Sir Anthony Strallan is the most boring man in England. No one would ever guess he could be dashing or heroic, certainly not his unsuspecting and unhappy wife.

These were prompted by a-tardis-at-downton on Tumblr. The prompts are the chapter titles. CHAPTERS 7 onwards, "BOMBS", ARE MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE STEAMM DAY 2014 CELEBRATIONS.

Set in an unnamed country, Edith is a foreign correspondent for The Sketch. She is kidnapped and threatened with death by insurgents, but a tall man in black comes to her rescue.