1901. When the Earl of Stainton dies in a tragic hunting accident Giles the eldest son of the noble ..

Italy 1921. Yacobo Levi an intellectual dreamer works in the family bookshop. Angelo Ghione a contad..

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

When Will Hastie finally decides to retire from the military and return home to Scotland he intends ..

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

March 1914. When talented artist Isobel embarks on a journey to Egypt it's to reunite her best frien..

She wrote herself out of the story. Now she's daring to want more. Charlotte Lucas has never been a ..

At the age of 15 Marie Antoniette beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin is plunged in..

Suffolk 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life. Once a promising musician she now h..

1666. The Great Plague has passed. Londoners celebrate survival in different ways. They drink. They ..

Sixteen-year-old Frances Stuart arrives at the Restoration court to find her innocence and beauty ar..

1911. In a forgotten valley on the Devon-Somerset border the seasons unfold marked only by the ritua..

1912. Leo is on a journey. Aged 13 and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood he travels t..

As a young girl Ofelia stood frozen as her mother threw herself on her father's funeral pyre. Such i..

1921. Families are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. Edie's ..