Unhappy in her life and relationship Francesca is inspired by her sighting of a mermaid swimming awa..

Ireland AD 671. The Great Fair of Bealtain is almost upon the fortress of Cashel and a line of paint..

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

After 30 years at St Oswald’s Grammar in North Yorkshire Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all k..

1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still coming to terms with the loss of so many of its so..

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

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

June 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London determined to overturn both crown and church. ..

During the third week of February 1944 the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever roun..

'I could see that still no one had been able to get out from the cockpit. It must have been at this ..

Liverpool 1939. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent stepfather in the midd..

Ardnish 1944. On his deathbed Donald John Gillies sends for a priest to hear his last confession. Wa..

Thea is tired of having to entertain Drew's children during the summer holidays so she accepts a com..

Cornwall 1891. Talented painter Edith Fairchild is poised to begin a life of newlywed bliss and arti..