Angela Young portrait © Adrian Pope

ONLY CONNECT
EM Forster
Howards End

In the end,
all stories
are about love
Angela Young


The Aristocrat & the Able Seaman

The Countess of Rothes, Thomas Jones, and the Tragedy of Titanic

When Titanic left Southampton in 1912, neither the Aristocrat, The Countess of Rothes, nor the Able Seaman, Thomas Jones, imagined meeting, let alone navigating a tiny lifeboat together at night, among towering icebergs.

The History Press
Publication date: 26th March 2026
Available in Hardback and Ebook



Angela’s Monthly Column

New Leaves

Leaves from my small plot for the new year. And as for turning them over, or at least paying attention to them, I shall divide 2008 between writing my third novel, a modern Beauty and the Beast (it’s really my second second novel, because the...Continue reading