Oliver Ford Davies

Ivan Ilych, a peaceful public official in the Russian provinces, has his life permanently changed by a serious illness which no doctor can accurately diagnose. Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him,...

As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they meet a slave boy called Anakin Skywalker who is evidently...

Contains 3 episodes from Kavanagh Q.C.

Contains 3 episodes from Kavanagh Q.C.

James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most respected criminal adovcates in London, has earned the respect and admiration of colleagues and opponents alike. However, the long hours, difficult cases and dedication to his work have taken their toll on his wife and two children.

Kavanagh is acting as a Recorder at Southwark Crown Court. Lord Cranston (Nichoal Le Provost) pops in for a conversation during a trial for shop-lifting. Would he like to become a Judge? He asks Foxcott and his daughter for advice. Elsewhere, Aldermarten is prosecuting Hatton (Robert Pickavance) for the murder of Katya Zimanyi (Rachel Woolrich), a Hungarian escort in the Mortimer Hotel. The defendant is served by Miss Swithin (Samantha Bond), a Solicitor...

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome.
In his "most accomplished work to date" (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his household slave and righthand man, Tiro, Imperium...

Previous convictions: Kavanagh must defend a woman charged with murder after an RAF plane crashes into a crowd. The more loving one: Kavanagh is puzzled by ther reluctance of his client to explain the death of his girlfriend. Time of need: Kavanagh represents a Home Office Minister who brings a case for malicious prosecution against the police after she is acquitted of assault. End games: An old case comes back to haunt Kavanagh when he must defend...

James Kavanagh Q.C., brilliant, relentless and sometimes exasperating, he will push to extremes to see justice served--even as his professional triumphs mask a private life at times more troubled than those of his clients.