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..

1944. Paul Brandt a German soldier returns wounded and ashamed from the chaos of the Eastern front t..

Power is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying James waiting to become King. Everywhere there is oppo..

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

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

When young doctor Kit Stone returns to Britain a female associate of his brother Henry secures him a..

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

As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway typist Stella Rutherf..

18th century Scotland. Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions especially in a titled young man w..

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..