Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...

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

The relationships among two pre-pubescent brothers and their estranged father are tested on a trip i...
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...

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

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

A doctor from provincial town in Tsardom of Russia meets his former student in Ward 6, where the sto...

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

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

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicat...

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

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a drama...

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

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

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

A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan music...

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

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