A few years ago, my husband and I were walking along the Dorset coast when we decided we needed to pause. We’d already been going for three hours and Lulworth Cove was still two hours ahead of us. “No problem,” said a stranger, appearing out of the mist. “You can go straight down the cliff, and walk back along the shore. It’s a historic smugglers’ path. It featured in Moonfleet, the children’s novel by J Meade Falkner.” We were intrigued. We bought the novel — a tale of nautical shenanigans along the lines of Treasure Island — and we loved it. We also loved the idea that we had walked down a path that featured in it. When we found out that the house
Britain’s ten loveliest literary hotels
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Lisa Johnson hunts down the most luxurious hotels associated with some of our best-loved authors
The lobby at the Dorchester, a favourite of Ian Fleming
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