Born into squalor, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the poverty of her childhood. Discovering she has a natural talent for nursing, she forges a new life for herself—and as an independent, unmarried midwife, she is a woman far ahead of her time. But when Edward Calthorpe, y...
Mark Storey, the newly inducted vicar of St Barnabas’ Church in the East London borough of Bethnal Green. Each month Tom felt more uncomfortable about this censorship of their letters. The one-time awkward, well-meaning curate now had charge of a rough, sometimes dangerous parish, and the shy gir...
Mr Chamberlain had obtained what he had striven for – an Anglo-German agreement signed by the leaders, assuring them that Germany would not invade eastern Europe. And Mr Chamberlain had that day arrived at Heston Aerodrome to be greeted by huge, cheering throngs as he waved the precious document....
He cursed himself for frightening Mrs James unnecessarily and felt directly responsible for this latest misfortune. ‘I was well on me way to becomin’ a nurse, Dr Knowles,’ Mabel told him miserably. ‘I’d been hopin’ to go from there to start trainin’ in a year or two, only . . . only—’ ‘Only now y...
The elderly frequently slipped on trodden freezing snow, especially where the paving stones were uneven. It was outside Edward’s that Miss Johnson fell, sending her walking stick flying. A group of shoppers congregated around her.‘Are you all right, dear?’ ‘Has she broken anything?’ ‘Does anybody...