John Prebble

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift. (imdb)

Brydie White is a 17-year-old retarded girl living in a rural English village whom finds solace in buyring pet animals in the church cemetary and strikes up a few friendships with a few village children while her disapproving mother and a loathsome drunkard get in the way of her newfound hobby. (imdb)

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' . (imdb)

The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when one the officers falls for the chief's daughter. (imdb)

Historical story of the ruthless Rodrigo Borgia a man who intends to become Pope and who will not let anything stand in his way. (imdb)