American photographer John Wise walked into a West End cabaret in London. He checked his camera was working, and awaited the arrival of...

The Five Points was a run-down neighbourhood with a bad reputation; the greatest underworld hive in all of the United States. In parts,...

In Cambridge, at the St Trinian’s boarding school for girls, the students had decided to hold a secret end-of-term party. Tonight, they...

The river Arno had burst its banks, flooding the city of Florence and leaving it blanketed in mud. The city looked like the surface of...

Sappho was born in ancient Greece, in the 7th century BC. She was the daughter of an aristocrat residing on the island of Lesbos, and ran...

Late in the afternoon, Issam the taxi driver was leaning against his Peugeot with its red license plate, waiting for the family who were...

Evelyn had woken up that morning with a single goal in mind: to engage in peaceful protest and demand equal pay for women. She was a...

“Bury them in the basements and in the caves if you must! Not a single painting shall leave this island!” Winston Churchill had ordered...

In America, laws governing the legal status of women had been inherited from British legal doctrine, applied since the time before the...

“I love you, my darling,” his wife whispered in his ear. “I promise I’ll come back, sweetie,” the American lieutenant replied. New York’s...

“My dear son, Are you scared to die? I'm sure whatever answer you gave me would be a lie. You seem so at peace these days. I saw it...

“What are you reading?” Isabelle asked. Sitting in her armchair, the other woman did not answer. Marthe was fully absorbed in her book;...

Paul was a devoted father, and a patriot. Tonight, he had gathered his four children together in solemn anticipation. They embodied the...

English painter Charles Cundall had just finished his latest work, The Withdrawal from Dunkirk, and two Scots soldiers were calling it a...

Charles and Augustine were landowners, as had been their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandparents before them. They grew...

“Momma, is it still a long way to Chicago?” “’Course it is, honey, what do you think? We just left Florida. Only been on the road two...

Could she ever love him the way his mother did? It was true, Jean Seberg was spectacularly good-looking, turning heads wherever she went....

“Knock, knock!” “Who’s there?” “Old Father Christmas.” “You jokester.” “It’s no joke! I’m Father Christmas, and I’ve come to visit you....

Whether he fights in the woods, in the trenches, or in wild and forgotten places, a soldier must remain a man. Today was Christmas day,...

My name’s Marc, and I’m sick of toys. Boys play at war; they like playing with lead soldiers, putting them in place, moving them around,...