The Persephone Collection
They Were Sisters
An absorbing domestic drama about middle-class married life in 1930s Midlands.
William - an Englishman
The classic WW1 novel by Cicely Hamilton, where an ordinary couple face the terrors of war.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Rediscover this charming, comic novel from Winifred Watson.
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
An entertaining novella read by Miriam Margoyles
Good Evening, Mrs. Craven
A collection of wartime writing from Mollie Panter-Downes, read by Lucy Scott
Someone at a Distance
A moving story by Dorothy Whipple set in the 1950s.
Making of a Marchioness
A charming novel from the beloved author of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess
Midsummer Night in the Workhouse
A collection of short stories read by the author, Diana Athill
High Wages
A talented young woman rises from ‘shop girl’ to shop owner in the north of England.
Little Boy Lost
A father who believed his son lost in World War Two may have found him again.
Fortnight in September
A family delight in their holiday by the sea.
Crooked Cross
Over six months in 1930s Germany an ordinary family witness the rapid rise of Nazism.
Mariana
A young woman’s take on family, friendship, romance and self-discovery in 1930s Britain.
Despised and Rejected
Queer love triangles shift between four people as pacifists defend their cause in the First World War.
Expendable Man
A young doctor in training must prove his innocence in a murder inquiry.
Prisoner
The second novel in Sally Carson’s trilogy written and set in Nazi Germany.
Home-Maker
The 1924 bestseller about a couple who subvert conventional parenting roles.
Blank Wall
A mother tries to escape a fast-moving web of blackmail in wartime America.