1948. After serving with the French Resistance during the Second World War codenamed La Chatte Noire..

London 1928. Lucy Darkwether has always made her own rules. After breaking off her engagement to pur..

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

Adelaide 1931: Telephone switchboard operator Frances’ life is difficult as sole provider for her ..

South-east London 1925. Talented ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the stra..

London 1947. Spirited Miss Iris Sparks and ever-practical Mrs Gwendolyn Bainbridge are called to act..

1939 Los Angeles. Evelyn Galloway can't believe her luck! On her first day in LA she lands her dream..

When one of the ladies in residence at Hampton Court Palace fails to answer her maid's call in the m..

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

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

1933. An odd group gathers for an English country house weekend party: a sickly host a disgraced soc..

1917. New York._x000D_Notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks has invited Fiona to Carnegie Hall to hear a ..

Cairo. December 1917. Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks Fiona Figg and Kitty..

Winter 1264. England is in turmoil. King Henry III's reign is under threat. In Oxford the barons pre..

Spring 1261. In Rome Pope Alexander lies dying. Across Europe in Oxford's Oseney Abbey ambitious Bis..