DescriptionMagnolia Grove: The Story of Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson concerns a charismatic American whose colorful life at the beginning of the 20th century reflected the rapidly changing politics and romance of his time. In 1898, when the Spanish…
DescriptionAn abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual yet, she said, a virgin, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This absorbing new book, by concentrating on the early years fro…
DescriptionThe life of the despotic Communist ruler who rose from the poor fields of rural Romania to the luxurious heights of political power. From loved and respected leader, he turned into a despised tyrant, and his execution in 1989 marked the bloody end to a bloody regime.
DescriptionMarried for political reasons at the age of 14, Marie Antoinette was naive, impetuous, and ill-equipped for the role in which history cast her. From her birth in Vienna in 1755 through her turbulent, unhappy marriage, the bloody turmoil of the French Revolution, her trial for high treason during which she was accused of incest, and her final beheading, Marie Antoinette's life was the tragic tale of disastrous circumstances colliding. Drawing upon her diaries, letters, court records, and memoirs, Evelyne Lever paints a vivid portrait of Marie Antoinette, her inner circle, and the lavish court life at Versailles. What emerges is a surprisingly average woman thrust into a position for which she was wholly unprepared, a combination that proved disastrous both for her and for France.
DescriptionHe ruled fewer than four years, made love to his sister, declared himself a living god, and died at age 28. His reign as Roman Emperor is recorded as a legendary frenzy of lunacy, murder, and perverse sexuality. Murderer, pervert, loving father, devoted son: Caligula was all of these. This profile looks beyond the legend to examine an anguished life that is even more bizarre than myth.
DescriptionA look at the mobster described by one crime expert as "totally evil, and even among gangsters very unpopular". Schultz ruled the numbers rackets until mob bosses ordered his murder.
DescriptionOn a lazy Sunday in 1954, 12-year-old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch-football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a 19-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teen whose first record, That's All Right, had just debute…
DescriptionThe story of the illegitimate daughter of a Renaissance Pope, who has been called "the most depraved woman in history". This profile investigates reports that she killed her enemies with arsenic-drenched rings and may have had an incestuous affair with her father.
DescriptionThe story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor. Focuses on his many military victories for the colonists, the causes of his estrangement from the American side, and his decision to commit treason and defect to the British.
DescriptionFrom the dawn of the universe to this very day, Satan is believed to roam the earth, vowing to destroy man. Where there is light, Satan brings darkness. Where there is peace, he wages war. Where he finds love, he ushers in hate. This program tells the story of the fallen angel Lucifer, the light bearer, who became keeper of darkness.
