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216 BC. As Hannibal continues his quest to defeat the Romans he gathers an army of followers. Hungr..

“You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away - she’ll grow fierce and wild to..

1942. Nisha's Malayan home has been destroyed by war. She and her mother Amma flee to her father's a..

Europe 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist Lena Papadopoulos has ..

London 1897. A young girl Valentine Grey arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and..

When Fan's mum Agnes announces that the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes'..

January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. A..

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The Romans invaded Britannia in AD 43 confident of victory. They swept through a divided and ill-equ..

1940. Britain has invaded neutral Iceland but Daphne Devine has bigger problems. She has sailed into..