Huelva 96
Hughes, Ted 207
Hunt, Geoff 380–1, 390, 407, 417, 432
Hunt, Sir John 102
Hurd, Douglas 418, 432
Hutin, Jacqueline 268
Imperial War Museum 491
Inge, Field-Marshal Lord 519
Ireland 238–9, 252–7, 430 and note, 436, 500
Ireland, John de Courcy 254
Irish Historical Society 163
Irish Press 232
Irish Times 30
Irun 98
Isel House, Lake District 103
Ivanov, Miroslav 252
James, William 208
Jenkins, Roy 462
John Day Co. 137, 152–3
Johnson, Admiral Jay L. 504
Johnson, Samuel 104, 261, 322, 378n, 468, 475n
Jonathan Cape publishers 286
Jones, Captain Jack 209, 275
Jonquères d’Oriola, Philippe 311, 314
Judd, Alan 421, 423, 435n, 462, 463
Kapp, Richard 452 and note
Kempsey, Worcestershire 33, 322, 331
Kerr, David 498
Kessel, Joseph 215
Kidnapped (Stevenson) 128, 130, 132
Kildare Street Club, Dublin 510
King, Dean 113n, 161n, 166n, 169, 179n, 180–1, 183, 186, 189–90, 214, 330, 330–1 and note, 332, 346, 386, 389–90 and note, 398n, 399, 429n, 430n, 442, 492, 495–6 and notes, 504–7, 509, 511, 532, 533–7, 545, 546
Kingsley, Mary 520
Knickerbocker Club, New York 436
La Balette 63
La Chréa, Port d’Avall 369, 372, 427, 474, 479
La Rochelle 215
Lacouture, Jean 154, 379–80, 382–3, 384
Lady Day Prodigal (B. Russ) 192, 398
Lagos 96–7
Landale, James 462n
Lavery, Brian 442, 445
Layard, Admiral Sir Michael 470, 523
Lazerme, Comte & Comtesse 286, 287
Le Mee-Power, John 12, 26 and note
Le Perthus 245, 247
Lehman, John F. Jr 436, 504 and note
Lehman-Haupt, Christopher 427
Lever, Charles 121, 203, 280
Levin, Martin 232–3
Lewes Grammar School 488
Lewes, Sussex 191, 202, 211, 247, 391, 471
Library Journal 232
Life of Johnson (Boswell) 413, 475n
Lilly Library, Indiana University 466, 544n
J.B. Lippincott 205, 208, 213, 215, 224–6, 228, 229, 243, 245
Lisbon 97–8
Lives of the Poets (Johnson) 104
Llyn yr Adar 43–4
Lockhart, J.G. 121
Lodge, Dr T. 358n
London 86, 168, 268, 345–6, 421, 431n, 431, 435–6, 459, 488, 499, 520
Belgravia 178, 186
Cecil Court 129
Chelsea 1, 13, 16, 18, 19, 26, 29, 62, 107, 114, 118, 149, 156–7, 158, 172–3, 175, 202, 345, 537 and note, 539 and note, 546
Chiswick 105
Ealing 168
Hammersmith 106
Holland Park 13, 15
Kensington 157–8, 250, 421
Knightsbridge 268
Mayfair 161
Willesden Green 127
London County Council (LCC) 13
London Library 195, 209n, 215, 219, 343, 346, 358, 468
London University 171
Los Angeles 458
Loughrea 254
Lourdes 215
Luckett, Richard 431
Lundy 60 and note, 199
Lyon, David 514
McDowell, Henry 553
MacLehose, Christopher 349, 350, 411
Macmillan, Harold 367
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 160, 195, 205, 218, 224, 226, 227
Macmillan’s Winter’s Tales for Children 205
Malaga 93, 95, 272
Malraux, Clara 199
Manay vineyard 320, 332n, 340, 355, 367, 370, 374, 375, 380, 392, 408, 425, 438, 445, 490
Mansfield Park (Austen) 279, 413n
Manya, Dr 362, 408
Mardi Gras 73–4
Margot, Mlle 55, 56
Markham, Gervase 28
Marno, Edward 157–8
Marryat, Frederick 209 and note
Marylebone Grammar School 346, 431n
Master and Commander (film, 2003) 181, 447 and note, 452, 472
Matisse, Henry 281, 311
Mattie, David 515
Maugham, W. Somerset 52, 130–1, 214
Maurois, André 166
Merry Harrier (yacht) 185
Middlesex Hospital Medical School 211, 534
Millfield School, Somerset 167, 193n
The Minister and the Massacres (N. Tolstoy) 367–8, 418
Mitchell, Thomas 510, 521–2
Mohrt, Michel 197–8
Mojave Desert 458
Mont St Michel 215
Moore, Edwin 378n, 466
Morris, Jan 501, 532–3
Morwenstowe 169
Moscow 171
Motril 93, 95
Mucha, Rolande 20
Mucha, Willy 20, 41, 53, 68, 69, 176, 287–8, 289, 305, 366, 485
Murdoch, Iris 319, 343, 421
Myers, Kevin 436, 499n
Myers, Rachel 436
Nantes 215
Naudo, Mdme 301
Naval History of Great Britain (James) 208
Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain (Beatson) 131
Navy Records Society 434
The New Help to Discourse (Winstanley) 223n
A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (Burney) 105
New York 254 and note, 267, 436–7, 451, 520, 521, 551, 555
New York magazine 506–7, 509
New York Times 427, 430
New York Times Book Review 232–3, 411, 452
New Yorker 46, 88, 210n
Newport Mariners’ Museum 450
News International plc 393
Nicolson, Nigel 405n
Nikolsky Cathedral, St Petersburg 171–2
Noguères, Henri 194
Northanger Abbey (Austen) 314, 464
W.W. Norton & Co. 126n, 149, 401–2, 406, 415n, 423, 427, 432, 435, 466
Norton-Taylor, Richard 422
Novodevichy Convent, Moscow 171
O’Brian, Joanna (granddaughter) 18
O’Brian, Mary Wicksteed (Countess Tolstoy) (2nd wife)
affair and marriage to Patrick 1, 2, 23, 156–7, 251–2, 532, 535–41 and notes, 546–7
moves to Wales 1–2, 113
supportive role in Patrick’s writing 2, 38, 100, 110, 132–3, 135–6, 194–5, 236–7, 329n, 346, 376, 410, 413n, 417, 435, 443, 477–8
moves to Collioure 4–10, 28
relationship with stepson Richard 13, 22–3, 25, 26, 62, 87, 103, 107, 137, 146, 156, 174, 175, 177, 182–3, 184 and note, 185
relationship with her son Nikolai 23–5, 155–6, 167–8, 196, 338 and note
financial concerns 25, 28–9, 44–5, 52–5, 56–8, 61–2, 66, 68, 88, 89, 90, 105, 109, 114, 138, 149–50, 156, 160, 168, 194, 195, 199
dislikes Three Bear Witness 38
fictionalised in stories by Patrick 48, 51, 79, 134, 161, 275–6, 301, 324, 351n, 486–8
life in Collioure 49–50, 63–5, 71–6, 334–5
health of 57, 77, 91, 198, 267, 346n, 347, 356, 360–4, 374, 375, 381, 385, 396, 403, 407–9, 410, 413, 417, 421, 422, 442, 458–9, 462, 469, 477–9
dreams and visions 60, 198, 302, 396
visits to Spain and Portugal 91–8, 270–2
unsuccessful attempt to move back to England 107–9, 132
land acquisition and building works 110–11, 124, 168, 198–9, 214–15, 238, 370, 479–81
visit to Russia 145–7
visits to Somerset 196, 199, 215–16, 222, 298
brushes with death 245–6, 311–14, 320–1, 328, 344
and death of family members 262–3, 264, 380
visits to USA 436–8, 449–59
> accompanies Patrick to Greenwich banquet 469–71
death and funeral 484–8, 515
events surrounding her meeting and affair with Patrick 533–47
O’Brian, Patrick (formerly Richard Patrick Russ)
published works see under Works
moves to Wales 1–2, 3, 43–4, 113, 265, 373
changes his surname 2–3, 309–12, 386, 464, 498, 500, 501
dark shadow cast by his father 3, 43–4, 100, 112–15, 201–2, 289
moves to Collioure 3–10, 28, 202
relationship with his son Richard 10–22, 65, 83–4, 87, 100n, 105–7, 114–18, 161, 173–89, 386, 475, 501n
suffers from writer’s block 11, 124–5, 134, 138, 243, 304
relationship with Elizabeth 19n, 26, 180, 184, 481–2
childhood and education 21, 49, 100, 201, 202, 259, 277, 322, 391, 493–4
interest in the natural world 21–2, 81, 140, 202, 211, 226–7, 248–9, 256, 297, 302, 329, 346–7
ill-suited to engaging with children 27, 77, 173 and note, 283, 309–10, 474–5, 489
contracts and payments for books and stories 28–9, 37, 45, 53, 61, 79, 90, 98, 125–6, 133, 137, 139, 152–3, 166, 197–8, 208, 218, 219, 227, 234–5, 240, 244, 246, 261, 263–4, 297, 328, 336, 355–6, 382, 384, 493
reviews of his books, stories and translations 30–1, 34, 53, 61, 89–90, 126, 136, 148–9, 154, 202–3, 232–3, 246–7, 257, 258, 292, 293, 310, 319, 325, 354–5, 390–1, 402–3, 411–13, 421, 427
evades providing autobiographical details and photographs 31–2, 41–2, 417
fictionalises friends, family and himself 33, 35–6, 38–9, 48–9, 51–2, 77, 80–7, 109, 112, 134, 140–2, 159–60, 164–5, 196–7, 209–12, 213, 216–18, 219, 220, 222–4, 236–7, 241, 247–8, 259, 275–7, 298, 308, 318, 324–5, 350–4, 391, 444–5, 486–8
relationships with publishers and agents 38–42, 224–32, 249, 261–2, 290–2, 306, 315, 330, 342–3, 349–50, 379, 380–1, 401–2
life in Collioure 49–50, 55–6, 62–5, 71–6, 77–8, 235, 334–5, 355, 400–1, 435
health of 56–7, 73, 78–9, 151, 210, 278–80, 301–2, 302–3, 308, 309, 311–12, 321–2, 333, 341, 359, 385, 416, 438, 440–1, 442, 476, 481, 491
advice on how to make the best of poverty 57–9
dreams and visions 60, 289, 302, 321, 326–7, 341, 343–5, 347–8, 364, 372–4, 382, 414, 491
cars bought, driven and pranged 61–2, 88, 90–2, 245–6, 256, 265, 277, 311, 328, 364–5, 420–1, 425–6
visits to Spain and Portugal 91–8, 99, 268–9, 270–2
books acquired and read 104–5, 128–32, 208–9, 214, 216, 259, 261, 295–6, 318–19, 348, 349, 363, 370, 370–2, 381, 413, 449, 468–9, 472
unsuccessful attempt to move back to England 107–9, 132
land acquisition and building works 110–11, 115–17, 120–1, 128, 137–8, 168, 194, 198–9, 214–15, 238, 247, 319–20, 336–7, 370, 423–4, 434, 448, 479–81
buys explosives with Richard 116
keeps bees 117–18
relationship with Nikolai 119–23, 128, 142–4, 155–6, 161, 212–14, 320, 338–40, 367–8, 369, 404–5, 419–20, 505
marries Mary in London 156–7
visit to Russia 171–2
relationships with his family 188–92, 330–3, 345–6, 356, 360, 385–90, 396–400
and death of his stepmother Zoe 189–90
visits to Somerset 196, 199, 215–16, 222, 298
keeps a regular journal 219–21, 222, 243–4, 250, 252, 258, 373, 375, 376, 381, 382–3, 392, 394, 403–4, 413
visits to Ireland 238–9, 252–7, 277–8, 489–90
love for Mary 241–2, 251–2
visit to Austria 244
visits to USA 267, 435, 436–9, 449–59, 520
mishaps and forgetfulness 280, 329, 494–5
builds Noah’s Ark 283–6
joins Brooks 349, 357–8
battles with modern technology 363, 377, 467–8, 472
disappointed at not seeing his books in Harrods book department 381–2
attitude towards guests and company 392–3, 461
throws out first editions of his books 414–15, 466–7
elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 415
interviews with 421, 427–32, 435, 456–7, 482–4, 490–1
awarded the Caird Medal 423
buys narwhal horn 446–7
sails to Balearic Islands 459–62
receives Heywood Hill literary prize 462–3
awarded CBE 463–5
sells manuscripts to Lilly Library 466–7
attends formal banquet at Greenwich 469–71, 511
tax situation 472–3
receives honorary doctorate from Trinity College 473
events surrounding desertion of Elizabeth and his children 481–2, 532–47
grief at death of Mary 484–90, 491
travels between Collioure, London and Dublin 488–9, 494, 499–500, 510–13, 516, 521–2
requests destruction ofhis diaries 491–3
pursued by Dean King 495–6, 504, 505–8
BBC documentary on 497–9
mixed reactions to revelations concerning his personal life 497–504, 509, 511
sails in a four-masted barque 513–15
attends annual dinner aboard HMS Victory 516–18
death of 522–4
Observer newspaper 30, 166, 501
O’Flaherty, Liam 278n
Old Vic Theatre, London 103
Oliva, Mme 68
Ollard, Mary 250–1, 268, 349, 423
Ollard, Richard 136, 227–9, 232, 244, 245, 250–1, 268, 272, 274, 278, 289, 290, 293, 296, 319, 324, 327, 330, 335–6, 342, 349, 370, 402, 416n, 421, 423, 426, 443, 445, 459, 460, 461, 479, 495, 508, 517, 518, 523–4
The Oxford Annual for Boys (1937) 555
Oxford University 419
Oxford University Press (OUP) 45n
Paget, Sir Richard 178
Pallarès, Manuel 270–1
Pantheon Books 334 and note
Papillon (film, 1973) 234
Paris 42, 112, 114, 118, 162, 169, 235, 239, 280–2, 333, 430
Parotte, Jean 186
Patrick O’Brian: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography (Cunningham) 445–6
Patrick, St 253, 382
Paulilles 116
Peñiscola 272
Pepys, Samuel 349, 460
Perkins, Thomas 453–5, 459–62 and note, 471
Perpignan 68, 115, 275, 278, 286, 299, 309, 311, 333, 344, 363, 416, 427, 468, 484
Persuasion (Austen) 314
Philadelphia 267, 437
Picasso, Pablo 263, 264, 266–7, 268–72, 280–1, 282–3, 286–92, 430–1
Pitt, Dr Harry 488–9
Plimpton, Sarah 223
Plumpton Place, Sussex 471
Poetry Ireland 46n
Political Warfare Executive (PWE) 1, 51–2, 122, 129, 430n, 539, 556
Poole, H.J. 232
Port d’Avall 63, 71, 369, 427
Port-Mahon 221
Port-Vendres 56, 61, 68, 79, 101, 111, 116, 212, 235, 238, 308, 309, 456, 459, 461, 474, 479, 483, 514, 517, 551
Portsmouth 218
Portugal 96–8
Post, Marjorie Merriweather 513
Pour construire ou réparer vous-même et bâtiments (Certot) 111
Pratt’s Club, London 471
Prévost, Abbé 299 and note
Pride and Prejudice (Austen) 381, 472
Proffitt, Stuart 312n, 349–50, 358, 379, 380, 394, 402–3, 407, 412, 448, 459, 462, 469, 479, 495 and note, 499n, 507–8
Prunier’s fish restaurant, London 168
Public Record Office 218, 219, 273, 418, 542
Puckridge, Barbara 157, 158–9 and note, 185, 345
Puckridge, James 157, 185
Pussit Tassit (cat) 69, 98, 108
G.P. Putnam’s Sons 263–4, 290, 301
Raffald, Elizabeth 478
The Razor’s Edge (Maugham) 214
Reigate Hill 105
Renault, Mary 232, 246–7, 292, 300
Richard, Cliff 465n
Rimbaud, M. 57, 72
Rimbaud, Martine 72–3
Rimbaud, Mme. 9, 57, 72
Ringle, Ken 437–8
Rival Bicyclists (Bonehill) 143
Roberts, Alun 33
Roberts, Bessie 33, 35–6
Roberts, Griffi 36
Roberts, Gwynfor 33
Roberts, Harri 35
Robertshaw, David 172
Roche, Major 275
Rodger, N.A.M. 370, 445
Roffe-Silvester, Brigid 185 and note, 196
Roffe-Silvester, Michael 185 and note, 196
Roffe-Silvester, Peter 196
Rose and Portcullis pub, Butleigh (Somerset) 199
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 83
Royal Air Force (RAF) 141, 202
Royal Air Forces Escaping Society 301n
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 210, 484
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 154
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 21, 105, 423
Royal Navy 105, 175, 208–9, 213, 227, 258, 274, 370, 412, 438, 469, 504
Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd 79, 89, 98, 125, 133, 135, 139, 234, 235, 261
Russ, Bernard ’Bun’ (brother) 112, 114, 138, 168–9, 189, 190, 191–2, 279n, 320, 331, 332, 345–6and note, 356, 359–60, 363, 366, 373, 376, 378–9, 385–90, 396, 397–400, 488n
Russ, Dr Charles (father) 3, 43, 44, 81, 83n, 99–100, 112–15, 189, 201–2, 350, 481, 494, 534
Russ, Charles (nephew) 168, 201, 298n, 397
Russ, Charles Rupert (cousin) 360
Russ, Connie (sister) 192
Russ, Connie (sister-in-law) 543, 545
Russ, Elizabeth Jones (1st wife) 10, 13, 18, 87, 310
marries John Le Mee-Power 11–12, 26, 180
poverty-stricken circumstances 12–13, 25–6
lives with her son Richard in Chelsea 19, 175, 177
relationship with Patrick 19n, 26, 180, 184, 481–2
health of 22 and note, 26
fictionalised in stories by Patrick 161
events surrounding Patrick’s desertion of 532–47
Russ, Elizabeth (niece) 168, 188, 386, 388–9, 399–400
Russ, Fifi (sister-in-law) 168, 398, 399
Russ, Godfrey (brother) 192, 542, 543, 545 and note
Russ, Jane (daughter) 18, 321, 482, 534, 537 and note, 545, 547
Russ, Joan (sister) 189–92, 201 and note, 279n, 298n, 322, 331–3, 376, 378, 385–90, 396, 397–8
Russ, Joanna (granddaughter) 18
Russ, Michael (brother) 192, 210, 483–4, 497–8
Russ, Mimi Parotte (daughter-in-law) 177–81, 182–3, 185, 186–7
Russ, Nora (sister) 112, 192, 279n, 400
Russ, Olive (sister) 192, 331
Russ, Patrick see O’Brian, Patrick
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