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

1603. Former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner is attempting to re-establish himself as a physician in..

In 1824 Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. Wealthy holidaymakers dance in the..

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

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

England 1238. Raised at the court of King Henry III as a chamber lady to the queen young Joanna of S..

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

Berlin 1948. World War II has ended and there is supposed to be peace but Russian troops have closed..

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

1809. Viscount Wellington and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte both believe their armies are strong enough..

Shortly before Bel's marriage to Ellis Brownlee her friend Louise Armstrong goes house hunting for t..

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

England 1315. Famine and unrest spread across the country and when Sir William Bradshaigh joins Adam..

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

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