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..

London 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war in East London Cl..

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

England 1903. Giles the new Earl of Stainton is struggling to bring his family's estate back to orde..

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 ..

Western Australia 1909. William Watson's beloved father is set on an expedition to the north-west to..

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could ag..