1863 Louisiana. Jack has left the battlefield behind but his skill soon lands him a new job. Navy Co..

A marriage of dynasty: that is what is expected of Mary Sidney. A marriage to Sir Henry Herbert Earl..

London 1941. Livy makes her way through Blitz-torn London to the Mirrormakers Club the only place sh..

AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory against a force of tough..

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

May 1964. At a youth festival in East Berlin an unlikely young couple fall in love. In the bright sp..

1840. Twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane Cassandra Austen returns to the v..

“At the age of seven I was a skilful pickpocket. I could sew neatly write a tolerable hand make a ..

1939. Europe is on the brink of change and in the fear and chaos of pre-war Italy a painting disappe..

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

London 1897. A young girl Valentine Grey arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and..

Virginia 1861. With his comrades defeated Jack turns his back on the battlefield. At heart he's stil..

The House at Old Vine is the second in a trilogy of novels by Norah Lofts about the inhabitants of a..

The Welsh Borders 1069. When Ashdyke Manor is attacked Lady Christen is forced to witness her husban..

London 1940. Ruth a young schoolteacher volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children from wa..