Showing results for "Henry VII" in Genre Fiction

Prepare for the most uproariously grim tour of Tudor England ever recorded! Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's classic satire skewers the so-called "golden age" of English monarchy, revealing the Tudors as they truly were: a parade of tyrants, schemers, and royal disasters who treated their subjects like pawns in a deadly game of power.

Anthony Trollope was one of Victorian England’s most popular and prolific authors. He worked for the Post Office while establishing himself as a writer, and is credited with introducing the pillar box to Britain. Best known for his ‘Barsetshire’ and ‘Palliser’ novels, he wrote over 50 works in total, including short stories, travel books, biographies and a posthumously published autobiography. Collected here are a selection of superb adaptations of his much-loved novels, as well as a fascinating documentary and an original radio play by Patricia Cumper.

Having taken a job shotgunning a stage coach, Yakima gets tangled in corrupt town where theft, lies and murder dog him at every turn. The deeper he gets involved with the townsfolk, the harder he struggles to make things “right,” Each choice making things more dangerous and deadly.

Hilda Tablet is a fictitious ‘twelve-tone composeress’ created by Henry Reed in a series of radio mockumentaries. She first appeared in the play A Very Great Man Indeed, which follows the quest of a fictional biographer, Herbert Reeve, who is writing the biography of the equally fictional novelist Richard Shewin.

DIE KREATUREN RUHEN NICHT – ZEIT FÜR DAS S|SQUAD! Eine Nachkriegs-Forschungsstation von allem zu befreien, was sich für die britische und norwegische Regierung als belastend erweisen könnte, klingt erst einmal nach einem einfachen Job. Doch während das S|SQUAD versucht, diese Mission zu erfüllen, werden sie von etwas, das den Legenden entsprungen zu sein scheint, durch die Berge und Fjords gejagt. Sie haben ein schlafendes Ungeheuer aufgeweckt. Und das ist wütend, kampflustig... und hat seine Freunde mitgebracht. Monster. Riesige Kreaturen. Kugeln. Und Flüche... jede Menge Flüche.