It is 1344 and Al the minstrel believes she has everything: a job she loves, a wealthy man who loves her and a promising future. But there is a problem - she lives a lie. Her father insists she dress as a lad so she can work as a minstrel. Her lover, Sir Roulf, believes she is the daughter of a wealthy merchant. When her father finds out about her double life he insists there is only thing to do. Heartbroken, Al is forced to flee the castle and village, leaving behind everything she has ever known and loved. As they cross into Devonshire Al's hope for survival rests with the huge church in...

Bristol England, 1820. Helena Winters, the twenty year old daughter of a wealthy attorney, is set for a life of privilege, duty and obligation. But when the dashing Samuel Freeman, a black merchant at the city docks, rescues Helena she is captivated by the dark stranger. They continue to meet secretly, but as their passion grows news of their liaison spreads around Bristol's society. Helena struggles against social prejudice and her own beliefs, unable to find the answers she craves. Her father's anger is ignited and Helena is forced to make a choice: she either marries a white man who will...

From the death of Queen Victoria in 1901until just before the outbreak of World War II this book looks at a few of the things that those living in England and Wales would have experienced. It concentrates on the majority; those in the working class and lower middle class, men, women and children. Their lives would have been just as eventful and interesting as our own. It was certainly not 'all work and no play'. This book includes a timeline of some of the events that happened, such as the introduction of the radio, the motor car and television. It also contains lists of books, songs, films...