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The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.

A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

A ghost is haunting Lublón: Kaszparek Mihály, trader of wines, does not refrain from haunting his native town even in broad daylight. He rides his horse sitting backwards, pays with false gold and pays frequent visits to his widowed wife, who is far from being appalled by the caresses of her dead husband.

In an imaginary kingdom,bubble head Princess Charlotte is to marry Prince Guillaume but she falls in love with a playboy,Paul,short of the readies .He seduces her and steals her invaluable broach..

John and John Quincy sail to France to join Benjamin Franklin as part of the American mission but Adams' blunt style is ill-suited to diplomacy.