A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Lady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica--and herself too, naturally.
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls while he fights in the Second Boer War. Later, after he is presumed dead, she is forced to become a servant.
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
A young woman courts a mysterious wealthy suitor in 19th century England.