Cornwall 1902. Edith Fairchild deserted by her feckless husband Benedict eight years before has esta..

Cornwall 1914. Edith Fairchild's good-for-nothing husband Benedict deserted her when their children ..

Eddie and Eva meet on the eve of the Second World War. Eddie only wants to be a flyer to find escape..

High above the Mediterranean on the French Riviera stands a beautiful pink stucco villa. Once a play..

Struggling to make ends meet Mary Anne Randall is offered no help by her drunk and abusive husband. ..

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..

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..

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

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

England 1903. Giles the new Earl of Stainton is struggling to bring his family's estate back to orde..

While her milliner mother Rosamund is abroad in Paris twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe is left behind in ..

Tuscany 1945. As the war in Europe ends American Red Cross nurse Diana Bolsena finds herself separat..

Bloomsbury Books has resisted change for a hundred years run by men and guided by the general manage..