In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier joins forces with his cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic book superheroes.

In the mid-1930s, a young English girl's half-innocent mistake has lifetime repercussions for both her sister and her childhood friend.

Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio, is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter.

Four strangers whose lives have been rendered unrecognizable converge in a deserted Italian villa at the close of World War II.

In ancient Rome, a studious young noble becomes a controversial leader who fights to uphold Hellenistic polytheism and stop the spread of Christianity.

In the early days of the Vietnam War, a British reporter takes issue with a young American’s actions and policies in Saigon.

On New Year's Eve, 1938, Katey Kontent meets a banker in a jazz bar and is catapulted into upper class New York City society.

Okonkwo, the local wrestling champion in an Igbo community, sees his way of life drastically altered when Christian missionaries arrive in Nigeria.

Robert Grainer endures the loss of his family and struggles to survive in the rapidly changing American West.

In the pre-Civil War South, Cora and Caesar flee captivity via the Underground Railroad, a literal underground train system.

In 1520s England, Thomas Cromwell counsels Henry VIII on his efforts to annul his current 20-year marriage in order to wed Anne Boleyn.