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Stories Set in Southampton
Titanic farewells and cruise-ship horns: Southampton has waved Britain off to sea for a century, most famously one April night in 1912. Its stories board with the passengers. Walter Lord's A Night to Remember researched them; Titanic: 100 Years On remembers. Open Southampton on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 8 books and 3 movies set in Southampton.
Pop Goes the Weasel
DI Helen Grace returns in Pop Goes the Weasel, the electrifying new thriller from M. J. Arlidge.The body of a middle-aged man is discovered in Southampton's red-light district - horrifically mutilated, with his heart…
Titanic: 100 Years On
The "unsinkable" floating palace set sail from Southampton on 10th April 1912 on her maiden voyage to New York. An iceberg ended this monumental journey 5 days later. Only 705 of the passengers and crew survived. This…
Maurice
Maurice is heartbroken over unrequited love, which opened his heart and mind to his own sexual identity. In order to be true to himself, he goes against the grain of society’s often unspoken rules of class, wealth, and…
Eeny Meeny
The "dark, twisted, thought-provoking" (#1 New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag) international bestseller—first in the new series featuring Detective Helen Grace.Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun.…
The Widow
When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen...But that woman’s husband died last week. And…
The Chambermaid on the Titanic
Horty a French foundry worker wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England Marie saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room asks to share his room. They do chastely;…
A Night to Remember
First published in 1955, A Night to Remember remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some sacrificed their lives,…
Night Over Water
September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world’s most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society…
The Titanic Locket
Don't touch anything in The Haunted Museum!It looks like the high point of Samantha's spring vacation is going to be a glimpse of a cute boy she sees at The Haunted Museum in England. She and her sister, Jessica, and…
The Watch That Ends the Night
Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope--twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as well as the iceberg itself, are evoked in a stunning tour de force.Millionaire John Jacob Astor hopes to bring home his…
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