All three networks have produced increasingly lavish historical dramas in recent years.

From the late Middle Ages entries became the occasion for increasingly lavish displays of pageantry and propaganda.

Mr. Sanders's increasingly lavish style also became contagious.

Always broadcast at peak time on Christmas Day, these increasingly lavish affairs provided some of the most memorable moments in the series.

The financial burden within the peninsula was on the backs of the peasant class while the nobility enjoyed an increasingly lavish lifestyle.

He killed his parents after they became suspicious about his increasingly lavish lifestyle and began asking him questions about it.

She buys increasingly lavish wedding presents for the children of her friends: "At least someone's procreating the species."

His optimism is also reflected in his increasingly lavish way of life.

Jane entertained on an increasingly lavish scale, with as many as 100 sitting down to dinner and guests staying for three months in the Castle.

Investigators now suspect he was siphoning off millions to support an increasingly lavish life in Greenwich.