Morton, H. V., In Search of Scotland (Methuen, 1929)
Nokes, David, Samuel Johnson, A Life (Faber & Faber, 2009)
Picard, Liza, Dr. Johnson’s London (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000)
Resources
General
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (oxforddnb.com): the first stop for any biographical enquiry.
Trees for Life (treesforlife.org.uk): support them!
Vision of Britain (visionofbritain.org.uk): holds the full texts of numerous journeys, including those of James Boswell, Celia Fiennes, Gerald of Wales and Samuel Johnson.
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org): I would have been lost without it.
Beryl Bainbridge
Someone should set up a Beryl Bainbridge Society.
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton (enidblyton.co.uk): the official website, run by Hachette, her publisher.
Enid Blyton Society (enidblytonsociety.co.uk): everything you ever needed to know. Run by super-fans (and questions answered by Barney the dog …).
Seven Stories: National Centre for Children’s Books (sevenstories.org.uk): based in Gateshead. Visit to view a collection of Enid’s diaries, letters, first editions and more.
James Boswell
Boswell Book Festival (boswellbookfestival.co.uk): a festival of biography in Ayrshire, run by the Boswell Trust.
Boswell Society (theboswellsociety.wordpress.com).
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson (visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/Boswell): the full text is available here.
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins Society (wilkiecollinssociety.org): this was founded in 1980.
Ithell Colquhoun
Ithell Colquhoun (ithellcolquhoun.co.uk): an all-encompassing site managed by Richard Shillitoe.
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Museum (dickensmuseum.com): visit to soak up the atmosphere, or to consult the superb archive.
Dickens Fellowship (dickensfellowship.org): a worldwide fellowship of Dickens fans, founded in 1902.
Dickens Society (dickenssociety.org): dedicated to spreading the word of the great man.
Celia Fiennes
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/Fiennes): Celia’s journeys online.
Broughton Castle (broughtoncastle.com): home, once upon a time, to Celia’s scheming grandfather.
Samuel Johnson
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland (visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/Johnson): the full text is available here.
Johnson Society (johnsonnew.wordpress.com): founded in 1910.
Johnson Society of London (johnsonsocietyoflondon.org): founded in 1928.
Dr Johnson’s House (drjohnsonshouse.org): visit Dr Johnson’s London home, much tidier than it once was.
J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley Society (jbpriestley.co.uk): founded in 1997.
University of Bradford Library J. B. Priestley Archive (https://bradford.ac.uk/library/special-collections/collections/j-b-priestley-archive): Jack opened this library in 1975, and here is its collection devoted to the great man.
Martin Ross & Edith Somerville
Somerville and Ross Manuscript Collection (https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb752-srmc): a vast selection of diaries, letters and memorabilia held at Queen’s University, Belfast.
Drishane House (drishane.com): visit the Somerville home in south-west Ireland. Admire Edith’s art and taste in wallpaper. Stay in a cottage. Loiter at the graves of Somerville and Ross.
Gerald of Wales
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales (visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/Cambrensis_Tour): the full text is available here.
The Description of Wales (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1092): the full text is available here.
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