Davy Copperfield is not pleased at having to compete for his mother’s affection with Edward Murdstone.

Ardent opera buffs descend like locusts on Jenny Lind’s hotel, eager for a memento.

Charles Dickens explains how King Alfred the Great overcame the Great Heathen Army in 878, with the help of a little music.

A conspiracy of European monarchs sought to delay Richard the Lionheart’s homecoming long enough for John to steal his crown.

The guardian of a lonely signalbox recounts a truly haunting experience.

Mrs Squeers has lost the school spoon, and is uncomfortably frank about its importance.