1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini the most celebrated escape artist in the world has sol..

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

At age 14 Princess Salome knows she will soon be ready for marriage - one that will satisfy the ambi..

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..

Berlin 1948. World War II has ended and there is supposed to be peace but Russian troops have closed..

After fleeing German-occupied Paris Alix is back in her home in Belgrade hoping to finally reunite w..

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

London 1940. Ruth a young schoolteacher volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children from wa..

Rome 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged Rome men are still dying in unnatural numbers and rum..

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

As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway typist Stella Rutherf..

Jersey 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets im..

It is 1347 and the French after a crushing defeat at Crécy are licking their wounds while their kin..

21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris far away from Sasha her Serbian father and Leonora her English..