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Books set in Dorset or on trains.

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BitchfaceBarclay · 30/04/2017 22:20

I like a book to match a holiday. I'm off todorset with notsoD H to do something to do with trains. At least he's going to look at trains and I intend to moon around living in a novel. Sunning myself on the beach and imbibing in a little gin or cocktail.

Ideas please.

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Rockyolive · 15/05/2017 19:43

That should say "wasn't expecting much"

Rockyolive · 15/05/2017 19:41

The Woman from the Blue Lias by DM Mitchell is set in Lyme Regis. I was expecting much from it but I really enjoyed it.

hannahlubella · 15/05/2017 19:38

I'm from Dorset and love it. 'Novel in a Viola' by Natasha Solomons stood out to me.
But where in Dorset are you going as this makes a difference...?

PokemonWanker · 13/05/2017 18:29

Part of 'The Hand That First Held Mine'is set in Dorset, I think it's Lyme. That book makes me sob so much at the end, but it is beautiful.

BeeThirtythree · 10/05/2017 00:14

Emily Barr, The Sleeper...ok, very loosely fits the criteria but it is a great read. Enjoy your time away

TheSecondOfHerName · 05/05/2017 21:28

OP, your other thread has cheered me up after a long week.
Hopefully you & your DH will find plenty to do in Dorset and your kindle will barely get used.
Smile

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 04/05/2017 18:35

Slow train to Milan by Lisa St Aubin de Teran

OCSockOrphanage · 03/05/2017 14:31

There's a Mary Wesley novel which starts on a train... trying to remember the title without going to check.

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BitchfaceBarclay · 02/05/2017 18:39

I now have about 7 books ready. I'm only goimg away Friday to Sunday Grin

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KurriKurri · 02/05/2017 16:29

There are a couple of detective fiction novels set in Dorset in Kindle Daily Deals today. I've never read anything by the author so don't know if they are any good, - but I'm going to try them because they are set in the Isle of Purbeck which is the specific part of Dorset I am from.

The author is Michael Hambling

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BitchfaceBarclay · 01/05/2017 21:26

Tripfiction. I really rather like that.

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NotCitrus · 01/05/2017 18:53

Seconding Antonia Forest.

You could go non-fiction and read Christian Wolmar about British railways...

4yoniD · 01/05/2017 18:49

The Secret of the Sirens takes place in the southern regions of a fictional Great Britain in the seaside town of Hescombe - is that the right place?

tripfiction · 01/05/2017 18:42

Oh brilliant! Love matching books with location. So, if you are looking for books set in Dorset, check out my curated books set there: www.tripfiction.com/find-a-book/?location=Dorset&reset=1

Rosanna Ley's new book The Little Theatre By the Sea is set there (but you get a good dollop of Sardinia too!)

Have a lovely holiday!!

GreenGinger2 · 01/05/2017 09:19

Remarkable Creatures by Tracey Chevalier is fab,couldn't put it down.

Set in Lyme Regis. You will be obsessed by Mary Anning and fossils after.

HarrietVane99 · 30/04/2017 22:57

Antonia Forest was a children's writer. Many of her books were set in a (fictionalised) Dorset. Ready Made Family in particular has trains in. (Is partly about step families) .

Or of course there's The Railway Children!

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BitchfaceBarclay · 30/04/2017 22:55

Agatha may be what I need. I can imagine I am a 20s chic chick in pearls and sip my gin with hercule.

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LancsHotpot · 30/04/2017 22:55

The French Lieutenant's Woman is set in Lyme. Or there's always the Famous Five books...

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BitchfaceBarclay · 30/04/2017 22:54

Love agatha but they are quite pricey on kindle. I may need to read an actual book!

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BitchfaceBarclay · 30/04/2017 22:54

I have remarkable creatures. Love persuasion.
Chesil beach may not be what I need for a weekend away with th e H and the trains.

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NataliaOsipova · 30/04/2017 22:54

Murder on the orient express 😄

Yes! Or The 4.50 from Paddington. I love a bit of Agatha Christie....

FreeButtonBee · 30/04/2017 22:52

Murder on the orient express 😄

NataliaOsipova · 30/04/2017 22:51

Thomas Hardy is fantastic! You really get the sense of Dorset as it was.

SplitInfinitive · 30/04/2017 22:49

And Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller (on my tbr list).

annandale · 30/04/2017 22:49

Ooh remarkable creatures sounds good. One of my favourite books as a child was Mary Anning's Treasures which is out of print and some ludicrous price on amazon.