1817. Upon receiving a letter from an old family friend Clemency van Emden returns from Holland to f..

September 1939. For years now Britain has been rudderless divided and grievously unequal. When war b..

In June 1837 the 18-year-old Victoria wakes up to find that she is Queen of the most powerful nation..

Suffolk 1955. Rosy Gilchrist is asked by her friend Lady Fawcett to join her on a trip to Southwold ..

In Victorian London race-walking or “wobbles” are all the rage. So on a Monday morning in Novemb..

Cambridge 1939. The opening weeks of the Second World War and the first blackout - The Great Darknes..

Martha Packer is much loved by everyone in the village of Hillsbridge. As the landlady of The Three ..

June 1944. As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris must seek..

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

When Dot McCann playing with her pals decides to hide in Butcher Rathbone's almost empty dustbin she..

In the dying months of World War I Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world killing between 50 and..

John Wilkins meets a beautiful irresistible girl and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his..

Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot. A finan..

“She's not worth more than tuppence that child!” Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe...

1910. Sir Thomas Pitt's son Daniel is in the middle of his first case as a barrister when he is summ..