Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens the empire's beacon of light in th..

August 1797. When Mary Wollstonecraft's labour begins everything appears normal and she anticipates ..

When Princess Matilda is 18 years old tragedy strikes the royal family and she becomes the only chil..

Left profoundly deaf after an accident Émile is no stranger to isolation - or heartbreak. Now as Na..

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

Babylon 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead leaving behind him the largest empire the world has ever..

When Esther Thorel the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel the two women..

Caribbean 1720. Two extraordinary women are on the run - from their pasts from the British Navy and ..

1941. With the men away fighting animal-lover Hettie Quin is made Belfast Zoo's first ever female zo..

Would a plant drink ink as happily as it would drink water? Is there anything that eats a cat? How d..

December 1913. Clara Thorton won't allow being jilted at the altar to squash her spirit. Against the..

Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect outfit for ..

Osborne House 1879. Queen Victoria has occupied the British throne for over 40 years. Bringing toget..

February 1941. The world is at war and Joyce Cooper is doing her bit for the war effort. But as the ..