Dover in Literature, Diaries and Song

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Dover: Lock and Key of the Kingdom

Dover in Literature, Diaries and Song

Dover has played host to, and has been the inspiration for, many

writers through the centuries:

Matthew Arnold - Dover Beach (1851)

Nat Burton - The White Cliffs of Dover (1941)

William Cobbett - Rural Rides (1823)

Daniel Defoe - Dover in the 1720s

Charles Dickens:

David Copperfield

A Tale of Two Cities

The Uncommercial Traveller

Celia Fiennes - Late 17th Century Dover

Samuel Pepys - Dover 1660

William Shakespeare - King Lear (1606)

Welcome
A Brief History of Dover
The Arms of Dover
The Origin of Dover's Name
Roman Dover
The Cinque Ports
The First World War
The Second World War
Dover in the Census
Map - Roman Dover
Map - Town Walls
Map - 16th Century
Map - 19th & Early 20th Century Maps
Map - First World War Bombs and Shells
Map - Second World War Bombs and Shells
Map - Dover Tramways
Dover Castle
Fort Burgoyne
The Western Heights
Archcliffe Fort
The Admiralty Pier Turret
Dover Harbour
Railways
Shipping
Dover Corporation Tramways
The Seafront
Sea Bathing
The Promenade Pier
Granville Gardens
The Hippodrome Theatre
The Granada Cinema
The Odeon Cinema
The Lord Warden Hotel
The Burlington Hotel
The Grand Hotel
The Dover Stage Hotel
Connaught Park
Kearsney Abbey
Churches
Buildings
Streets
Areas
Businesses
Louis Bleriot
Hubert de Burgh
King Charles II
Charles Dickens
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
Admiral Keyes
C H Lightoller
Admiral Ramsay
Charles Rolls
Thomas Tallis
The Unknown Warrior
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Matthew Webb
Duke of Wellington
People of Dover
Dover in Literature, Diaries and Song
Library and Museum
Links and Places to Vist
Books About Dover