Alba’s life is falling apart. Everything that she has been working for has literally come to a grinding halt, she has lost all hope.
While working on her MPhil at Cambridge, she suddenly gets rejected and can no longer continue pursuing her passion–history.
While wandering the streets of Cambridge one night, she suddenly finds herself in front of a house that she has never seen before.
Mysteriously drawn to the house, Alba is met by the land lady, Peggy, who invites her into the house for some tea.
As soon as Alba enters the house, she notices the hundreds of photos of famous women in British history–Beatrix Potter, George Eliot, Daphne du Maurier to name a few.
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Hugo Delegate sits in jail for a series of murders he may or may not of committed.
Anna Brett was born abroad in India but was sent to live in England with her spinster aunt, Charlotte, where she would be educated.
When young Feyra wakes up late for her morning doctor ’rounds’ in the Sheikh’s harem she doesn’t realize that her tardiness will have dire consequences.
On the storm coastline of Cornwall lies Mount Mellyn, a magnificent old family home. The Mount is home to the TreMellyn family, Connan and his daughter Alvean.