Classic British Costumes Dramas

Wounded Boer War veteran Paul Craddock (Nigel Havers, Chariots of Fire) arrives at Shallowford House in 1902 to establish himself as squire of Sorrell Valley. With the assistance of property manager John Rudd (Glyn Houston, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Paul learns the ropes and tries his best to balance running a successful estate and being a compassionate landowner.Paul is immediately captivated by two of the valley's women: Grace Lovell (Fiona Gaunt, War & Peace), a suffragette with a fierce t... [Read More]

~Straight up: Jane Austen's Classic Romance.~The twist: an introduction by you.~ Annotated literary pairing for a truly immersive experience.This Jane Austen Classic collection includes all of her most notable Romance novels: Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey. This volume not only includes Jane Austen's classic novels presented beautifully, but also unique pairing suggestions with wine, tea and music to create the ultimate immersive exp... [Read More]

In these breathtaking novellas, A.S. Byatt returns to the territory she explored in Possession: the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are both popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. Angels and Insects is "delicate and confidently ironic.... Byatt perfectly blends laughter and sympathy [with] extraordinary sensuality" (San Francisco Examiner).

They can learn the history of our great nation by becoming the very first President of the United States in this children's George Washington costume set. Features a blue long coat with tan lined collar and sleeve cuffs; long tan vest underlayer with button embellishments and false pocket flaps and attached white jabot at neckline; matching tan pant bottoms and black tricorn hat completes this set that will transport them back in time. They'll set an example of fairness, prudence and integrity a... [Read More]

"Never underestimate the allure of the English costume drama." —Los Angeles Times Magazine With sumptuous costumes, lavish sets, and addictive plots, costume dramas continue to captivate us by bringing the past to life. This collection features four Masterpiece Theatre series—32 hours of British costume drama representing some of the best of the genre. Plus a documentary provides a rare behind-the-scenes peek at even more of these beloved productions. THE DRAMAS Doctor Zhivago—Keira Kn... [Read More]

This ebook compiles Mark Twain's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", "A Dog’s Tale" and "The Million Pound Bank Note". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels... [Read More]