Historical Drama Fiction

It is 1658 - the dying days of the English Republic under the Cromwells - and a down-on-his-luck publisher, Bartholomew Garnet, gets the chance to publish Paradise Lost by John Milton. But why is the office of censorship so interested in the manuscript? Why is his obliging new housekeeper asking so many questions? And will Garnet discover principles in time to get Paradise Lost published?

Das wohl berühmteste Drama von Anton Tschechow, das nach wie vor Dauergast in den Theaterhäusern ist. Konstantin Treplev will Schriftsteller werden. Doch Unterstützung erfährt er keine, weder von seiner Mutter noch von seiner Geliebten Nina. Als diese Treplev für den erfolgreichen Autoren Trigorin verlässt, nimmt das Unglück seinen Lauf.

大唐国富民强，北番位于大唐之北，日渐强盛，便有不臣之心，下表挑衅大唐。李世民御驾亲征。中了屠炉公主的空城之计……大唐國富民強，北番位於大唐之北，日漸強盛，便有不臣之心，下表挑釁大唐。李世民御駕親征。中了屠爐公主的空城之計……

晚清至民国年间，家国剧变、民生疾苦、商业凋敝。一个从皇宫流落到晋商岳家大院的丫鬟，凭借自己的智慧、才干和悟性，一步步成为大院女主人和绝顶商人……晚清至民國年間，家國劇變、民生疾苦、商業凋敝。一個從皇宮流落到晉商岳家大院的丫鬟，憑藉自己的智慧、才幹和悟性，一步步成為大院女主人和絕頂商人……

Nobody Is Above the Law is an audio drama set in the early 1980s (before cell phones had caught on in America). Billionaire Mayor Bart, a corrupt and somewhat ludicrous politician, is up for reelection. He hopes to win reelection by a huge margin as a stepping stone to a presidential run. Camille Collins is a psychotherapist, whose fairly ordinary life is thrown into disarray when one of her patients is murdered.

Jay Gould sought to yoke a corner on the gold market in August and September, 1869. His endeavor came to a head on September 24, a day known as the Gold Panic, or Black Friday. Many merchant houses, banks, and brokerages thereafter failed because of the flagrant volatility in prices. This drama presents the acts and thoughts of Gould, his partner, Jim Fisk, and their brokers during the panic.

Jay Gould, though consumption has first come forth into his lungs, purchases the sovereign share of Union Pacific, a railroad of indebted frailty, frailer becoming while rates decline throughout the West. His health and his wife's, who is more ill than he, must be avowed. How railroad men such as James J. Hill, Charles Francis Adams, Fred Ames, and Ransom Cable comport with transportive difficulties is set forth. J. P. Morgan attempts to bring the western railroads in economical accord.

被视作天生一对的铁水之恋却突然从沸腾冷却至冰点，从此相见已是陌路人……被視作天生一對的鐵水之戀卻突然從沸騰冷卻至冰點，從此相見已是陌路人……

赵蒙生凭借母亲的关系外派到连部担任指导员，他的到来闹得连部的气氛很是紧张……趙蒙生憑藉母親的關係外派到連部擔任指導員，他的到來鬧得連部的氣氛很是緊張……

秦朝末年，奸佞当朝，秦二世残暴，各路英豪揭竿而起，逐鹿中原。其中尤以项羽，刘邦领导的起义军影响力最大……秦朝末年，奸佞當朝，秦二世殘暴，各路英豪揭竿而起，逐鹿中原。其中尤以項羽，劉邦領導的起義軍影響力最大……

她的一生波澜壮阔、纵情恣意，她在至高处把持朝政呼风唤雨，太后专权自她而始，太后称谓亦始见于她。她就是千古太后第一人……她的一生波瀾壯闊、縱情恣意，她在至高處把持朝政呼風喚雨，太后專權自她而始，太后稱謂亦始見於她。她就是千古太后第一人……

In 1863, under the instigation of his former associate, Daniel Drew, the New York State Legislature betrayed Commodore Vanderbilt, withdrawing the permit for his extension of the Harlem Railroad. The lawmakers and Drew then shorted Harlem stock. This play of counteraction portrays the most competitive businessman of the nineteenth century.

As the southernmost line in New York State, the Erie Railroad in the 1860s ran from Jersey City to Lake Erie. Commodore Vanderbilt considered it an appropriate expansion to his New York Central and tried to corner Erie's shares. This drama represents how three of Erie's directors, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk and Daniel Drew, fought a financial war to check his acquisition. But the main part to Vanderbilt belongs as the most triumphant American of the nineteenth century.