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

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

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

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

London 1921 - Jean Buckman a young and innocent American heiress arrives in England to find a societ..

New Zealand 1928. When Wilhelm Erdinger arrives in the sleepy village of Falters Mill claiming to wa..

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

On the east coast of Ireland 13-year-old Finn finds the sword of a slain Norseman and with Odin's ra..

Northern England 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life Kate Mercer leaves London to work at ..

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

Lake Como 1919. The garden of Villa Marchese was once a sight to behold. Now overgrown and unloved t..

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

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

Cliffehaven December 1946_x000D_From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven a young woman makes a hear..