Lilias Trotter

‘You could become the greatest living painter. Your paintings would be treasured for ever.’

Those were the words Lilias Trotter heard from John Ruskin, one of the world’s most established art critics. She had to make a choice between her talent and her calling. Both were gifts from God.

In May 1879 Lilias knew what she should do. God’s work for Lilias was in the desert land of Algeria. Palm trees and camels replaced lamp posts and horse drawn carriages. The desert was her home, its people her friends and its Creator her reason for life.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. London and some Londoners
4. Home and Away
5. A New Home
6. Holidays - Trotter Style
7. You Don’t Like Purple!
8. A Big Decision
9. ‘A Ticket to Algiers, please’
10. Finding Their Way Around
11. Like Playing Houses
12. Learning Arabic
13. The Wordless Book
14. New Arrivals
15. Home!
16. Desert Rain
17. A Mirage?
18. Mahfoud, Dahman and Mohammed
19. Lilias’s Journal
20. Children Everywhere!
21. The Map-maker
22. Hard Times
23. Dar Naama
24. Digging For Water
25. Growing Old
26. Changes
27. Beautiful Things
28. Lilias Trotter Timeline
29. Closing Credits