The Times of the Surveyors

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a rewar...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses...

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is at...

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford....

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and B...

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed...

Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she c...

A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of t...

Almost a decade has elapsed since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the Londo...

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life impr...

In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating hea...

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...