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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Eminent scholar and energetic storyteller Dr. David Starkey serves as your guide through nearly 10 centuries of royal rule in England. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Restoration, Starkey vividly describes the human drama behind the throne, with all its intrigue, lust, treachery, and thirst for power.
The early Kings: After Roman rule dissolves, England suffers wave after wave of Anglo-Savon and Viking invaders. Out of this chaos, leaders...
4) Macbeth
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
In this classic story, Macbeth, driven by overwhelming ambition and an unscrupulous wife, murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. He begins a violent reign of terror and execution in a desperate attempt to maintain his power. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife rapidly descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as the weight of their crimes proves their undoing.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Return of the king: In 1660, King Charles II returned from exile and restored the English monarchy. Could the new king, who famously fathered at least 17 bastard children, turn his fertile mind to healing the wounds of a divided England? Could he secure the Stuart dynasty? What about the succession? This opening program tells the remarkable story of a king who, through his cunning and savvy, restores the authority of the English crown and lays the...
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In the 19th century, the major European powers had gone to great lengths to maintain a balance of power throughout Europe, resulting by 1900 in a complex network of political and military alliances throughout the continent. Beginning in 1815, the Holy Alliance between Prussia, Russia, and Austria formalized what had been a strictly familial support network. The House of Habsburg, the House of Hohenzollern, and the House of Romanov had long intermarried,...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"When a 2,000 year old curse is broken, a ruthless dragon emperor comes back to life with a diabolical plan to enslave the world. Mankind's only hope against him and his legions of undead warriors lies with the courageous O'Connell family, who chase him from the dangerous catacombs of China to the icy Himalayas and beyond"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
The Douglas Fairbanks Classic Newly Restored and Re Mastered. A recalcitrant thief falls in love with a princess who is about to marry. He impersonates another prince to gain access to the princess and becomes involved in a competition for her hand in marriage. Faced with three other less-than-desirable suitors, the princess falls for the thief disguised as the prince.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest tells the remarkable story of a tumultuous thousand-year period. Dominated by war, conquest, and the struggle to balance the stability brought by royal power with the rights of the governed, it was a period that put into place the foundation of much of the world we know today. Taught by Professor Jennifer Paxton, an honored scholar and a professor at The Catholic University of America,...
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A spectacular accomplishment in production design and special effects, Raoul Walsh's The Thief of Bagdad is a bold Arabian adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks as a carefree pickpocket who turns his appealing brand of mischievous thievery toward the attainment of happiness and an exotic Princess. The only way he can win either is by retrieving the rarest treasures hidden within the mysterious Orient, a quest that grows more fantastic with every passing...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. This romance revolves around a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life: reconciliation. Wrongs committed by one generation -- here a wife unjustly accused of...
19) Genghis Khan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Genghis Khan's rise from captive slave boy to daring guerilla leader, to confidant and ally of the Emperor of China, to savior of the Empire against barbarian invaders.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set in 198 A.D., when the Eastern Han Dynasty has collapsed into civil war, and the young Emperor is a puppet of prime minster and generalissimo Cao Cao, the film singles out two famous chapters from Guan's many heroic adventures: his hostage period in Cao Cao's camp in Baima City, and his dangerous mission to escort Qilan, concubine of his lord Liu Bei to safety.
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