Ellie opens the door to a man who is a stranger but instantly recognisable as the father of her hous..

In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war James Holland reveals not only the ..

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

July 1585. Desperate to escape Sir Francis Walsingham’s clutches and pursue his chosen career as a..

It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches her twin sister Connie marry the man of her dreams Carrie ..

When Helen Batten’s marriage breaks down she starts on a journey of discovery into her family’s ..

Anthony Trollope finds the beautiful city of Barchester idyllic on visiting it for the first time. T..

There would be trouble at Paradise . . . From birth Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised ..

Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker a pub two rows of terraced working class homes and at one end the ..

When the Second World War breaks out Annie Webster and her close-knit family find themselves - along..

1920s. When her father dies Ellie Douglas has little option but to go into service. Her position tak..

After the death of their parents Faith and her brother James are raised by an aunt. While James goes..

In 1960 Kate Freeman daughter of the inimitable Rose Webster goes to London to follow her dream of b..

It’s 1925 and Kate Cameron is just sixteen when she’s taken on at a shipyard on the Clyde. Kateâ..

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood they have s..