Freda M Long

Based on the life of Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange.

Based on the life of Jeanne d'Arc.

Based on the life of Queen Victoria.

Melissa Dornay is the daughter of a humble dressmaker. When her mother dies, Melissa is offered a home by wealthy Lilian Winterton, but she soon realises Lilian wants an unpaid seamstress. Treated as a servant by the Wintertons, Melissa is befriended by Reenie, a kitchen maid, and they enjoy dressing up in Lilian's cast-off clothes. Wearing finery, Melissa meets handsome young artist James Pennington, but she runs away, frightened he will guess her true status. Scandal follows and Melissa is unfairly thrown out on to the streets. Can the rags of her life be sewn into riches!?

Based on the life of Napolean Bonaparte.

Based on the lives of the Brontë family.

Based on the life of Richard III.

Based on the life of Princess Caroline Matilda.