How Louis XV, a young king loved by his people, sensitive to the artistic and intellectual turmoil of his century (that of the Enlightenment), will end his reign in decay and hatred? Only fifteen years after his death, it's the Revolution.
The Duplex A86 is a 10 kilometer underground highway buried more than 90 meters deep. This concrete ...
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native...
As BBC Two premieres its lavish new drama set in the sumptuous surroundings of Versailles, Lucy Wors...
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fit...
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...
Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from Augu...
A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgi...
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and...
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marri...
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants not...
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impair...
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...
A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one wh...
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version f...
Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determ...