Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
1938'de gergin geçen Münih Konferansı'nda artık rakip hükûmetler için çalışan eski arkadaşlar bir Nazi sırrını açığa çıkarmak için yarışan gönülsüz casuslar hâline gelir.
1930'lu yıllarda Amerika'da, İrlandalı bir göçmen olan Jack McGurn ile Japon göçmen Lily Kawamura arasında bir aşk filizlenir. Ancak İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın patlak vermesi ve Japonya'nın Pearl Harbor'a saldırmasıyla her şey değişir. Başkan Roosevelt'in ünlü 9066 Sayılı Kararnamesi uyarınca, Japon kökenli tüm Amerikalılar toplama kamplarına gönderilir. Lily'nin Jack ile olan ilişkisi ve ailesinin yaşadığı trajedi, o dönemin acımasız gerçeklerini gözler önüne seriyor.
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. Their affair slowly blossoms, until Hemingway boldly asks Agnes to be his wife and journey to America with him.
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.