In 1939 Rose and her brother are evacuatted from London and sent to live with the eccentric Colonel Livingstone and his wife at their family home near Nottingham. They learn that one of the Colonel's ancestors was a twelfth century outlaw who was branded a traitor and a thief by the people of Nottingham. When they decide to try to clear his name, they discover another Livingstone family secret. The Secret in the Cellar.