Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry charms her way into the heart of gouty King Louis XV.

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging...

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had...

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen...

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly dis...

A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiogr...

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustl...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marr...

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their partic...

In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally...

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoo...

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to...

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseud...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in th...

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.