Matilda is the granddaughter of William the Conqueror but also descended through her mother from the..

1929. On receipt of an unexpected inheritance small-time crook Horace Butterfield buys a large house..

With husband Tim stationed in Egypt and her children at boarding school Hester Christie —affection..

Hester Christie has spent a blissful 18 months living in Kenya where husband Tim is posted. But now ..

No longer the well-beloved Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court ..

At the age of 15 Marie Antoniette beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin is plunged in..

Suffolk 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life. Once a promising musician she now h..

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

The war in Europe is over but for the residents of Beach View Boarding House its effects are still f..