Justin Chadwick

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. (imdb)

A web of deceit and mystery surrounds the chancery trial of Jarndyce and Jarndyce that draws a large group of disparate individuals together. But are they more closely related than they think? And what's the connection between the Jarndyce case and the orphan Esther Summerson?

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. (imdb)

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. (imdb)

An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. (imdb)

An American mogul and patriarch wields power and influence to expand his media empire and control his family.

During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea. (imdb)