Liverpool 1940. There comes a moment in every child’s life when they must learn to stand on their ..

London 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war in East London Cl..

York 1988. Dr Tom Frith is beginning his first term as a tutor at the University of Eboracum. After ..

21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris far away from Sasha her Serbian father and Leonora her English..

Rome 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged Rome men are still dying in unnatural numbers and rum..

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

Jersey 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets im..

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

Flora Thompson was born in 1876 at Juniper Hill on the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire border. She is b..

Many years have passed since the dramatic events of Pride and Prejudice. In The Cousins of Pemberley..

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

From the shattered empire five kingdoms are emerging. Seleukos triumphant in the capture of Babylon ..

1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France his ultimate aim: to rule Europe. After defeat at the ..

Eastern Britain 60 CE. Once proud and free the Iceni tribe now pay tribute to the Romans and are rul..

It's 1718. Pirate ships sail the oceans and brutal slave masters control the plantations. Eleven-yea..