[Burkeman1]

Ditto. The last thirty years have not been good for history buffs. The occasional good film dribbled out now and then but it has been pretty bleak. It is very sad to think that the only true epics I can remember that were produced in the last 20 years were both made by Television in the mini- series format (and both were good entertainment)- Shogun, and Marco Polo.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I thought "North and South" books one and two were very good miniseries. If you can get past Patrick Swayze in one of the major roles, it's very watchable.