A little known passage of British history - the fate of the black men who volunteered for the King's Men in the American War of Independence. At least the Empire didn't abandon them to the slaver George Washington and his thugs, instead dumping them on the desolate Novia Scotia coastline. But where there's life there's hope and enter the radical Thomas Clarkson's brother, a young naval officer named John, who, energised by their living conditions, collected the remnants and shipped them to Freet find out more...

South Carolina, 1964; Lily Owens is a young girl haunted by the memory of her mother, who died in an accident when she was just a toddler. When Rosaleen, a woman hired by her father to look after Lily, insults a pivotal town figure, she and Lily are forced to flee and find a new home. On their journey they come across August, who takes them in on the simple proviso that they help out on her farm. It is here that Lily begins to blossom again, discovering the joys of life, family, and the wondrous find out more...