It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.

Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.

High above the roof of the Amazonian rainforest, Professor Challenger sees something that eerily reminds him of home.

Sam felt that his epic romance might have started more promisingly.

Lady Glencora scolds the Earl of Brentford for political inactivity, but he warns her to be careful what she wishes for.