Life changes on the Greek island of Cephalonia as Axis forces invade during World War II, and beautiful Pelagia finds that she must choose between Mandras, a fisherman who joins the resistance and Corelli, a captain with the communist Italian troops.
In the year 450, while the last of the Roman auxiliaries leave Britain in the face of threatening invaders, a young legionnaire named Aquila chooses to stay and fight for his native land.
Tells the story of three fictional women, actress Claire Lacombe, political wife Manon Philipon, and chocolate shop owner Pauline Leon, who join with other historical figures to play their parts in the French Revolution.
A fictionalized account of the life of Josephine Bonaparte that examines her childhood on the Caribbean island of Martinique, marriage to a young French aristocrat, relationships with some of France's most powerful political figures, affair and marriage to Napoleon, and other related topics.
Sir Phillip proposes to Eloise Bridgerton, thinking the spinster he has never met would be homely and desperate for an offer of marriage, but when she arrives on his doorstep, Phillip immediately falls head over heels for the beautiful woman.
Dramatizes the life of Michelangelo's career as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet is traced from his promising boyhood apprenticeships to the painter Ghirlandaio and the sculptor Bertoldo through all the years of his genius.
Facing her 100th birthday Roseanne McNulty has decided to record her past from inside a mental hospital, and while the facility is scheduled to close, Dr. Grene takes an interest in Roseanne to determine if she is capable of reentering society, but when a document -- written by a local priest -- surfaces, it offers a history different from the one Roseanne offers.
In the winter of 1879, Wyatt Earp travels to Tombstone, Arizona, becomes deputy sheriff, meets his legendary contemporaries--Doc Holliday, Clay Allison, Bat Masterson, and his love, Josie Marcus--and develops a deadly feud with Johnny Behan.
