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The remarkable story of the relationship between the Muslim leader Saladin and the Christian Crusader Richard the Lionheart. Battling in the name of different religions, and filled with blinding cultural ignorance, both shared a faith in one god.

Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful and ambitious woman, catches the eye of a newly crowned boy king, secretly marries him, and ascends to royalty while fighting for her family's success.

In 1471 England, two daughters of a silk merchant follow different paths as Jane Shore becomes the king's mistress and Isabel develops London's silk industry, forging alliances that change the political landscape in dangerous ways.

The struggle for the throne continues, with the Yorkists temporarily on top but the Lancastrians planning a counterattack.

As the armies of Lancaster and York clash in the War of the Roses, Dick Shelton attempts to outwit his scheming guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley.

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.".

Presents the play and discusses its poetry, structure, political details, history, and the Shakespearean staging.

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.).

A young Englishman, seeking to avenge the death of his father, becomes involved in the band of the Black Arrow and the events of the War of the Roses.