He’s Irish, he’s ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country’s first election as an independent…

When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour’s father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a…

1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell’s grandfather…