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It's 1940 and war is underway. In Sheffield, England, a brother and sister set out to solve a mystery, brazenly believing that the air-raid signals are only false alarms. In Dachau, Germany, two boys come up...
Jenny and her grandfather are toshers. They survive by finding things in the sewer - anything they can sell, and they can sell almost anything. It's a horrible life, but they are managing. Until the building...
Its 1838, and Patrick and Grace Leary are aboard The Sirius,
set to become the first ever ship to sail from Dublin to New York using
only steam power. But their cousin Ben is on board Brunels giant steam
ship...
When King Alfred is left to wander the English countryside looking
little better than a beggar, it seems there is no hope left - the
Vikings will conquer the country and they will all become slaves.
Ethelbert is...
Life in the monastery is simple for Edwin and Luke, two young boys who
are training to be monks. It seems that nothing will disrupt the peace
and order. Then news arrives that the Vikings have invaded, and they...
The slave girl doesnt even have a name. The bullying Vikings call her
Fleece because they make her look after the sheep. She works hard all
day, and at night she must serve them food and wine. When an accident...
When the conquering Vikings settle in North America, they realise that
their new home might not be as pleasant as they thought. The land is
green and fertile but will they ever become friends with the natives,...
Ireland, 1593
Grace OMalley is the greatest pirate that ever lived, the terror of
the Irish Sea. Her gang of cut-throats rule the waves ... until Grace is
captured! But instead of being hanged, she is sent to...
Nevis Island, Caribbean, 1680
Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich sugar planter. Now hes a prisoner. And next morning, hell be dead - hanged by the neck for piracy! His only friend is...
Plymouth, 1577
Tom is a cabin boy for Captain Francis Drake, on his mission to steal
South American gold from the Spanish fleet. Can Tom survive the trip
round the world, through waves three times the height of...
The North Atlantic, 1726
Captain Fly is the greatest pirate to sail the seven seas - or so he says. But his captives Jed and Arthur think hes a bad-tempered bully. Now Captain Fly has ordered his prisoners...
The true story of the Staplehurst railway disaster, one of Victorian Britain's worst rail accidents. A crowded train ran at full speed into a section of track that had been taken up for repair. Charles Dickens,...
Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to making a balloon with a steam engine so it can be flown anywhere, not just drift on the wind. In 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to...
1180 BC. Young Acheron is a liar. Everybody knows it. Troy is under siege and Acheron tells tales of Trojan bravery to entertain Prince Paris and the beautiful Helen at the palace. But when a stranger comes...
387 BC. Rome is under attack from the vicious Gauls and the barbarianarmy is now preparing to besiege the Temple of Juno on Capitol Hill,home of Brutus, a trainee priest. The temples inhabitants are offeredhelp...
King Henry VII is already mean and hes ruthless and very angry. When a young boy called Lambert Simnel announces that he, not Henry, should be the king of England. But he is no match for the powerful king....
Tutankhamen has been buried in his rocky tomb. But there is a plot to rob the grave of its vast wealth as soon as possible after the funeral. A motley gang of villains have all the skills they need to undertake...
Cristina is just a frightened servant girl who works in the palace.Until, that is, she gets tangled up in a cunning plot. She will becrucial in the success of the great knight El Cids last battle and thesafety...
750 BC. The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part...
The day Queen Mary Tudor - or Bloody Mary, as shes called, because she has anyone who doesnt go to church burned - came to town was the most terrifying day of young Megs life. Everyone wants to impress...