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Janet MacLeod Trotter
She’s gone in search of happy memories. But was her idyllic childhood in India an illusion?
After the Second World War, Libby Robson leaves chilly England for India, and the…
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1740s: growing up on a remote Scottish island, beautiful and free-spirited Flora MacDonald is in love with childhood sweetheart, elusive Jacobite, Neil, yet increasingly drawn to passionate and handsome Allan…
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Haunted by childhood poverty and eviction, Millie sees security with dashing Dan Nixon, who pursues his dream of playing professional football to escape the hardship and dangers of the mines…
Amber English, haunted by the disappearance of her Aunt Ruth on an overland trip to India in the 1970s, determines to get at the truth. Was it murder or suicide…
Childhood memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the North-East of England in the 1960s and journeying to Skye. The only girl in a boys’ boarding school, Janet’s…
A gripping historical love story which moves from the lawless Scottish Highlands to the dangers and intrigues of the Jacobean court in 16th century Edinburgh. Witchcraft, treachery and danger conspire…
Brought up on her parents’ smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, Rose dreams of a world beyond the grime of the town, a world glimpsed at…
To escape her possessive and drunken step-father, Kate is sent away from teaming Jarrow to work on the Ravensworth Estate. She is soon attracting the attention of charming, headstrong Alexander…
Rebellious Catherine (Kitty) McMullen, resentful of her new step-father and yearning to escape impoverished Jarrow, determines to educate herself.Soon streetwise Kitty is a ghost of the past and the well-spoken…
When pretty Sara Pallister’s father dies she is taken in by a bullying uncle in Whitton Grange pit-town. Here she is irresistibly drawn to motorbike-riding Joe Dimarco, wild son of…
1946: a boatload of men returning from war are shipwrecked off a remote Scottish island; but the women are also hiding a shameful secret. Present Day: Tensions mount as journalist…
Young Emmie is rescued from a Gateshead slum by radical mining family the MacRaes. Blossoming into a spirited woman Emmie is wooed by handsome Tom, learning too late he is…
1931: pretty Clara Magee is devastated by her father’s suicide and forced to sell the family shop. She is in love with idealist Frank but pursued by businessman Vinnie Craven…
Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes but is soon a fugitive, spurned by family and friends. Only passionate…
Growing up on 1960s Tyneside, fun-loving Jo has a special bond with lively, rebellious Mark Duggan. But when Jo has a disastrous affair with Mark’s brother, she finds herself outcast…
1946: lively Jeanie Munro is returning to post-war India, a country on the cusp of momentous change - and to a husband she hasn’t seen for over six years. While…
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From shipwreck and heartbreak to treachery and war: can their love survive?
Abandoned as a baby and raised in a remote lighthouse off the…
The Great War is over but life in Whitton Grange mining village is hard and dangerous. Louie Kirkup fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on ‘Red’ Sam…
An emotionally charged family drama set against the momentous backdrop of the 1984 Miners’ Strike that divided a nation. Rebellious Carol defies her family to marry miner Mick Todd, but…
In 1930s Northern India, childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Spirited Stella has always had a soft spot for…
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En las exuberantes colinas de Assam, los Belhaven sufren tanto como su plantacion de te tras la prematura muerte de la madre de la familia. Clarissa, la hija mayor, hermosa…
La India, 1933. Adela Robson es una adolescente que escapa de la escuela, decidida a perseguir su pasion por la interpretacion. En Shimla, la sede veraniega del Gobierno imperial, se…
Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Libby Robson deja Inglaterra para volver a la India, el hogar de su infancia y en donde dejo a su queridisimo padre, James, catorce anos…
Abandoned as a baby and raised in a remote lighthouse off the wild Northumberland coast, Alice Fairchild has always dreamed of adventure. When a fierce storm wrecks a ship nearby…
Tras quedar huerfana a los seis anos de edad, Sophie se ve alejada de su hogar, la plantacion de te de sus padres en Assam, para ser educada en Escocia…
