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English
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The year is 1805 and Europe has fallen to Napoleon. The Royal Navy is the only thing standing in his way to total victory. Off the coast of South America, a new conflict is brewing. Captain Jack 'Lucky Jack' Aubrey and his Man-of-War HMS Surprise is under orders to sink or capture the French privateer Acheron, which has been deployed to the region. After seven weeks of uneventful sailing, the Acheron strikes first, all but crippling the Surprise in...
2) St. Ives
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's St. Ives Is a witty, romantic comedy that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Salty saga of the bravest skipper ever to sail the seas- Captain Horatio Hornblower. The English Captain sailed during the Napoleonic era, and outthought, outmaneuvered and outfought his rivals, but was more than a little at sea when faced with a beautiful woman!
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Boris Grushenko, a timid soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon and after a hilarious confrontation with the Angel of Death finds himself facing a firing squad.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a maverick British officer who has risen through the ranks of Wellington's army by his courageous and daring exploits. He and his chosen men operate behind French lines in Spain and Portugal to undermine Napoleon's forces.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Action and romance follow Richard Sharpe as he and his Chosen Men risk their lives on yet another dangerous mission. Sharpe desperately attempts to rescue his lover Teresa before the French troops storm the city of Badajoz
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton International
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 500 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Sharpe's gold: Hunting for lost Aztec gold, Sharpe runs afoul of a local partisan leader (Folk); Wellington's cousin Bess (Linehan), searching for her lost gold-prospecting husband, shows up with her daughter (Ashbourne) and gets mixed up in the mess. Sharpe's battle: British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during the Napoleonic wars of nineteenth century Spain. This fast-moving, hard-hitting action adventure series brings to life all the danger and romance of one of the bloodiest wars in history.
12) Sharpe's eagle
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
When the incompetent Sir Henry Simmerson (Cochrane) loses most of his men and his regimental flag during battle, Sharpe (Bean), spurred by the memory of a friend who was recently killed sets out for revenge. He is determined to capture the French mascot, a carved golden eagle which is carried into combat. Sharpe is also looking to a settle a personal score with two arrogant officers who have angered him at their mistreatment of the elegant widow Josefina...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations
Series
Criterion collection volume 487
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous,...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sensational film about the Spanish War of Independence (1810). After Napoleon's invasion of Spain, a group of guerillas (led by Frank Sinatra) attempt to transport what was in those days the biggest cannon in the world, across Spain to Avila, where they intend to counterattack against the French army headquartered there. But a British Navy captain (Cary Grant) is trying to locate the cannon for the British to use against Napoleon. Adding romance to...
16) War & peace
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (357 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A modern take on one of the most famous stories of all time. In 1805 when we first meet Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, they are all part of St. Petersburg's glittering elite, but are fired up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.
17) Sharpe's peril
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Inc., a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1818 India, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are traveling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angélique Bonnet to meet her fiancé. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown's troops : an ill disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp comes under attack by the notorious bandit Chitu. When...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (405 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (432 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Becoming Jane: When the dashing Tom Lefroy enters Jane Austen's life, he offends the emerging writer's sense and sensibility. Soon their clashing egos set off sparks that ignite a passionate romance
Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre's will to overcome a life of hardship leads her into a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman. Swept up in the possibility of a happy new life, Jane is shattered when terrible secrets from his past are revealed,...
20) War and peace
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Tolstoy's great novel about three families struggling during Russia's Napoleonic Wars.
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