Sister Deborah had never fully acclimatised herself to life in Sempringham Priory. Even as the Prioress she continued to wonder why the Almighty had given ...

As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson has two major concerns: firstly he fears the execution of Louis XVI will involve America in an unwanted war in ...

Sir Augustus Hillyer is a self-confessed socialite. Like many an English aristocrat his rural estates provide him with the means to indulge in the company ...

1788 was an auspicious year in France, and in the spring of that year Marguerite Sermand half-heartedly visited the business premises of Henri Ambergnac ...

Henri Ambergnac has become Count of the estate from which his name was originally taken, and fifteen years have passed since his return to France from ...