Explores the events leading to the Louisiana Purchase, discussing significant individuals, the Treaty of Paris, the Jay Treaty of 1794, how the U.S. financed the deal, and other related topics.
Former Tudor court spy Katherine Ashley befriends the doomed queen Anne Boleyn and becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Princess Elizabeth and her most trusted confidante when Elizabeth is crowned.
This book examines the nature and politics of Napoleon's power and how he used it, discussing his rise to fame as a soldier in the French Revolution, his achievements as first consul and emperor from 1799 to 1815, and the impact his political domination had on world history and development.
Sir Walter Scott's 1825 novel which dramatizes Scottish knight Simon Lockhart's acquisition, during the Crusades, of the medical talisman later known as the "Lee-penny.".
Re-creations and commentary on the 2 centuries of the Crusades, a conflict between the European knights and the Saracen hordes in the Holy Land. In-depth look at the confrontation between Richard the Lionheart and Emperor Saladin in 1190. (55 min.).
Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, struggles to reconcile her desire for her father's affection with the fact that he had her mother beheaded.
