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Stories Set in Dover
White cliffs and a castle keep over the Channel: Dover is England's front door, first sight of home and last sight going out. Wartime made it symbolic; smugglers made it profitable. The Scarlet Pimpernel sailed from here; Wolf Hall schemed through it. Open Dover on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Dover on the StoryTerra map8 famous stories set in Dover
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Browse 6 books and 2 movies set in Dover.
After Love
Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one…
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of…
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as…
Wolf Hall
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The…
Wolf Hall
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The…
Moonraker
‘For several minutes he stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest weapon on earth’ He’s a self-made millionaire, head of the Moonraker rocket programme and loved by the press. So why is…
Rough Sea at Dover
The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at least 100 feet into the water. A large wave rolls picturesquely along…
Keeping Lucy
From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when…
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