Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play A dark new chapter unfolds… The Musketeers return in a stunning second series that explodes from the screen with more thrills action & adventure than ever before As France teeters on the brink of war with Spain the death of Cardinal Richelieu has left a void that could yet be filled by an even darker threat More mercurial & combustible than the Cardinal Rochefort has a concealed agenda that may bring the whole realm to ruin Vividly evoking the grit & grime of 17th century Paris’s mean streets this gripping take on the iconic classic is visually spectacular & bursting with invention Extras 6 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A thrilling world of action adventure & romance inspired by Dumas& legendary characters ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play This fresh 10-part adaptation of Dumas& masterpiece tells the story of an elite group of soldiers who protect their Royal Masters at any cost Starring Luke Pasqualino (Skins The Borgias) as D& Artagnan Tom Burke (Great Expectations The Hour) as Athos Santiago Cabrera (Merlin Heroes) as Aramis & Howard Charles (Black Forest) as Porthos the brothers in arms fight for what is just tackling the evil machinations of Cardinal Richelieu
- played by Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who The Thick Of It) As they are propelled across seas & battlefields from masquerade balls to a remote convent the Musketeers defend the honour of the Queen & the life of Constance Bonacieux d& Artagnan&s true love
- played by Tamla Kari (The Inbetweeners Movie) Actors Alexandra Dowling Tom Burke Santiago Cabrera Peter Capaldi Howard Charles Ryan Gage Luke Pasqualino Maimie Mc Coy & Hugo Speer Certificate 12 years & over Year 2014 Languages English

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play With its critical acclaim & an ever increasing fan base BBC ONE’s dazzling new drama The Musketeers will head to DVD & Blu-ray on 24th March 2014 This fresh 10-part adaptation of Dumas’ masterpiece tells the story of an elite group of soldiers who protect their Royal Masters at any cost Starring Luke Pasqualino (Skins The Borgias) as D’ Artagnan Tom Burke (Great Expectations The Hour) as Athos Santiago Cabrera (Merlin Heroes) as Aramis & Howard Charles (Black Forest) as Porthos the brothers in arms fight for what is just tackling the evil machinations of Cardinal Richelieu – played by Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who The Thick Of It) As they are propelled across seas & battlefields from masquerade balls to a remote convent the Musketeers defend the honour of the Queen & the life of Constance Bonacieux d& Artagnan&s true love – played by Tamla Kari (The Inbetweeners Movie) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play For love For honour For adventure Set on the streets of 17th Century Paris the Musketeers Athos Aramis & Aorthos are far more than merely royal bodyguards for King Louis XIII; they are inseparable loyal unto death & committed to upholding justice when D’ Artagnan arrives in Paris to avenge his father’s death he soon impresses the three Musketeers & quickly discovers kindred spirits in these boisterous soldiers Together they must fight for honour for valour & for love whilst outwitting the shadowy Cardinal Richelieu (Peter Capaldi) the scheming Rochefort (Mark Warren) & the beautiful but mysterious Milady de Winter (Maimie Mc Coy) Extras Over 1 hour of behind-the-scenes features ...

Mountain Mourning Liberty Is in the Street No Clear Light Entranced Earth Tallos Invitation Mantra Surem Dervish ...

His disappearance is not the only mystery left behind What were the stories that went with these drawings? There are some clues Who is Harris Burdick? Where did he disappear to? & how was he going to finish his stories? Chris Van Allsburg presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title & a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story ...

With its insightful portrayals of her protagonist's inner life Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho was a hugely influential work of early Gothic horror This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Jacqueline Howard Emily St Aubert lives with her loving enlightened parents in exquisitely happy rural isolation But when she is tragically orphaned the beautiful young woman is thrown on the mercy of her heartless aunt's sinister new husband The villainous Signor Montoni has designs upon his wife's fortune & that of her niece & imprisons them in the gloomy medieval castle Udolpho Separated from her beloved Valancourt Emily must cope with torments of wild imaginings & terrors as ghostly omens & attempts upon her virtue & life threaten to overwhelm her One of the most popular novels of its time The Mysteries of Udolpho continues to grip readers with its vivid characters its sublime Alpine settings & its dramatic sense of suspense & danger In her introduction Jacqueline Howard discusses the novel's huge success when it was first published its place as a groundbreaking work of the Gothic genre & Radcliffe's imaginative use of history poetry landscape & the supernatural This edition also

Includes:: further reading a chronology & notes Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the leading exponent of Gothic fiction During her lifetime she published five novels including A Sicilian Romance (1790) The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) & The Italian (1797) as well as a collection of European travel writings Her novels were immensely popular & much imitated If you enjoyed The Mysteries of Udolpho you might like Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Writings also available in Penguin Classics

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When a peculiar advertisement appears in the newspaper for children to take part in a secret mission children everywhere sit a series of mysterious tests In the end just four children succeed Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance They have three things in common they are all honest all remarkably talented & all orphans They must go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where the only rule is that there are no rules There they must work as a team to save not only themselves but also the world outside the walls ...

Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance are back
- but so is Mr Curtain with another devious scheme! Can the Mysterious Benedict Society
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