Parola chiave Edwardian Era

L'incontenibile e intelligente Vera Brittain sfida i pregiudizi della famiglia e della città natale per ottenere una borsa di studio a Oxford. Mentre persegue i suoi sogni letterari, Vera si innamora di Roland Leighton, il migliore amico del fratello, ma l'avvicinarsi della prima guerra mondiale cambia ogni cosa. Con i ragazzi costretti a partire per il fronte, Vera si rende conto di non poter rimanere a guardare e decide di partecipare al conflitto come infermiera volontaria. Lavorando instancabilmente, sperimenterà il dolore della guerra prima di ritornare a Oxford profondamente cambiata e determinata a creare un mondo in cui una tale guerra non potrà mai più verificarsi.

Nell'Inghilterra eduardiana una giovane precoce di estrazione poverissima aspira a diventare scrittrice. Quando il suo romanzo, apparentemente non molto riuscito, ottiene un enorme successo donandole fama e fortuna la sua vita cambia in modo inaspettato. La ragazza incontra due fratelli appartenenti alla nobiltà che nutrono ambizioni culturali e entrambi si innamorano di lei.

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds work as housekeeper for farmer, Larry Birch. Another tragedy occurs, and when Nick Stuart inherits the farm owned by Birch's wife, Nick gives Emily a new future.

Edwardian Farm is an historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. It depicts a group of historians trying to run a farm like it was done during the Edwardian era. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television and filmed at Morwellham Quay, an historic quay in Devon. The farming team was historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. The series was devised and produced by David Upshal and directed by Stuart Elliott. The series is a development from two previous series Victorian Farm and Victorian Pharmacy which were among BBC Two's biggest hits of 2009 and 2010, garnering audiences of up to 3.8 million per episode. The series was followed by Wartime Farm in September 2012, featuring the same team but this time in Hampshire on Manor Farm, living a full calendar year as wartime farmers. An associated book by Goodman, Langlands, and Ginn, also titled Edwardian Farm, was published in 2010 by BBC Books. The series was also published on DVD, available in various regional formats.