Arthur Wesley (the future Duke of Wellington) was born and bred to be a leader. With a firm belief t..

1603. Former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner is attempting to re-establish himself as a physician in..

London 1859. After years fighting for Queen and country Jack Lark walks back into his mother's East ..

London 1891: Harriet Cameron and her beloved sister Sarah have been brought up by their father radic..

August 1944: Over a thousand Japanese soldiers attempt to break out of a prisoner of war compound ne..

Valentina Yershova’s position in the Romanovs’ Imperial Russian Ballet is the only thing keeping..

To the Allies she was a fearless freedom fighter Special Operations super spy a woman ahead of her t..

1939: Young Lily Shepherd boards an ocean liner in Essex bound for Australia. She is ready to start ..

The First World War is over and air mechanic Wally Shiers has promised to return home to his fiancé..

One hundred and eighty petty convicts are on board the RAJAH all sentenced to transportation to Aust..

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

New Zealand 1928. When Wilhelm Erdinger arrives in the sleepy village of Falters Mill claiming to wa..

On the east coast of Ireland 13-year-old Finn finds the sword of a slain Norseman and with Odin's ra..

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 ..