Michael Hordern
3) Ivanhoe
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Returning from fighting in the Crusades, the young Saxon knight Ivanhoe must fight to regain the woman he loves and to protect the social order and monarchy of England.
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Andrews who ascends from mere servant to become the personal footman and the fancy of Lady Booby. He battles seductions, robberies, and rogues while trying to remain faithful to his true love an equally innocent servant girl. Meanwhile, Lady Booby carefully tries to conceal her humble origins and a couple of not-so-well-kept secrets.
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<<The>> Paul Newman collection volume 6
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Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't-- even a thief and convict-- to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.
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When a wily, witty, lying, lazy, cheating slave discovers that his master's son is in love with the girl next door, a virgin courtesan, he promises to help win her heart in exchange for his freedom. But the road to romance is blocked with stunning surprises, cunning disguises and the wildest chariot race ever!
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Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.
10) Middlemarch
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Based on George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.
11) Gandhi
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Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
12) Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist, an innocent and near-starving young orphan, flees from the workhouse to the streets of London and is befriended by the Artful Dodger who introduces him to a gang of street urchins and their unsavory leader. Suddenly Oliver finds himself caught up in a world of pick-pocketing and criminal activity until one night his life is turned around by the kindness of one of his victims. Unfortunately, as the villains he thought he had left behind...
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The Bismarck was the fabled German battleship of World War II. Traces the "life" of the Bismarck from its launching (courtesy of newsreel footage) through its many battles and narrow escapes, concluding with its far-from-inevitable sinking in the Spring of 1941. The story concentrates on the human element, specifically a British intelligence captain, who has lost his family in the London blitz and thus has a personal reason for seeing the Bismarck...
14) Barry Lyndon
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Rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage.