Wellington 1942. Lorna's older brothers are fighting overseas and as the war in the Pacific rages on..

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

From humble beginnings and a narrow escape from death in childhood William Marshall steadily rises t..

During the First World War as men were sent to fight women and girls took their place in munitions f..

Five young Ayrtons all grew up at Amberwell playing in the gardens and preparing themselves to ventu..

Mrs Abbott is flustered at the thought of putting up a lady from the Red Cross but is happily surpri..

1966: Standing on the rugged Cornish coast Hallows Abbey can be a lonely place for the boys boardin..

Marriage to her publisher Arthur Abbott has done nothing to stop Barbara Buncle from involving herse..

Virginia 1749. Rosanna Waters is more comfortable catching grasshoppers for fishing bait than helpin..

Buckingham Palace 1951. The nation is on the road to recovery after World War Two. And so is Milly H..

New Zealand 1928. When Wilhelm Erdinger arrives in the sleepy village of Falters Mill claiming to wa..

Georgia Driffield is passionate wilful resourceful intelligent but often foolhardy as she grows from..

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

1940. Britain has invaded neutral Iceland but Daphne Devine has bigger problems. She has sailed into..

Rome 1913. To her mother's dismay Gabriella Hazelwood has no interest in marriage or a quiet domesti..