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2) Urzeczona
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Polish
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In 17th century England, the headstrong Lady India Lindley elopes with a peer, heading for Italy. The ship is attacked by Barbary Coast pirates and Lady India becomes the slave of Caynan Reis, ruler of El Sinut, an Islamic state where women have a totally different position.
3) Filary ziemi
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Polish
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Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.
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Polish
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"Pierwsza połowa XIV wieku to dla Anglii trudny okres. Zarazy dziesiątkujące ludność, wieloletnia wojna z Francją, walki o pieniądze i władzę, polowania na czarownice... Nawet rozwój nauki wydaje się nie sprzyjać poddanym Edwarda III, zagraża bowiem fundamentom religii, a zatem - fundamentom świata. Akcja ŚWIATA BEZ KOŃCA toczy się dwieście lat po rozpoczęciu budowy katedry w Kingsbridge. Bohaterowie są potomkami postaci, wokół...
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Polish
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Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
10) Błazen królowej
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Polish
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In 1553, Hannah Green, a young Jewish girl, flees to London to escape the Spanish Inquisition and catches the attention of Robert Dudley, who plans to use her talents for observation and second sight.
13) Czerwona królowa
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Polish
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Determined to see her son Henry on the throne of England, pious Margaret Beaufort arranges politically advantageous marriages, sends her son out of the country for his safety, and lays secret plans for a battle between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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Polish
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"Titania Danforth, osierocona dziedziczka fortuny, przybywa z Ameryki do Anglii, gdzie jej wuj, książę, ma znaleźć dla niej kandydata na męża. Titania wkracza na salony i oczarowuje wszystkich kawalerów. Jednak ona dostrzega tylko jednego mężczyznę. Niestety, jej wybranek ma nie tylko zniewalający urok, ale i fatalną reputację… Ian Eversea ani myśli dać się zakuć w małżeńskie kajdany. Wszak uwodzenie jest tak łatwe i przyjemne....
20) Władczyni rzek
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Polish
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When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married to the older Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers and marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta...
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