One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal and tragedy. But his contributions survive. As Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into industrial powerhouse.

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when t...

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...

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

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

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers ...

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs t...

An illiterate mountain man, Kit Carson was fluent in Spanish and five Indian languages; he twice mar...

A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.

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

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

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becom...

In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prag...

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat a...

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

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

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

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

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor beco...