Katherine comes to the court of Edward III at the age of fifteen, and she turns the head of the King's favourite son John of Gaunt. But he is married, and she is soon to be betrothed. A few years later their paths cross again and this time their passion for each other cannot be denied or suppressed.

Tudor England brought to life in all its glory and bloodthirstiness, now packaged as one of Hodder's 'Great Reads'

It is May of 1844. 18-year-old Miranda Wells receives a letter from Nicholas Van Ryn, a distant cousin, inviting her for a visit. Happily accepting the invitation, she travels to Dragonwyck, his manor of Gothic magnificence and eerie manifestations. What evil could possibly befall Miranda in a rich gentleman's house on the Hudson River?

Theodosia's father is Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson's vice president, most famous for his great duel with Alexander Hamilton. With charm and tenderness he holds sway over young Theodosia's heart, but his arrogance forces her to choose between the man he insists she marry and her love for a young soldier who will turn out to play a decisive role in her father's fate.

'Devil Water' is the true story of Charles Radcliffe, who escaped from Newgate prison in 1715 after his brother's execution, and of his daughter Jenny. She was the child of a secret marriage; they share a strong and abiding affection. When she immigrates to America, she and her father suffer years of separation.

Amanda Lawrence, a sheltered young woman meets Jonathan Dartland on board the Bremen returning to America from Europe. Her father died of a heart attack sometime after the 1929 stock market crash, and she can't afford to return to Vassar to complete her studies. Jonathan, a mining engineer, is on his way home from a mining job in South Africa. He is different than the carefree playboy types she knows. His mother is part Apache Indian, and her family is somewaht scandalised when she falls in love with him. They marry and head off to Lodestone, Arizona where he has a new position as mine...

'The Hearth and the Eagle' is the story of the Honeywood family of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Most of the story takes place in the mid-19th to the early 20th century. Hester Honeywood is the young daughter of Roger, an ineffectual dreamer, and his practical hardworking wife, Susan. Hester, like many young people, longs for a more exciting life beyond the seacoast town where her family runs an inn, the Hearth and Eagle.

First published in 1958 and set in the early 17th century, this bestselling novel - and follow-up to Katherine - follows Elizabeth Winthrop, a courageous Puritan woman who finds herself at odds with her heritage and surroundings. Elizabeth married into the family of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In those times of hardship, famine, and Indian attacks, many believed that the only way to prosper was through the strong, bigoted, and theocratic government that John Winthrop favored. Defying the government and her family, Elizabeth befriends famous heretic Anne Hutchinson,...