Little Egypt was once a well-to-do country house in the north of England. Now it's derelict and alth..

Ireland 1160. Aoife MacMurchada is just 14 years old when her father Diarmit King of Leinster is bru..

The Welsh Borders 1069. When Ashdyke Manor is attacked Lady Christen is forced to witness her husban..

Autumn 1210. A year ago King John was excommunicated - and now his men have come to take over Hawken..

As a young boy in Ithaca Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos. He learns of his h..

Queen Elizabeth I is dying and the King of England's oldest and bitterest enemy Scotland is poised t..

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

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

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

Shortly before Bel's marriage to Ellis Brownlee her friend Louise Armstrong goes house hunting for t..

August 1797. When Mary Wollstonecraft's labour begins everything appears normal and she anticipates ..

Eastern Britain 60 CE. Once proud and free the Iceni tribe now pay tribute to the Romans and are rul..

As Hitler's grip on power tightens preparations are being made for the Berlin Olympics. Leni Riefens..

England 1605. Twelve-year-old Tom must save his father from being hanged. He falls in with a mysteri..

During the First World War as men were sent to fight women and girls took their place in munitions f..