Ključna riječ Hundred Years War

U srcu prekrasne i povijesne doline Dordogne (Francuska), tim studenata arheologije i njihov učitelj rade na otkrivanju ruševina dvorca iz 14. stoljeća. Za profesora Edwarda Johnstona projekt predstavlja vrhunac njegovih snova. Uz pomoć docenta Andre Mareka, njegova sina Chrisa i njegovih učenika Kate, Sterna i Françoisa, Johnston je postigao veliki napredak ne samo u iskopu dvorca La Roque, već i samostana i drugih građevina u obližnjem selu Castlegard. Ali stvari će krenuti po zlu ... Profesor Johnston sumnja u dobročinitelja iskopavanja - Međunarodne tehnološke korporacije, na čijem je čelu Robert Doniger - i kreće se u Novi Meksiko u potrazi za odgovorima.

Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.

In the turbulent formative centuries of early Europe, power-hungry family dynasties fought for domination of the continent.

Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During her youth she often witnesses the horrors of war, but her spirit is kept high by the legend of the Maiden of Lorraine. This says that a young maiden one day will unite the divided country and lead the people to freedom.