Ronald Wilson
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the forced marriage of Lady Glencora to Plantagenet Palliser. The British House of Commons serves as the backdrop as we watch the coming and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not so powerful. This includes the lives of the friends and children of the Palliser's.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. Although the quiet country town appears all gentility, beneath the surface lies a darker world of deception, intrigue, treachery, and infidelity.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Clouds of Witness - Death hits close to home when Lord Peter's future brother-in-law is murdered. Complicating matters is the man who stands accused: Gerald Wimsey, Lord Peter's brother. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - When a member of the prominent Bellona Club dies on the same day as his sister, Lord Peter must determine who will inherit a sizeable fortune.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
Publisher
Goldhil Home Media International
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Set amid the politically turbulent times surrounding World War II, Strangers & brothers chronicles the impassioned life of young Englishman Lewis Eliot. In a world where truth and justice test the personal philosophies of even the strongest men, Eliot is the ambitious lawyer fighting the temptations that could ruin his personal and professional life. Eliot's decisions lead his career on a tempestuous journey of success, tragedy, and rekindled love....
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.