“You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away - she’ll grow fierce and wild to..

London 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war in East London Cl..

January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. A..

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

Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on her doo..

Glasgow 1846. Rumours of improper behaviour spread like wildfire on the respectable Blythswood Squar..

Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of Maria von Trapp: a ..

At age 14 Princess Salome knows she will soon be ready for marriage - one that will satisfy the ambi..

Paris 1789. The Oberst Factory which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French home..

1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father Sir Edward - a ..

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..

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

Gallipoli 1916. Lovat Scout soldier Donald Peter Gillies lies in hospital blinded by the Turks. Ther..

After joining the Lovat Scouts at the outbreak of the Second World War Donald Angus Gillies is sent ..