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Led by a charismatic fool, a group of pioneers are crossing Apache territory, blind to the danger around them. The Loner would ignore the passing pilgrims if it weren’t for a beautiful woman. Then, when he turns his back, the Apaches strike. The night is lit with an unholy fire. Mutilated bodies are left behind. And four women are taken prisoner across the Rio Grande....

1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a series of posters to promote it. The striking lithographs Henri produces will make his name—and launch the careers of the performers he portrayed. This sparkling collection of plays introduces us to eight of those legendary artistes, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.

Hun, som ønsker at være dronning, må vinde kongens kærlighed - og rigets. Whitehall udspiller sig i det 17. århundrede hos den engelske konge Charles II hofs og er fortællingen om hans dronning, den portugisiske prinsesse, Catherine af Braganza.

Hun, som ønsker at være dronning, må vinde kongens kærlighed - og rigets. Whitehall udspiller sig i det 17. århundrede hos den engelske konge Charles II hofs og er fortællingen om hans dronning, den portugisiske prinsesse, Catherine af Braganza. Hendes rejse for at finde sin plads som den udenlandske hustru i en tid fyldt med politiske og religiøse intriger - for ikke at nævne "den muntre monarks" mange elskerinder - er en fortælling om udholdenhed, som kun en ægte dronning kan mønstre.