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.

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisi...

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recen...

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overt...

Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory linea...

The plot follows the events surrounding Vladimir from childhood and into adulthood. In the beginning...

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...

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

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

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

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide ...

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is tak...

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a no...

Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de La...

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys...

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes ...

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblowe...

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...