In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napoleon has assembled an invasion fleet decides to send out one of its vessels to destroy it the French flagship under cover of fog. Forced out of retirement, ruthless, tyrannical and temperamental Captain William Blake is put in command. He wields his command with sadistic fury until an epidemic of scurvy attacks the crew and, when he refuses to go ashore for needed provision, mutiny and insubordination results...and, then, the French flagship arrives.

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fightin...

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...

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

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by ...

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matte...

Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Cast...

Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a compan...

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him...

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
Two siblings lose their parents amidst turmoil in revolutionary France and are adopted by a peasant ...

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

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

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

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their heart...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

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...

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him...

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendet...