Novelist and poet (also painter). Born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Died Vence, France. Novels include: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, Women in Love.
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D. H. Lawrence
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D. H. Lawrence - Hampstead
D. H. Lawrence, 1885 - 1930, novelist and poet, lived here in 1915. Greater L...
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King Charles II
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