In Britannia's Daughters novelist Joanna Trollope examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. She draws on a vast range of sources, including diaries and letters home. She provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the far East, Canada and Africa – often in search of opportunities unavailable at home.

Florence Nightingale, Mary Kingsley, Nellie Melba, Marianne North, Mary Curzon.