of the sacred, the Church condemned as superstitious and yet always re-emerging.

The enigma of the Templars, the mystery of Rennes-le-Château and the power of secret societies

Guy Patton, Robin Mackness
Newton and Compton, 2009, 256 p.

What links made the sack of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD, the sudden wealth of a priest at Rennes-le-Chateau in the nineteenth century, Hitler's SS, the arrest of a British businessman in the years Eighty near Lyon, the body of an Italian banker hanged under Blackfriars Bridge? The answer lies in the extraordinary discovery made by Guy Patton and Robin Mackness an exceptional historical record that dates back over 2000 years ago. Legend has it that the fabulous treasure of the Jews was brought into southern France, after the sack of Rome by the Visigoths.

The Templars and the relics of

Lombatti Antonio
Vis Vitalis and Academy, 2010, 160 pp.
The Holy Grail, the Shroud of Turin, the Ark of the Covenant, the treasure of Solomon's Temple, the Tomb of Christ and the Qumran manuscripts: these are some of the alleged secret that the Templars had discovered and preserved. A chain of mystery that has lasted two thousand years. E un mito, quello dei monaci-cavalieri del Tempio di Gerusalemme, che sfida il tempo e la storiografia ufficiale. Qual è la realtà dietro la leggenda? L'autore traccia una linea di demarcazione netta tra verità e finzione, tra ragione e fede, tra analisi e congetture, presentando una storia del templari e delle reliquie della cristianità.

I Templari e la sindone di Cristo

di Frale Barbara
Il Mulino ed, 2009, 251 pp.
I Templari, l'ordine religioso-militare più potente of the Middle Ages, probably for some time now kept guarded the shroud in Turin. Revered in the strictest secrecy and known in his true nature only by major dignitaries of the order, the cloth was kept in the central treasury of the Templars, who had a reputation as authorities in the field of relics. In a time of doctrinal confusion for the Church, the Templars to the shroud could be a powerful antidote to the spread of heresy. Following faint traces the route to the relic during the Middle Ages, the author goes back even penetrating the complex theories of the origin of the shroud itself, and bringing a fresh perspective on this controversial relic.

Il papato e il processo ai Templari. L'inedita assoluzione di Chinon alla luce della Diplomatica pontificia

di Frale Barbara
Viella ed, 2003, 239 pp.

Nel settembre del 2001 è stata riportata alla luce presso l'Archivio Segreto Vaticano una pergamena originale che la comunità scientifica credeva perduta da secoli. L'atto di assoluzione da parte di papa Clemente V all'ultimo Gran Maestro del Tempio e agli altri capi dell'ordine rinchiusi dal re di Francia nel castello di Chinon. I risultati confermano quanto contenuto in un altro importante document kept at the Registry of Clement V, a private paper on which the pope worked with his colleagues concluded that the Templars were not heretics. The tools of diplomatic illuminate the obscure points of one of the largest international intrigue of the Middle Ages.

Lunigiana. Land of Knights Templar

Luigi Battistini, Enrico Calzolari and
Marne, 2006, 2 and

This book presents the traces left by the Templars in the "historical Lunigiana, land located between the Po valley and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Middle Ages included the valleys of the Magra and Vara, Cinque Terre and Versilia Aghinolfi up to the castle. Most of these tracks are due to the "temple symbolism" and secret knowledge that are revealed here. The rich local presence of petroglyphs containing symbols used by the Templars, often dating back to earlier eras, allowed to build a true and complete "epigraphic corpus", never before attempted by scholars of the Lunigiana. The book also presented a good defense and legal history of the ancient Order of the Temple and stressed the need no longer be put off, that the Order now still "pending", returned to the living body of the Holy Roman Church, by adapting their original purposes to the current historical moment. The authors, both graduated from the University of Pisa, have had different career paths and a passion for history and research.

The process order of the Templars

of Lapidari
Solfanelli and Alberto, 2006, 160 pp.

because the order of Templars was suppressed and why there are still many mysteries about this order, from its birth to its end? A book to investigate one of the greatest mysteries of medieval history.

Fiction

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

of
Piemme and Kathleen McGowan, 2009, 463 p., novel - Translator Maresca R.

When Maureen Paschal, a young journalist known for his research on the figure of Mary Magdalene, receives a letter from Berenger Sinclair, a Scottish nobleman who invites her to his castle in France to reveal a secret about itself, does not know who you are throwing in an adventure filled with mystery and death. Looking at a picture of Maureen, Sinclair has recognized that women have the ring on her finger given to her by an antiques dealer in Jerusalem. According to legend, only "the chosen one" can lead one to whom it is given to discover the secrets of papyrus that Mary Magdalene brought with him fleeing from Galilee, and now they are hidden in some remote place in Languedoc. They are revolutionary texts, which many have tried in vain to recover over the centuries and which tell of the relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus and the children born of their union. But Sinclair is not the only one interested in the precious papyri. Even a secret society, the dreaded Guild of the Righteous, is prepared everything, even murder, but to seize it. And when Maureen will be on an old tomb incision identical to that of his ring, the hunt will be fierce.

The mysterious knight

Tornatore Mary Catherine
Altromondo Tornatore (Padova) and, 2009, 362 p.

Romagna, early 1600. Eleanor, a young aristocrat, a member of the House of Castelnuovo, is the narrator of this novel. Having crossed the boundaries of the monastery, where his father forced her to live for nine years, will have unexpected consequences. The friendship of a young poet and a bizarre landlady, the cause analysis introspective no longer spoiled by past conditioning. In a climate of condemnation to the stake, injustice and misery, will be meeting with the infamous Knight Mystery to guide her own first choice.

Although this story is set in Medieval times I wanted to also put it in the books of fiction as the protagonist of the story is very similar to the story that so many other women in the medieval era who, like you have encountered a mysterious knight that led them to make choices.

The stories of the Saxon kings

Bernard Cornwell

The Last King (The Last Kingdom, 2004) (Longanesi, 2006 - Tea, 2007)
A knight and his king (The Pale Horseman, 2007) (Longanesi, 2007 - Tea, 2008)
Kings of the North (The Lords of the North, 2008) (Longanesi, 2008 - Tea, 2009)
The edge of the sword (Sword Song, 2009) (Longanesi, 2009)

The Last King

seventh century AD, L ' England is divided into small kingdoms constantly at war with each other and unable to face the threats that come from the great North Sea. Vessels emerge from the fog of the Danish Vikings, who struck the English coast with brutality. Uthred, scion of a small kingdom on the coast, is kidnapped by the Vikings, became the first slave and then the darling of the king Ragnar, pirate and warrior. At his side, in a land far away and cold, Uthred becomes a man. He learns how to wield the sword, to sail, and knows the passion of women in Northern Ireland. Thus began, between battles, storms and hard training, the saga of Uthred and his king. A series of adventures that blends Arthurian legend and historical reality.

A knight and his king

ninth century AD. Uhtred, young Englishman raised by Danish Vikings but returned to fight for his King Alfred the Great, has achieved an important victory and averted temporarily danger of invasion from the North. But the English courts are a nest of vipers and some plots in order to disgrace Uhtred and away from the sovereign. Forced into exile, the young knight embarks on a series of adventures on the English coast, but his troubles are not over. Accused of a crime not committed, Uhtred must face the test of the time most cruel and feared: the verdict of God, a fight with cold steel between him and his accuser. But it is precisely at that moment that a new horde of pirates Danes the truce breaks and spreads into the realm of England. And Alfredo can not ignore that the only rider able to reverse a hopeless situation is what has foolishly removed itself. Similarly Uhtred feels that the honor and loyalty are stronger than pride. So with a clever series of military actions is organizing a counteroffensive. But I do not know that, for the freedom of his country and loyalty to his sovereign, must pay a high price.

Kings North

The year is 878 and King Alfred has just released the Wessex from Viking invaders. Uhtred contributed to his victory, now, disgusted dahlia meanness of the king and his attitude extremely bigoted, he decided to leave the country and head north to avenge his adoptive father, brutally murdered, and to free his daughter captive Assassin father, Kjartan, a renegade Danish Dunholme nell'imprendibile living fortress and has always been the sworn enemy of Uhtred. Arriving in the north, the young man found in the region facing, surrounded by chaos and terror. He can only count on Hild, a Saxon nun who has renounced his vocation, and his sword. Until the case is not that he should meet a handful of men commanded by a young slave, proclaimed himself king of Northumbria ... In a world with changing boundaries, where chaos reigns and capricious deity in a land dispute between the warlords in which the most precious ally can become an enemy of the rough icy north wind, the madness may be the only The winning ...

edge of the sword

The year is 885 and the earth of England is a kingdom in peace, but divided. The Danes have expanded their domains in the territories to the north, the Saxons have strengthened their power in the south. A river separates the two worlds: the Temes, today's Thames. But when a wave Vikings besiege the ancient city of London, and settled within its walls, the already delicate balance seems to be faltering. Newcomers lord it in the countryside, raiding the peaceful villages of Wessex, enslave women and children. And the numerous forts, sprouted like mushrooms, not enough to stop them. Uhtred Lord, Lord of Bebban-burg, fearless warrior Saxon grew up among the Danes, fought hard for his king. But the good life and respect for acquired do not satisfy him, and the ineptitude of the heir puts a strain on his adventurous spirit who would like to return to wield the sword to beat the cold northern seas to conquer those lands that entitlement. When the pious Alfred asks for his help to stop the enemy horde, Uhtred not know what to do. Must choose between the oath that binds him to the king and the dangerous whirlpool of alliances that change and powers that change hands. But he has in his hands the destiny of a kingdom, an island where the wind whipped the lasting peace is still a mirage: it must pay on its promise or follow the path traced by the sword? She will honor her and return to fight in the name of the future England?

Quest for the Holy Grail

Bernard Cornwell

The Archer King (Harlequin, 2000 or The Archer's Tale) (Longanesi, 2001 - Tea, 2003)
The Black Knight (Vagabond, 2002 ) (Longanesi, 2003 - Tea, 2004)
The sword and the chalice (Heretic, 2003) (Longanesi, 2004 - Tea, 2006)

The archer in the king

We are in the middle of the fourteenth century and Europe is threatened by fearsome winds of war: France and England are in fact trigger for the Hundred Years War. The village of the young Thomas was sacked by mercenaries Hookton Breton captained dall'Harlequin, mysterious knight frank. Illegitimate son of the village priest, who was killed during the looting, Thomas promises to God to recover the holy relic of St. George, the spear with which the saint killed the dragon. It is a vote that will bring the young far: protected only by his integrity, and an extraordinary skill with the bow, will face a new world inhabited by ferocious horsemen, women, beautiful but dangerous, vindictive princes and kings. The Black Knight

Thomas Hookton, the value "of the archer king," he survived the battle of Crecy to accept the mission that his sovereign to him in Serbian: research the most important relic of Christendom, the possession of which can guarantee immortality and invincibility, that Holy Grail that maybe in the past has been guarded by his own father. His quest leads him in Northern England, was devastated by the conflict with the Scots, then in his native village, in the ruins of the house that he saw the baby and then across the English Channel, where Thomas giving back to the call of battle. But there is someone who is following, ruthless enemies who kill and torture.

The Sword and the Goblet

The final episode of the quest for the Holy Grail set in the time of the Hundred Years' War, which devastated Europe between 1300 and 1400. The Adventures of Thomas Hookton negotiations are nearing conclusion. A detail in the book that left his father's will show the right way for the discovery of the cup so much contention. After his master to believe that because of the relic was lost many battles, returns to his hometown in England, because it's right there where it all began that the circle is complete ... The

novel by Bernard Cornwell Excalibur

The cycle consists of three novels, but in Italy has been divided into five titles, with no continuity of history, but simply relying on the equitable distribution of the number of pages. The

King Winter (The Winter King, 1995) (Mondadori, 1998)
The heart of Derfel (Enemy of God, 1996) (Mondadori, 1998)
tower in flames (Enemy of God, 1996 ) (Mondadori, 1998)
Betrayal (Excalibur, 1997) (Mondadori, 1998)
lost sword (Excalibur, 1997) (Mondadori, 1998)

Paper I - The king of winter

The great Uther, King of Dumnonia, has died. As an heir left a few months old baby, born in the dead of winter, weak and helpless: il nipote Mordred. Solo Artù, generoso guerriero, potrà proteggerlo dalle forze avverse e condurlo al regno. Solo lui potrà opporsi con la magica spada all'assalto dei Sassoni da oriente. Ma quando il valoroso reggente rifiuta un matrimonio di Stato per inseguire la bella Ginevra, la guerra con i vicini della Dumnonia si fa inevitabile. Dentro la Britannia la forza si raccoglie su Excalibur per la prima sfida. Con Il re d'inverno ha inizio l'avvincente saga del Medioevo celtico, magica e avventurosa.

Libro II - il cuore di Derfel

Artù è stretto nella morsa dei nemici della Dumnonia. Il terribile re del Powys vuole lavare nel sangue l'offesa arrecata a sua figlia Ceinwyn, ripudiata da Artù a favore di Ginevra. The Knights only thanks to the powers of Merlin can overwhelm the enemies. Peace, finally, may be restored, except that Ceinwyn, promise to Lancelot, light of love's heart Derfel. The brave warrior, who defeated the demons of the Island of the Dead, could not resist the sight of the princess. The trials that await him to fulfill his desire are many. And the fate of this love hangs the destiny of Britain.

Book III - The tower in flames

Returning from an important mission on the island of Mon, the druid Merlin learns that his tower is on fire and the Treasures of Britain have been stolen by enemies of the kingdom. An ominous sign, leading misfortunes. In fact, while Arthur tries to reason rincondurre Tristan, who fled to Britain with Isolde, Lancelot begins to plot against him to seize the kingdom. And Mordred, the young king-designate, traps tend to Arthur and Derfel trust. Stop the disease of hatred and division, to prevent fraudulent and ambitious designs of Lancelot: Arthur expects a difficult mission. While the magical forces always seem to leave her side.

Book IV - The Betrayal

Arthur succeeded victorious over innumerable enemies, has seen the greatest warriors fall before the power of his sword. But the ferocious shot that awaits him is not that of a soldier, but of a woman. Geneva, the beloved princess has always held hostage to Lancelot, is actually an ally usurper. Divided in his underwear, Arthur experiences the most bitter human weakness and feel that energy is not supporting it anymore. Maybe Merlin, returned possession of the treasures of Britain, can help. But while Lancelot continues to plot for power, here again the Saxons move to the assault of Britain. Arthur will take the sword from the many powers. And go big.

Book V - The sword lost

win back the love of Geneva, Arthur retires with her torpedoes. But new threats forced him to fight. The treacherous priestess kidnapped Merlin Nimue e ora cerca di impossessarsi di Excalibur. Chi impugnerà l'elsa di quella spada divina, infatti, continuerà a regnare. Una sola creatura può opporsi a questi paurosi disegni. Il suo nome è Morgana. Ma nemmeno lei riesce a porre fine agli incantesimi, alle lotte, agli odi cruenti. E Artù è chiamato all'ultimo, decisivo scontro per fermare Mordred, ormai suo mortale nemico. Prima che il mistero si richiuda sulla sua vita di guerriero, prima del portentoso segno finale di Excalibur.

Stonehenge

di Cornwell Bernard
Longanesi ed, 2000, 504 pp. - Traduttore Perria L.

2000 anni a.C., prima età del bronzo in Britannia. Nel pacifico villaggio di Ratharryn un favoloso treasure, stolen from a foreigner, unleashes a fierce struggle between the children of the village chief: Leng, the warrior, wants to use the gold to become lord of the tribe; Carnaban, born lame and repudiated by his father, he learned from a magician arcana powers and, after a vision, convinces his younger brother, Saban, to build a grand temple in which to welcome the sun god and the goddess of the moon. But the fate of death of young Aurenna betrothed of the Sun God and loved by the young Saban, will lead to a confrontation in which the fate of the entire nation will be jeopardized ...

cycle of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Cycle of Avalon is a series of fantasy novels of American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. The cycle continues the tradition of Arthurian legend (named for the note from the fantastic island of Avalon, where legend places the tomb of King Arthur), developing the theme of conflict between the Celtic Druids and the invading Romans. This cycle consists of four novels written by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The first in chronological order of writing, but last in order of reading the series, The Mists of Avalon, was written by her just over a decade. The next three are collaborations with Diana L. Paxson, author that has continued this series with other titles such as Dawn of Avalon and the goddess of war.

This necklace was made by Bradley on the notes of the famous medieval chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and although it was classified as a fantasy novel, the writer is also based on historical sources of Britain during the internal struggles between native peoples and the Roman conquerors The spread of Christianity and the abolition of the old religion. Great for those who love the poor, the excitement and history.

lights Atlantis TeaDue necklace, translated by Angela Ragusa, Tea, 1994. pp. 445
Dawn of Avalon, the first edition, Longanesi, August 2005. pp. 403 (in collaboration with Diana L. Paxson)

lights Atlantis

In a time long ago, when the history of the great and ancient empires of the earth must yet be accomplished in the town of Snake Recurve men and women voted to the Light and Darkness lived in the service of ancient worship, and pursue the cosmic balance. But now, in the maze that runs beneath the city, an ancient and devastating force is about to be awakened. A force of immense promise too attractive, like magic, the domination of nature and man. Promises that appeal to the young and rebellious Deoris, seduced by the magician Review, and wrapped in a thick web of deceit from which only its Micon Domaris sister and the mysterious Atlantis can now save it. But at the cost of a huge battle, able to drag the whole of humanity towards the great night of Chaos.

Dawn of Avalon

The story that is told is that the fall of Atlantis and the flight of its inhabitants, who escaped the tsunami that followed the sinking of the island, arriving off the coast of Britain, although during navigation are divided into two groups. One of these, composed mainly of women, will meet with the People of the Marsh (to which reference will be made in the other novels of the cycle) and will take office in what will be Avalon, creating the Tor, the second one getting in touch with local people, will build the complex of Stonehenge.

The book follows the events antecedent to the Mists of Avalon is because he speaks of the flight of Atlantis and the arrival in Britain. The protagonists of the novel are those priests who appear in many of the dreams is protagonist of the other novels of the cycle of Avalon, which are nothing more than their reincarnations. It is the most "spiritual" novels, because it tells the time when the cult of the Great Goddess has arrived at the place where you set the entire cycle.

These two texts are linked and are not with the other novels in the series of Avalon, but in a sense anticipating the various stories written in these later novels, as facts are prior to those of the later novels.

Oaks of Albion

The book is about the impossible love between a Roman soldier (Gaius) and a priestess Britannia (Eilean), which will bring the two lovers to death and that will trigger a harsh retaliation by the Romans, which will kill most of the druids present at Albion, forcing others to flee to the north, where they find refuge in Avalon. The narrative includes much of the lives of two lovers, starting with the youth, who see their primo incontro in seguito ad un incidente di caccia nel quale Gaio rimane ferito e viene curato dalla famiglia di Eilan, ma essendo un ufficiale dell'esercito romano, dopo la guarigione è costretto a tornare in servizio e gli viene impedito, tramite vari complotti di suo padre e del padre di Eilan, di sposare la ragazza, che nel frattempo entra a far parte della Casa della Foresta e della quale diverrà Grande Sacerdotessa. Per motivi politici, Gaio sposa una giovane romana che non amerà mai, ma in segreto riesce a rivedere Eilan, con la quale passa una splendida notte d'amore nella quale verrà concepito il loro unico bambino. Ma per Eilan e per Gaio non è che l’inizio della fine…

La signora di Avalon

Nella Casa nella Foresta le tre più potenti sacerdotesse della Grande Dea attendono il compiersi della vendetta: Caillean avvolge Avalon nelle nebbie contro l'ostilità del mondo e vi alleva l'orfano erede della mistica stirpe reale; Dierna assiste al compiersi della profezia con il matrimonio tra una giovane novizia e un generale romano; e Viviane, grande sacerdotessa di Avalon e Signora del Lago, custodisce il Sacro Graal e prepara la strada al re che deve venire, colui che solo può cambiare il triste destino della terra delle nebbie.

Le nebbie di Avalon

Le nebbie di Avalon tratta degli intrecci storico-fantastici legati alla figura di re Artù, protagonista the Arthurian legend, the legendary king who, with his round table, restored peace in Britain, and reigned there for a long time. The story is told from the perspective of female characters (a characteristic that is preserved in the other books in the series). The book is also very strong debate between the religious tradition of the time, pagan and polytheistic, and the first signs of Christianity with its contrasts between the protagonists. Between spells, betrayals, alliances and adventures, unfolds the story already known, as often told in various versions. Marion Zimmer Bradley provides us, however, a personal review, that it be both more realistic in terms of psychology of the characters, e dall'altro legata all'interpretazione degli elementi fantastici in chiave mitico-religiosa nell'ambito del misticismo celtico.

La sacerdotessa di Avalon

La sacerdotessa di Avalon è un romanzo dell'americana Marion Zimmer Bradley, appartenente al ciclo di Avalon. Questo romanzo narra di una leggenda che presenta molti eventi storicamente accettabili sulla vita di Elena, concubina dell'imperatore Costanzo Cloro e madre dell'imperatore Costantino I.

Elena, figlia di un nobile britannico e di Rian, Somma Sacerdotessa sull'isola di Avalon, nasce dopo molte ore di travaglio e rimane orfana mother, but for her the chief of the Druids predicts a glorious future. Returning to the island ten years to complete his education, he faces the hostility of Ganeda aunt, became Priestess after the death of her sister. Elena manages to become a priestess of Avalon, but is driven by his aunt when she meets and falls in love with the young Costanzo Chlorine. Costanzo and Helen travel to Europe by the Eagles in Costanzo and commander, but also serving the many emperors that follow, the great love between a priest and a priestess of Mithras born of noble blood Constantine the Great, the man who change the world. But the changes of Constantine disappoint Elena does not approve of corruption e la falsità che circondano il figlio. Elena decide di abbandonare il mondo romano, ormai dominato dal cristianesimo e dalla corruzione, per morire in pace sull'isola di Avalon, la sua unica e vera casa, dove sarà accolta dalle sacerdotesse ma soprattutto dalla nuova Somma Sacerdotessa, la sua cara cugina Dierna. Questo romanzo è ambientato in un'epoca di cambiamenti, che crearono un grande tumulto nel mondo intero e che stanno alla base della storia moderna.

La dea della guerra

La dea della guerra è un romanzo fantasy facente parte del Ciclo di Avalon, che da anni impegna la scrittrice statunitense Marion Zimmer Bradley, ora proseguito da Diana L. Paxson.

È ambientato in indefinite time, but that can be placed after the first shipments of Caesar and the Conquest of Britain by Claudius. The Romans are threatening to invade Britain, divided into tribes and lacks the strength and cohesion necessary to prevent it. A girl of noble birth named Boudica, daughter of the chief of the Iceni, was sent to Avalon to be initiated to the ancient mysteries. He undertakes a journey along with the powerful priestess Lhiannon, who became her best friend. Back in the land of the Iceni and are given in marriage to a local nobleman, Prasutagos, skilled both in military and political oratory, and he uses his skills to form an alliance with Rome and postpone the invasion. He succeeds in his intent, assuring his people a temporary autonomy, but after his death, Boudica and the children will be in danger.

Timeline by Michael Crichton
Books and Garzanti, 2008, 679 p., paperback - Translator Bertante P.; Pannofino G.

In the Arizona desert a man wanders aimlessly, saying nonsense words. After twenty-four hours has died and his body was cremated by the only people who seem to know him. At the other end of the world is a team of archaeologists working on the ruins of a medieval village in the Dordogne, where he discovers a room remained sealed for more than six hundred years. But the company's headquarters in financing the project, scholars will make a more surprising discovery: the head of the mysterious corporation has invented a real time machine, in which reckless attempt to find Professor Johnson, the leader of the expedition fell into a space-time tunnel, they will screen in one of more adventurous and violent periods in history. Since that time our heroes have to survive in the midst of the Hundred Years' War - among soldiery and charming castle, bloody battles and sieges - an attempt to return safely in the XXI century.

investigations of Brother Cadfael

Ellis Peters, various issues

Brother Cadfael is the protagonist of the series of detective novels set in the Middle Ages. Ellis Peters set his stories in Shrewsbury, where he lives in the Benedictine Cadfael as monaco herbalist. Cadfael, however, has a history of Crusader and knew, before retiring to a quiet life of the monastery or the war than love. In the television series Cadfael - The mysteries of the abbey the leading role was played by Derek Jacobi.

The coffin of silver (A Morbid Taste for Bones, 1977) (Tea, 1991)
One corpse too (One Corpse Too Many, 1979) (Tea, 1990)
The cap of Monaco (Monk's Hood, 1980) (Tea, 1992)
The Fair of Saint Peter (Saint Peter's Fair, 1981) (Tea, 1992)
two crimes for Monaco (The Leper of St. Giles, 1981) (Tea, 1991)
The Virgin in the Ice (The Virgin in the Ice, 1982) (Tea, 1993)
The refugee Abbey (The Sanctuary Sparrow , 1983) (Tea, 1993)
The newbie of the Devil (The Devil's Novice, 1983) (Longanesi, 1992 - Tea, 1994)
The two prisoners (Dead Man's Ransom, 1984) (Longanesi, 1993 - Tea, 1995)
Il pellegrino dell'odio (The Pilgrim of Hate, 1984) (Longanesi, 1994 - Tea, 1996)
Mistero doppio (An Excellent Mistery, 1985) (Longanesi, 1995 - Tea, 1996)
Il corvo dell'abbazia (The Raven in the Foregate, 1986) (Longanesi, 1996 - Tea, 1997)
Il roseto ardente (The Rose Rent, 1986) (Longanesi, 1997 - Tea, 1999)
L'eremita della foresta (The Hermit of Eyton Forest, 1988) (Longanesi, 1998 - Tea, 2000)
La confessione di fratello Haluin (The Confession of Brother Haluin, 1988) (Longanesi, 1999 - Tea, 2001)
Heretic's Apprentice (The Eretic's Apprentice, 1990) (Longanesi, 2000 - Tea, 2002)
mission Brother Cadfael (The Potter's Field, 1990) (Longanesi, 2001 - Tea, 2003)
The Monaco prisoner (The Summer of the Danes, 1991) (Longanesi, 2002 - Tea, 2004)
a sacrilege to Brother Cadfael (The Holy Thief, 1992) (Longanesi, 2003 - Tea, 2005)
Penance of Brother Cadfael (Brother Cadfael's Penance, 1994) (Longanesi, 2004 - Tea, 2006)
A light on the road to Woodstock (A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael, 1988) (Longanesi, 2005 - Tea, 2007) that contains three stories:
- A light on the road to Woodstock (A Light on the Road to Woodstock)
- The price of light (The Price of Light)
- Eyewitness (Eye Witness)

The Way of the Wolf. The story of a rebellion in the Middle Ages Romantic and cruel

Carlo Grande

and TEA, 2006, 215 p

In the mid- 1300, François Bardonecchia is a noble mountain and friend of the Prince. On his return from an embassy on behalf of the Prince discovers that these are seduced his daughter. François rushes from arch rival, the Duke of Savoy, reveals military secrets and begins to head the revolt. He is charged with treason and imprisoned in the fortress of Exilles, from which he flees. The prince ordered that the family is scattered, expropriated all his assets and burns its castles. François managed to escape again and this time it gives to the bush. He will live on the mountain for ten years, continuing to cultivate the rebellion and revenge.

is worth reading to discover the real human side of the Middle Ages and the days ours.

Bibliographic Sources for books

Bernard Cornwell - Wikipedia (ITA)
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Wikipedia (ITA)
L 'Dawn of Avalon - Wikipedia (ITA)
lights Atlantis - Wikipedia (ITA)
Oaks of Albion - Wikipedia (ITA)
Lady of Avalon - Wikipedia (ITA)
The Mists of Avalon - Wikipedia (ITA)
The goddess of war - Wikipedia (ITA)
Ellis Peters - Wikipedia (ITA)

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