Growing up can be a painful process. Life seems full of unanswered questions and unexplained mysteries: What is love? What is it like to be married? What happens when we die? Is there really a God? There are physical changes and new feelings to cope with. Is there anyone who really understands what a thirteen-year-old is going through? This is the story of Hasan, who comes to live in the Holy Land in 1914 as the orphaned son of martyred Baha'is. He is embittered, lonely and angry. He understands neither the changes taking place in his life and in his body nor the reason for his parents'...

The Black Death killed about half the population of the planet in the 14th century. John Hatcher recreates everyday medieval life in a parish in Suffolk, enabling us to view events through the eyes of its residents, revealing in unique detail what it was like to live and die in these terrifying times.