Edinburgh 1896. At Alardyce House the family are gathered to celebrate the engagement of the heir to..

From what is it they flee?' He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. ..

Paris 1942. When thirteen-year-old Amelie Dreyfus goes into her mother's wardrobe to hide it's a gam..

1941. Darkness descends over London as the sirens begin to howl and the bombs rain down. Amid all th..

January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. A..

Would a plant drink ink as happily as it would drink water? Is there anything that eats a cat? How d..

Berlin 1936. The Landau family are at the heart of their community running a music shop in Berlin an..

December 1913. Clara Thorton won't allow being jilted at the altar to squash her spirit. Against the..

Caribbean 1720. Two extraordinary women are on the run - from their pasts from the British Navy and ..

Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his vast empire in chaos. War rages cities fall and the ..

Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on her doo..

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are studying the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons at school and have a homework pr..

April 1958. Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His fathe..

Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens the empire's beacon of light in th..

A story of the strength of the human spirit the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found ..