Cestvs enters his first match at the slave gladiator training school. Though he's bewildered to discover that his opponent is his best friend, he wins the match, and his opponent is killed on the spot. According to his instructor Zafar, losers have no future. "Every time you win, your opponent will die. You're practically a murderer!" With all his sorrow and rage clenched in his fists, Cestvs survives, as one after another powerful opponents stand in his way, as well as the shadow of Nero, fifth emperor of the Roman Empire. With no other way to secure his freedom, can Cestvs seize his future?!
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.
This is the story of Gu Qing Zi, the owner of County An City, who had cleverly balanced the power of the court by pretending to be a pig eating a tiger, but when general Li Yin Zhi led an army of 150,000 to return to the city, Gu Qing Zi lost her position. She then used tricks to restrain Li Yin Zhi, but unexpectedly he forced her into marriage.
In Shanghai in 1943, Chen Qian, a military agent, was ordered to assassinate the Japanese, but fell into the trap of Yujiro Ida, the head of Japan's plum agency. Born on the day, and accidentally learned of the Japanese conspiracy. In order to stop the sinister plan of the invaders, Chen Qian began to receive special training, disguised as a Japanese envoy to visit Mei's agency again. Chen Qian, who went deep into the enemy's camp, walked step by step in the dark, walking on thin ice, and with the help of the Communist Party member Chun Yang, he repeatedly avoided danger.
The infamous Prince Li Shubai of the Hou family suffers an accident while fleeing an arranged marriage. Upon his return to the Hou Mansion, he learns that his bride, Jiang Yuxiao, may have been plotting to kill him. To confront her, he feigns amnesia. As he digs deeper, he uncovers her secret identity. What follows is a covert battle between the two, both hiding their true selves while slowly becoming irresistibly drawn to each other.
Hu Tiantian foresaw the end of the Hu family, with the whole family being slaughtered in the chess game for power. In order to change fate, Tiantian wins over Su Yanli, a fallen prince who has also experienced "rebirth" and strives to guide the villain to do good. However, Su Yanli might be the culprit behind the demise of the Hu family. As the two were in an intense tug-of-war, Tiantian gradually learned about her and Su Yanli’s fate.
Tamahiko Shima has been exiled to the country because of his disability, but the sudden arrival of an arranged bride upends his lonely life.
Zhou Yuan is a martial arts prodigy who will fall seriously ill if she starts to form emotional attachments. After disguising herself as a man to break into Qingyun Academy, she meets the young marquis who hates weddings. Fate has forcibly tied Wei Qi and Zhou Yuan's destinies together. Wei Qi is the only son of Wei Hou. On the outside, he is outstanding and carries with him an air of arrogance. In private, he is a man who hates marriage because each of his marriages have resulted in failure. Other than that, he is the overlord of Qingyun Academy. When Zhou Yuan sneaks into the academy by pretending to be a boy, she slowly gets to know Wei Qi. She was born with a special ability that allows her to see the connections between people. However, it has a side effect that leaves her severely ill whenever she starts to have feelings. Together, Wei Qi and Zhou Yuan join hands to defeat evil forces.
Prince Lee Hwan receives a cursed letter from a supernatural entity detailing several dark predictions for his future and is horrified to realize that the curses are indeed coming true one by one. Min Jae-yi, on the other hand, finds herself wanted by the local authorities after being unjustly accused of murdering her family members and unilaterally calling off her arranged marriage.
Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn't realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!
Li Wu comes from a lowly background but due to a misunderstanding, becomes a member of the Imperial Secret Police known as the Embroidered Uniform Guards. On the outside, he appears to be selfish and well-spoken, but deep down he’s honest and treasures brotherhood. Lu Zheng is an original guard; aloof and lacks good speech. But through their meeting, they find the friendship both have been looking for and evolve together. Together, they are pulled into many cases and hatred that runs deep in the court. Will they be able to solve all of the puzzles without becoming targets themselves?
Doctor Ji Xianyun is reborn as a princess in ancient times but has retained her knowledge from the modern world. She relies on her medical knowledge to survive. When she meets the pregnant prince Qi Lingxiao, a sweet and funny love story ensues.
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A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
The first season of the Women of Legend Series tells the story of a young lady-in-waiting whose beauty catches the eye of the King and becomes his concubine. Quickly rising in the ranks and eventually giving birth to a son, her hunger for power drives her not only to maintain her position, but to become Queen.
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In November 1937, Shanghai fell into the hands of the Japanese army led by Wei Da Hong and Lin Qiu Yan. The underground party organization moved to underground work. In 1941, the Japanese army launched a top-secret "Popular Beauty Plan" in Shanghai, with the intention of using "counterfeit banknotes" to disrupt China's financial market and taking the opportunity to plunder China's precious cultural relics. The party's action group, headed by Wei Da Hong and Lin Qiu Yan, secretly acted, and on the way, met Tang Twenty-three, a fat man, a skinny monkey, and other young people