When the privileged Margaret Hale's father uproots the family to take work in the northern mill town of Milton, she is shocked by the dirt and gruffness of the people. But she reserves her highest contempt for the charismatic mill-owner John Thornton.

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt...

Detective Chief Superintendant Christopher Foyle is a police investigator in the British coastal community of Hastings. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Foyle finds his longed-for retirement interrupted by cases involving international intrigue, military racism, and an accused traitor all too willing to go to the gallows.

"Voices of servicemen, factory workers, and domestic servants alternate with those of the great and the good, such as Lord Bereridge, David Lloyd George, and Nancy Astor, to describe daily life in peace and war. Momentous events such as Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole, Shackleton's crossing of the Antarctic, and the sinking of the Titanic are vividly described. Thought provoking and moving, these are the voices of the past, speaking to...

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping mini-series set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global...

"Eyewitness examines the role and the life of the British people in each decade of the century." --container.

A compelling and unique insight into the work of the queen through a full year. Features exceptional access to members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, William, and Harry, uncovering their lives away from the glare of the public eye.

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminds naval victories that thwart Napoleon's plans to invade Britain while public adulation and rumors circulate about his private life. Love: Nelson, already a hero after his defeat of the French at the Battle of the Nile, returs to London in 1800 to the adulation of the public and the suspicions of his wife. Aware of rumors about her husband and Lady Hamilton, Lady Nelson feels her man and their marriage slipping...

Reveals the stories behind the creation of significant art works from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. The artists and works included in this collection are: Renaissance masterpieces: La Primavera / Sandro Botticelli ; The battle of San Romano / Paolo Uccello ; The Last Supper / Leonardo da Vinci ; The Resurrection / Piero della Francesca. Seventeenth century masters: The night watch / Rembrandt van Rijn ; The art of painting / Johannes...

After the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur. The play also treats the moral development of the king's son Hal (later Henry V) as he appears to waste his youth in London taverns in the company of the irresponsible Sir John Falstaff.