Elisabetta a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist Marco the brash and athletic son of pro..

Cornwall 1902. Edith Fairchild deserted by her feckless husband Benedict eight years before has esta..

Marcus Salvius Magnus leader of the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood has long dominated his par..

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

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

In London's smoky taverns a conspiracy is brewing: a group of wealthy young Catholic dissidents plot..

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..

1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France his ultimate aim: to rule Europe. After defeat at the ..

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..

1840. Twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane Cassandra Austen returns to the v..

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