Set in suffragette London. Lotta Rae is a working-class 15-year-old, raped by a wealthy gentleman, who makes the brave decision to testify in court. William Lindon is a barrister about to lose everything. Both have decisions to make that will change the course of their lives and the lives of everyone around them for generations to come.
A drama set on the battlefields of Europe as a global influenza pandemic looms.
A drama set on the battlefields of Europe as a global influenza pandemic looms.
1867. When plant hunter Harry Compton receives a rare specimen and a map, he sets out to find fame and fortune. But where there is wealth there is corruption, and soon Harry is fleeing England, sailing up the Yangtze alongside a young widow - both in pursuit of the plant that could change their futures.
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Winter, 1952: Leningrad's icy streets are haunted by a murderer. Rossel must team up with Major Nikitin - the man who cut off virtuoso violinist Rossel's fingers - to hunt down the murderer.
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In eighteenth-century Sussex, a young girl seeks revenge for the death of her father - an intoxicating historical novel from the acclaimed author of In Love and War
A reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. The story of Lord Edward Fitzgerald related by Tony Small - the runaway slave who became Lord Edward's manservant and friend.