Between 1915–17, writer D. H. Lawrence lived near the village with his new wife Frieda. It was during this time that he finished "Women in Love". The couple were later accused of spying and signalling to German submarines off the Cornish coast and in late 1917, after constant harassment by the armed forces authorities, Lawrence was forced to leave Cornwall at three days' notice under the terms of the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (DORA). This persecution was later described in an autobiographical chapter of his Australian novel "Kangaroo", published in 1923. In September 2016 events were held to celebrate the centenary of Lawrence's connection with Zennor.