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  • Location: Orkney

The Metal Heart

1940: Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify the remote and windswept islands…

  • Location: Pembrokeshire

The Pembrokeshire Murders

1980s: A true life tale of a Welsh serial killer

  • Location: Oxford

The Dictionary of Lost Words

In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.

  • Location: Boston

Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard

1849: The true life tale of  one of Boston’s richest men vanishes…

  • Location: Bletchley Park, London, Coventry

The Rose Code

1940/1947: The women of Bletchley Park have their own share of secrets

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The Tumbling Girl

1876: So much sass and sexiness in one book!

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