Barry Letts

Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.

The treachery of friends; the nobility of enemies; the steadfast devotion of an impossible love; this romance of the days of chivalry has all the power that only Scott could bring to his favorite subject, the Crusaders.

Set to guard Richard's standard, Kenneth, the victim of a hoax, deserts his post and the standard is stolen. Condemned to death, he is saved by the intervention of El Hakim and taken as a slave to the Saracen camp.

King Richard lies mortally ill in the Christian camp. Sir Kenneth, carrying terms for an honorable peace with the Saracens, has fallen in with one of their knights, Ilderim.

Kenneth has been taken to Saladin as a bond slave. Edith is determined to find a way to save him.

Story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 19th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility. Attracted to a man already promised to another, Elinor suffers silently to keep scandal away from her family. Marianne enjoys a flirtation with a handsome scoundrel that could lead...