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

AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory against a force of tough..

Rome 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged Rome men are still dying in unnatural numbers and rum..

The Romans invaded Britannia in AD 43 confident of victory. They swept through a divided and ill-equ..

Armistice Day London 1918. Fiercely independent Georgie is tired of being told what's best for her b..

Winter 1211. Former abbess Helewise moves back to her cell near Hawkenlye Abbey to help the needy pu..

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

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

It's the summer of 1933 and Alice Eveleigh has arrived at Fiercombe Manor in disgrace. Hiding her sh..

From the shattered empire five kingdoms are emerging. Seleukos triumphant in the capture of Babylon ..

1553. Deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir Mary Tudor sweeps to power on a tide of p..

AD 25. When young Telemachus gets the chance to join the crew of the merchant ship Selene he's delig..

1603. Former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner is attempting to re-establish himself as a physician in..

London 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times having just lost her beloved husban..

After World War Two England was on her knees so the call went out to the British Empire for voluntee..