Pamela Oldfield Libri

Set in London in the Plague years, this novel looks at a family trapped by fear as illness spreads through the city. Sophie's life is complicated further by her husband's infidelity. The author also wrote "The Halliday Girls".

It's 1888. Florence works as a match girl, in dangerous factory conditions. There's talk of a strike, but striking means no work... and no pay. Meanwhile, a young journalist is keen to hear Florence's story - women have never gone on strike before! But is he just stirring up trouble to sell newspapers?

The diary of 13 year old Alice Paynton, a young girl in the time of Charles II. Her diary covers the months from June 1665 to the Great Fire of 1666, while the bubonic plague ravages London.

The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871 I was shown the laundry - a vast noisy sunless room full of steam and the sharp smell of soapsuds. I counted seven women slaving over the large tubs where the clothes are washed, their reddened faces shiny with sweat even in this weather...Condensation ran down the windows and pooled on the floor. Heavy wooden racks are pulled up and down from the high ceiling and the sheets and clothes are draped over them and hoisted up to the ceiling from where they drip on the unfortunates toiling beneath. No doubt Rosie takes her turn in here. Just to think of it filled my eyes with tears. What a terrible existence. Edith Lorrimer is the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow who is on the Board of Governors at a workhouse for the destitute. Whilst visiting the workhouse, Edith meets with Rosie Chubb, a troubled orphan who is a liar, quick-tempered and always in trouble...

Deník viktoriánské dívky z roku 1871. Je leden roku 1871 a Edith, dcera bohaté vdovy, která vede bezstarostný život, poprvé navštíví chudobinec ve svém rodném městě. Setká se tam s Rosií, tvrdohlavou osiřelou dívkou, která stále vyvolává nějaké potíže. Edith se s ní spřátelí a nechá se vtáhnout do jejích divokých plánů. Jejich životy už nikdy nebudou jako dřív... Zažijte historii na vlastní kůži s edicí Můj příběh – napínavá svědectví o životě minulých staletí.

La famille White habite une maison isolée, au bord de la rivière. Tandis que les parents sont au village, la rivière sort de son lit. A leur réveil, les trois enfants s'aperçoivent qu'ils sont seuls et prisonniers des eaux. Betty, Garry, et Tod, qui n'a que deux ans, trouvent amusant, au début, de regarder, sur l'autre rive, le village inondé ! Mais les choses se gâtent rapidement...

1911: Völlig unvorbereitet wird das Kindermädchen Grace Martins gezwungen, ihre Schützlinge auf der Jungfernfahrt der Titanic zu begleiten.