David Franzoni Knihy

Vrchní velitel římských legií, kdysi slavný hrdina Říše římské, Maximus Meridas, žil jako legionář, vedl svou armádu k vítězství a věrně sloužil císaři. Když se však o trůn uchází císařův žárlivý syn, nelítostný Commodus, přinutí Maxima k dramatickému útěku a krutě povraždí jeho nejbližší. Maximus je zajat a prodán do otroctví. tam je nucen učit se novému způsobu boje - jako gladiátor. Maximus bojuje o svůj život a o svou čest. Brzy se stává jedním z nejobávanějších gladiátorů impéria. Když však jeho nepřítel Commodus uspořádá v Římě velké gladiátorské hry, Maximův boj o přežití se mění v pomstu... Odhaluje císaři krutou pravdu. Vůle lidu je silnější než moc panovníka.

King Arthur must defend Britain against a bloodthirsty Anglo-Saxon warlord on behalf of the Roman Empire. The story has been adapted into a film starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley.

Based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, here is the frightening sequence of events that led fifty-three young men and women - and one young nation - to seek freedom and justice for all people. Amistad is the story of Cinque, the illegally enslaved son of a Mende chief who led an uprising full of fury and courage. It is also the story of John Quincy Adams, the former American president, who reluctantly heeded the call to justice and defended Cinque in a Supreme Court trial that would alter the nation's history. And it is the story of men and women searching to find truth and to uphold the basic tenets of the American Constitution. Brilliantly narrated by award-winning novelist Alexs Pate, Amistad celebrates the human spirit's profound determination to fight, hope, and to be free. Visit the "Amistad" book site! A junior novelization is also available for young adults.

In 1839, a young man called Cinque leads a group of Africans to take control of the slave ship Amistad. They want to return to their homes in Africa but instead they land in America and are sent to prison for murder. The Americans think of the Africans as property, not people. Now they must begin fighting for their freedom ...Amistad is a powerful new film from Steven Spielberg and Dream Works starring Morgan Freeman. It is a true story which will inspire and move you.