London 1940. Ruth a young schoolteacher volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children from wa..

Bloomsbury Books has resisted change for a hundred years run by men and guided by the general manage..

In 1887 Isabel Bilton is the eldest of three daughters of a middle-class family. Escaping the countr..

Lake Como 1919. The garden of Villa Marchese was once a sight to behold. Now overgrown and unloved t..

Barbie France has known Edward Steyne all her life - indeed they were childhood sweethearts. Charmin..

Cliffehaven December 1946_x000D_From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven a young woman makes a hear..

1866. Will Stewart is one of many who have left their old lives behind to seek their fortunes in New..

To the Allies she was a fearless freedom fighter Special Operations super spy a woman ahead of her t..

One hundred and eighty petty convicts are on board the RAJAH all sentenced to transportation to Aust..

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

1941. Darkness descends over London as the sirens begin to howl and the bombs rain down. Amid all th..

It begins with the normally healthy Beth - aged-care worker wife of David mother of Lettie and Gem -..

In the genteel squares of late-Victorian Brighton Ellen and Reynold Harper - twins companions collea..

In 1824 Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. Wealthy holidaymakers dance in the..

1864: Suddenly left as the head of the family Kitty McKenzie must find her inner strength to keep he..