One of the most controversial figures in U.S. history, Jesse James has captured the imagination of the world for more than a century. Teen guerilla fighter, Civil War soldier, notorious bandit, James holds a place in popular legend like no other. Through expert accounts, historic analysis and forensic science, this revealing exposé traces the outlaw's life from his humble Southern childhood through his rise to infamy and his mysterious death.

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, ...

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that bind...

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a mov...

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleo...

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as ...

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly pa...

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is sav...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of ...
Based on the life of Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing feminist and artist who rose to fame in 19th centu...

Under the regime of Louis XVIII. Years after Waterloo, Napoleon's loyal officers live in retirement ...