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.

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar...

For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in ...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his h...

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

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

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...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

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