March 1918. British newspapers carry the dreadful news that the German Spring Offensive has begun wi..

A house full of academics should imply calm and quiet but much to housekeeper Harriet Rowsley's dism..

October 1861 England. Harriet and Matthew Rowsley the housekeeper and estate manager of Thorncroft H..

1929. Blinded war veteran Frederick Rowlands has escaped the bustle of London to establish a secure ..

May 1931. For blind First World War veteran Frederick Rowlands the craze for flying holds little int..

Berlin 1933. The Nazi regime is gaining devastating power as Hitler is appointed Chancellor and star..

It is the early 1600s and the City of London sees Queen Elizabeth living out her dying days as Scott..

Cambridge UK 1947. Martin Friedrich a German philosopher is cycling through an intersection on his w..

Living in exile in Venice the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city. But when he i..

1898. Quinn Le Blanc London's most talented con woman has five days to pull off the seemingly imposs..

Winter 1946. One cold dark night as a devastated London shivers through the transition to post-war l..

Summer 1948. London swelters amid post-war reconstruction while continued rationing and the black-ma..

Salonica Greece 1976. Hellenic Gendarme Major Mikhail Remis is a man in demand. A dark soul with a f..

Paris 1933. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local train in ..

Sunday morning and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the ..