1952. As a telephonist in the Royal Household Helen Hill hears many private conversations daily. And..

After fleeing German-occupied Paris Alix is back in her home in Belgrade hoping to finally reunite w..

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

A surprise phone call from her late fiancé's family sends Vivien Lowry of Bloomsbury Girls off on h..

Winifred Maxwell is found guilty of treason and her brother William could be found guilty of the sam..

1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini the most celebrated escape artist in the world has sol..

Western Australia 1909. William Watson's beloved father is set on an expedition to the north-west to..

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

England 2001. Elizabeth has always suspected her mother harbours a secret from her time as a young w..

Flora Thompson was born in 1876 at Juniper Hill on the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire border. She is b..

May 1964. At a youth festival in East Berlin an unlikely young couple fall in love. In the bright sp..

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

1939. Europe is on the brink of change and in the fear and chaos of pre-war Italy a painting disappe..

In the summer of 1939 19-year-old Olivia Goodland arrives in London. Working for a society dressmake..

As a child Little Flower is sold to Linjing's wealthy family to become a muizai. In a fit of childis..