Posts Tagged ‘England’
A call for peace
Before I wrote my novel Sheltering Angel of Belleau Wood, A Novel of One Woman’s Life After Titanic, I had not heard of Vera Brittain. Nor had I read her memoir Testament of Youth published in 1933. I realize now what I was missing. Last night when I watched the film based on her…
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Arguably the most esteemed passenger on the Titanic and one of the characters in my book Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic was William Thomas Stead. According to the W.T. Stead website, he was “a newspaper revolutionary and one of the most controversial figures of his age.” Newsman, pacifist…
Read MoreTitanic third-class steward Charles Savage
In my novel Sheltering Angel, you’ll meet intriguing minor characters based on actual people aboard the Titanic. One of them is third-class steward Charlie Savage. Charles James Savage was born December 31, 1888, in Brightlingsea on England’s east coast. His father, a mariner, wasn’t around much, but Charlie had plenty of company with three older siblings.…
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