Prepare to be swept away by the romance and drama of two masterpieces from one of the greatest figures in English literature – Thomas Hardy. TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES Her luminous beauty blazing against the [...]
Made famous by a Hollywood movie, the bridges of the River Kwai emblematize one of the most misunderstood events in history. Contrary to the romanticized film version, the structures represent a period of terror, desperation, [...]
It began much like the common cold. Yet within a day, fever took over, black swellings the size of baseballs appeared on the neck, and finally a highly contagious bloody cough quickly sealed the victim’s [...]
Destitute and drunken, Michael Henchard is an itinerant farmhand who sells his wife and daughter to a sailor in a moment of alcohol-fueled desperation. So begins THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, Thomas Hardy’s enduring classic. This [...]
REMEMBER THE ALAMO! Behind the most famous battle cry in American history is a story of ambition and heroism, greed and vanity, desperation and defeat. THE HISTORY CHANNEL PRESENTS: THE ALAMO examines the epic battle [...]