Little Egypt was once a well-to-do country house in the north of England. Now it's derelict and alth..

‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a ..

When Jean Sinclair's parents are killed in an accident she travels from the US to Scotland to trace ..

Matilda is the granddaughter of William the Conqueror but also descended through her mother from the..

1929. On receipt of an unexpected inheritance small-time crook Horace Butterfield buys a large house..

With husband Tim stationed in Egypt and her children at boarding school Hester Christie —affection..

Hester Christie has spent a blissful 18 months living in Kenya where husband Tim is posted. But now ..

No longer the well-beloved Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court ..

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

Queen Elizabeth I is dying and the King of England's oldest and bitterest enemy Scotland is poised t..

The war in Europe is over but for the residents of Beach View Boarding House its effects are still f..