Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a mov...
Three friends go to Mallorca for a few days of vacation, but the trip, which promised party and fun,...
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a compan...
Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being system...
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, argu...
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by...
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu...
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fightin...
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capita...
Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling...
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture fra...
Merrick’s final months, his transformative journey, and the unexpected, life-altering relationships ...
A young man living with his parents in Wisconsin comes face to face with a terrifying monster while ...
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Dan...
In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redund...
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...