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Gavin Maxwell

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by Botting, Douglas;


  CHAPTER 3

  The House of Elrig

  Stowe School archives

  Correspondence and interviews: Gavin Maxwell; Anthony Dickins; John Hay

  CHAPTER 4

  Ring of Bright Water

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Gavin Maxwell ‘Game Book 1932–5’

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Anthony Dickins diary 1935

  Evelyn Waugh, A Little Learning

  Correspondence and interviews: Patrick Brodie, John Hay, Col. James M. Ashton; Raymond Knight; R. F. Mole; Archie Campbell CMG; W. G. Morison; John Frere Kerr; Rede Fitzgerald Moore; John Mowat; David Cox; Rupert Bruce-Mitford; Prof. Sir E. C. Zeeman, FRS

  CHAPTER 5

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Stowe School archives

  Scots Guards archives

  Evelyn Waugh, Diaries

  Gavin Maxwell–Peter Scott correspondence

  CHAPTER 6

  Harpoon at a Venture

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Scots Guards archives

  SOE archives

  W. E. Fairbairn, All-In-Fighting, 1942

  SOE (Canada) Training Lectures

  Gavin Maxwell SOE lecture notes

  Gavin Maxwell 1968 interview

  Gavin Maxwell–Peter Scott correspondence

  Correspondence and interviews: Prof. Matthew Hodgart; Dr James MacDougall; Dr Hamish Ireland; Tex Geddes; Hamish Pelham-Burn; Derek Leach; Peter Kemp; Suzannne Charisse; Vera Shaw Stewart; Sir Peter Wilkinson; Col. Cuthbert Skilbeck; John McEwen; Chris Woods, BBC TV; Mrs Cameron-Head

  CHAPTER 7

  Harpoon at a Venture

  Interviews: John Hillaby; John Winter; Kathleen Raine; Irene Stirling

  John Hillaby, ‘Highland Jaunts’ (Folio Society)

  Anthony Watkins, The Sea My Hunting Ground, 1952

  CHAPTER 8

  Harpoon at a Venture

  Peter Scott, The Eye of the Wind

  John Hillaby, ‘Shark Hunting’, Picture Post, 21 Sept 1946

  Interviews: Tex Geddes; Dr Harrison Matthews; John Burton; Dr Havard; Dr Bob Earll, Marine Conservation Society: ‘The Basking Shark: Its Fishery and Conservation’

  Nicholas Russell: ‘The Mantle of the Monster’, Independent, 31 July 1989

  CHAPTER 9

  Ring of Bright Water

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Correspondence and interviews: Raef Payne; Magda Stirling; Hamish Pelham–Burn

  CHAPTER 10

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  — The Year One, 1952

  Julian Maclaren Ross, Memoirs of the Forties

  Dan Davin, Closing Time

  Anthony Dickins, ‘Gavin Maxwell: A Postscript’, London Magazine, Sept 1976

  — ‘Tambimuttu and Poetry London, London Magazine, Dec 1965

  — ‘Fitzrovia 1934–56’ (lecture notes, n.d.)

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Correspondence and interviews: Anthony Dickins; Kathleen Raine; Lavinia Hankinson; Natalie Davenport; Tomas; Elias Canetti; Jane Williams

  CHAPTER 11

  Ring of Bright Water

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  — The Year One, 1952

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Lady Mary Maxwell; Sir Aymer Maxwell

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Correspondence and interviews: Raef Payne; Lavinia Hankinson; Sir Michael Maxwell

  CHAPTER 12

  God Protect Me from my Friends

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘I was Spurred by Publisher’s “No”’, Smith’s Trade Circular, 24 May 1952

  New Statesman, 1950–52

  Interviews: Janet Adam–Smith; Earl of Dalhousie; Kathleen Raine; Tex Geddes; Gwenda David; Beryl Borders; Sir Rupert Hart–Davis; BBC Archives (‘The Critics’)

  CHAPTER 13

  God Protect Me from my Friends

  A Reed Shaken by the Wind

  Wilfred Thesiger, ‘The Marshmen of Southern Iraq’, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Sept 1954

  Mark Longman correspondence (Longman archives)

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Interviews: Graham Watson; Lady Brigid McEwen; Wilfred Thesiger; Tomas

  CHAPTER 14

  Wilfred Thesiger, The Marsh Arabs, 1964

  — Desert, Marsh and Mountain, 1979

  — ‘Marsh Dwellers of Southern Iraq’, National Geographic Magazine, Feb 1958

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Interview: Wilfred Thesiger

  CHAPTER 15

  A Reed Shaken by the Wind

  Gavin Young, Return to the Marshes, 1977

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Interviews: Wilfred Thesiger; Gavin Young

  CHAPTER 16

  Ring of Bright Water

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘Technique of Travel Books’, National Book League, 6 Dec 1960

  Richard Meinertzhagen, Diary

  Mark Longman correspondence (Longman archives)

  Interviews: Gavin Young; John Burton

  Press reports on Iraq marshes: Independent on Sunday, 16 June 1991; Sunday Times, 16 June 1991; Observer, 28 Feb 1993, 7 March 1993

  CHAPTER 17

  Ring of Bright Water

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Gavin Maxwell–Raef Payne correspondence

  Douglas Botting correspondence

  Interviews: Raef Payne; Kathleen Raine

  CHAPTER 18

  Ring of Bright Water

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  Gavin Maxwell–Mark Longman correspondence (Longman archives)

  Interviews: Beryl Borders; Raef Payne; Kathleen Raine

  CHAPTER 19

  The Rocks Remain

  Ring of Bright Water

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  Graham Watson, Book Society, 1980

  Gavin Maxwell, Wilfred Thesiger, Mark Longman correspondence (Longman archives)

  Douglas Botting-Gavin Maxwell correspondence

  Mrs V. Lamm, ‘Can you cook sausages?’

  Interviews. Kathleen Raine; Anthony Dickins; Sir Anthony Lincoln QC; Graham Watson; Peter Janson-Smith;

  Daily Express, 5 March 1958

  CHAPTER 20

  Ring of Bright Water

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Douglas Botting, Wilderness Europe, 1976

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Douglas Botting correspondence

  Timothy Green, notes for Life magazine interview 1963

  Correspondence and interviews: Raef Payne; John McEwen; Jimmy Watt

  Gavin Maxwell–George Hardinge correspondence (Longman archives)

  CHAPTER 21

  Lords of the Atlas

  The Rocks Remain

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘Lords of the Atlas’ synopsis (Longman archives)

  Douglas Botting, ‘La Mission Maxwell au Soudan’, 1959

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence with Douglas Botting, Marjorie Linklater, Raef Payne, Jimmy Watt, Mark Longman

  Timothy Green, Life interview, op.cit.

  Correspondence and interviews: Margaret Pope, Gavin Young

  CHAPTER 22

  The Rocks Remain

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977 — ‘Envoi’ (The Hollow Hill, 1964)

  Alasdair Milne, Memoirs of a British Broadcaster, 1988

  Gavin Maxwell, Sandaig diary 1960

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Oliver Jones; Mary Davin; Constance McNab; Kathleen Raine

  Correspondence and interviews: Donald MacLennan; Marjorie Linklater; Mary McLeod; Constance McNab

  CHAPTER 23

  R
ing of Bright Water

  Michael Powell, Million-Dollar Movie, 1992

  Timothy Green, op.cit.

  Gavin Maxwell fan mail files

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: George Hardinge; Mark Longman; Vera Canetti; Constance McNab

  Correspondence and interviews: Gavin Maxwell 1968; Michael Powell; Anne Williamson; Mike Tomkies; Dr Peter Crowcroft; Margaret Pope

  CHAPTER 24

  The Rocks Remain

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘FLN Report’ (Algeria, 1961)

  — Moroccan Notebook, 1961

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Paula MacDonald; Jimmy Watt; Constance McNab

  Douglas Botting, Wilderness Europe, 1976

  Correspondence and interviews: Gavin Maxwell; Margaret Pope; Oliver Jones

  CHAPTER 25

  The Rocks Remain

  Interviews: Peter Janson-Smith; Michael Cuddy; Terry Nutkins; Jimmy Watt

  Jimmy Watt correspondence: Douglas Botting; Constance McNab

  ‘Shooting incident in Sandaig Bay’ (Longman archives)

  CHAPTER 26

  The Rocks Remain

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  Interviews: Lavinia Hankinson; Kathleen Raine; Peter Janson-Smith; John Hillaby

  Lavinia Hankinson, personal archive

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Lavinia Renton (Hankinson); Raef Payne; Jimmy Watt

  Daily Mail, November 1961, 2 Feb 1962

  CHAPTER 27

  The Rocks Remain

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Lavinia Renton; Nicholas Renton

  Lavinia Hankinson, personal archive

  Douglas Botting, personal archive

  Correspondence and interviews: Lavinia Hankinson; Marjorie Linklater

  Home magazine

  CHAPTER 28

  The Rocks Remain

  Lavinia Hankinson, personal archive

  Correspondence and interviews: Gavin Maxwell 1968; Lavinia Hankinson; Terry Nutkins; Stanley Peters; Kathleen Raine

  Longman archives

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Anthony Dickins; Lavinia Renton; Sir Alan and Lady Lascelles

  Michael Cuddy (GME archive)

  Jimmy Watt–Constance McNab correspondence

  CHAPTER 29

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘Report on sinking of Lady Delft’ (typescript 1963)

  — ‘An author’s life’ (typescript 1963)

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Anthony Dickins; Constance McNab; Bruno de Hamel; John Guest; New Statesman

  Timothy Green, op.cit.

  Correspondence and interviews: Gavin Maxwell 1968; Ian Alexander; Hamish Brown; Lavinia Hankinson

  Hamish Brown, Sandaig diary 1964

  CHAPTER 30

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Correspondence and interviews: W. Gordon Smith; Donald MacLennan; Sir Anthony Lincoln QC; Bruno de Hamel; Richard Frere

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Peter Janson-Smith; Michael Cuddy; Bruno de Hamel; Constance McNab

  The Times, ‘Report on Alliata Case’, February 1965

  The Times, ‘She will not Cease from Mental Fight’ (Kathleen Raine interview), 18 April 1992

  The Oldie, Kathleen Raine interview, March 1993

  Kyleakin Lighthouse Cottage Inventory

  CHAPTER 31

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Bruno de Hamel; Jimmy Watt; Giuseppe M.

  Correspondence and interviews: Peter Janson-Smith; Bruno de Hamel; Michael Cuddy; Richard Frere; Raef Payne

  Bruno de Hamel, GME finance file

  Longman archives

  Julian Jebb, ‘Natural Introvert’, Sunday Times, 3 Oct 1965

  CHAPTER 32

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Gavin Maxwell, ‘The Heritage of Fear’ (typescript)

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Jimmy Watt; Bruno de Hamel; Giuseppe M.; Robin McEwen; Constance McNab; Penelope Biggs

  Richard Frere: Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976 — GME files

  Correspondence and interviews: Jimmy Watt; Brian Stephan; Charles (Jesse) Graham; Justin Wintle; Richard Branson; John Burton; Monk Gibbon; Margaret Pope

  Longman archives

  Mick Brown, Richard Branson: The Inside Story, 1992

  RSPCA (North Africa), ‘Report on Titish’

  CHAPTER 33

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Geoffrey Moorhouse, Introduction to Lords of the Atlas, Century paperback, 1983

  Longman archives

  Gavin Maxwell/GME correspondence: Kathleen Raine; Alec Guinness

  Correspondence and interviews: Kathleen Raine; Beryl Borders

  CHAPTER 34

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  — GME files

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Jimmy Watt; Beryl Borders

  Interviews: Wilfred Thesiger; Beryl Borders; Richard Frere

  CHAPTER 35

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Interviews: Andrew Scot; Magda Stirling

  CHAPTER 36

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Dr Tony Dunlop interview

  CHAPTER 37

  Raven Seek Thy Brother

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  — GME files

  Gavin Maxwell 1968 diary

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Mrs Payne; Dr Ellis Stungo; Beryl Borders; Peter Scott; Peter Janson-Smith; Brian Stephan

  Correspondence and interviews: Raef Payne; Col. Colin Mackenzie; John Burton; Lord Dulverton

  GME accounts

  CHAPTER 38

  Douglas Botting, Kyleakin tapes, notes and diary 1968

  Gavin Maxwell interview 1968

  CHAPTER 39

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  — 1969 diary

  — GME files

  Kathleen Raine, The Lion’s Mouth, 1977

  — ‘Message to Gavin’ (The Lost Country, 1972)

  John Lister-Kaye, The White Island, 1972

  Gavin Maxwell 1969 diary

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Katie McEwen; Lisa van Gruisen

  Correspondence and interviews: Kathleen Raine; Richard Frere; Sir John Lister-Kaye; Jack Macrae III; Fiore de Henriquez; Lisa van Gruisen

  CHAPTER 40

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  Kathleen Raine, ‘In answer to a letter asking me for volumes of my early poems’ (The Lost Country, 1972)

  Gavin Maxwell correspondence: Mrs V. Lamm; Lisa van Gruisen; Kathleen Raine; Sir Aymer Maxwell

  Correspondence and interviews: Mrs V. Lamm; Donald MacLennan; Jacky Hone; Kathleen Raine

  CHAPTER 41

  Richard Frere, Maxwell’s Ghost, 1976

  John Lister-Kaye, The White Island, 1972

  Kathleen Raine, ‘On a Deserted Shore’, 1973

  — ‘Northumbrian Sequence’ (The Year One, 1973)

  Gavin Maxwell 1969 diary

  — Will and Codicil

  Correspondence and interviews: Richard Frere; Peter Janson-Smith; Anthony Dickins; Dr Tony Dunlop; Jimmy Watt; Lisa van Gruisen; Mrs V. Lamm; Raef Payne; Donald Mitchell; Sir John Lister-Kaye

  Longman archives

  Scotsman, 10 Sept 1969

  EPILOGUE

  Douglas Botting, Wilderness Europe, 1976

  Gavin Maxwell with his mother, Lady Mary, in 1915.

  Gavin Maxwell aged ten, with jackdaw pets at Elrig.

  Aged twelve and wearing the persecuted look of the unhappy schoolboy.

  The house of Elrig, childhood home of the Maxwell family, with youthful poem in praise of the house i
nscribed by Gavin Maxwell in his Game Book.

  Gavin Maxwell beside his first Bentley and a ‘bag’ of birds from a day’s shooting. Galloway, Christmas 1932.

  Gavin Maxwell in the uniform of a Scots Guards subaltern, on joining SOE in November 1942.

  Gavin’s brothers, Eustace (left) and Sir Aymer. Galloway, 1933.

  On board his lobster-boat, the Gannet, Gavin takes a pot at a basking shark with a Breda machine-gun off the Isle of Eigg during a break from SOE duties, September 1944.

  Making a basking shark fast to the Gannet after a long struggle in the Minch. Summer 1946.

  The East Harbour on the Isle of Soay, where Gavin Maxwell was to build his sharking base. Behind are the hills of Skye.

  Gavin reloading his muzzle-loading harpoon gun. Summer 1946.

  On the bridge of the Sea Leopard during the 1946 sharking season.

  Gavin Maxwell (centre) with a basking shark waiting to be cut up at the Soay factory in the summer of 1946.

 

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