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The horrors of the First World War devastated many a Dublin family and the Brannigans weren’t spared. Struggling to get past their heartache, the family finds itself divided by both the rebellion against British rule and the wide Atlantic. Devoted matriarch Eda Brannigan witnesses her family unraveling. Sean and Molly make startling choices with potentially lethal consequences. Francis steeps in a drunken angry stupor. Young Brandon is so eerily quiet. Eda desperately wishes her beloved firstborn, Deirdre, wasn’t living so far away. But with a determined resolve, Eda soldiers on in her bustling pub, The Gallant Fusilier, where tragedy, triumph…

Simon de Montfort arrives in England, a near penniless youth but with a slender claim on the earldom of Leicester. King Henry befriends him -- until he commits an unpardonable treason and flees for his life, to become in the Holy Land one of the most respected knights in Christendom.

Yorkshire, England in September 1459. As the Wars of the Roses begin and the rule of law breaks down, an old local score is being settled. The ambitious Radcliffe family strike hard against their neighbours, the Elders. There is no warning: a father is executed, a brother is butchered, two sisters are violently abducted and a household is ransacked. In a day the Elder family's world has been destroyed and nothing will ever be the same again. Only Ned Elder, a young knight, is left to fight back with the help of a few loyal companions. As the Wars of…

Nottingham 1811. With low wages and long working hours for Nottingham's framework knitters, desperate men turn to direct action and machine breaking. And when a raid goes wrong and a man dies, someone has to pay the ultimate price. James Daniels, a friend of the condemned man, takes his son William to the public execution and from that day onwards young William develops a burning desire for justice and freedom. But when William befriends the headstrong daughter of a wealthy factory owner, little does he realise the dangers that lie ahead and the extent to which their contrasting backgrounds will…

England is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are eager to take the crown. While power struggles break out between the various factions at court, enemies abroad plot to make England their own. There are raids across the borders with Wales and Scotland. Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, is seen by many as the one man who can bring stability to the kingdom. He has powerful friends and two women who love him, but he has enemies who will stop…

In the spring of 1861, a country once united is fractured by war. Half of America fights for the Confederate cause; the other, for unification. Rebel forces have already seized Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, a new Confederate president has been elected, and the Constitution has been revised. In north Alabama, a farmer and father of three decides to enlist. For Hiram Summers, it is the end of everything he has ever known. After Hiram travels to Virginia with the Fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment, he is quickly thrust into combat. His son, David, who must stay behind, searches for adventure…

1937, South London, and the Wilsons are too preoccupied by threat of war to notice their son’s Billy's battle begin. They introduce him to his frail and indulged cousin, Kenneth. An only child, Billy is excited that Uncle, Aunty and Kenneth have moved to live nearby. Excitement soon changes to dismay when Kenneth proves to be a devious psychological bully. Seeing Billy’s sturdiness and material benefits, Kenneth harbours the same emotions that enabled Hitler's rise to power: envy of strength, desire for new territory. His invasion of Billy’s world begins. The adults only see the porcelain looks of Kenneth, his artistic talent…

For bastard-born Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d’Outremer in marriage is an honour. For Eleanor, this forced wedding is anything but a fairy tale. Robert FitzStephan has served Edward Longshanks loyally since the age of twelve. Now he is riding with his king to once and for all bring Wales under English control. Eleanor d’Outremer—Noor to family—lost her Castilian mother as a child and is left entirely alone when her father and brother are killed. When ordered to wed the unknown Robert FitzStephan, she has no choice but to comply. Two strangers in a marriage bed is not easy. Things…

In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother? To many, the name Tostig and Traitor are synonymous. But it was the sibling rivalry between Tostig and Harold that set up the circumstances leading to Stamford Bridge—and of course, put Harold in the wrong place at…

In Mist-chi-mas, everyone is bound to something. Jeannie Naughton never intended to run away from her troubles, but in 1860, a woman’s reputation is everything. A scandal not of her own making forces her to flee England for an island in the Pacific Northwest, a territory jointly occupied by British and American military forces. At English Camp, Jeannie meets American Jonas Breed. Breed was once a captive and slave — a mistchimas — of the Haida, and still retains close ties to the Coast Salish Indians. But the inhabitants of the island mistrust Breed for his friendship with the tribes.…

London 1936. Ginny, a debutante, has been exploited for years by a charismatic, older man and is under the thumb of her well-meaning but bossy mother. Caught up in a scandal, her marriage prospects are ruined - until a new start on a tea plantation in India offers a chance for love and happiness. But Ginny’s own inner demons, her husband’s expectations, the shallow lifestyle of the expatriate community and her mother-in-law’s bullying turn her dreams of happiness sour. When Ginny meets Jagadish Mistry, she questions her prejudices about India and its people. Then the war changes everything.

The joyous birth of Nefret, Royal Daughter of Ancient Egypt's First Dynasty, is overshadowed by her mother's death, and King Aha's suspicion he may not have fathered her. The education of the young princess is left to Ramose, High Priest of Ptah, who vies for control over his weak Horus-King—as does the vile Vizier. Each man takes full advantage of the Two Lands’ warfare with its southern neighbors. Nefret becomes the prized pawn in their dangerous court intrigues. Her forbidden love for the surgeon priest Tasar, and a deadly feud with her half-brother, thrusts her into conflict with the powerful…