During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the s...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of seve...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a ge...

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering fro...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcol...

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—w...

The Count of Maravillas receives an unusual proposal from a masked woman: to kidnap the valido of Ki...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicat...