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Inventory Acc.13338 Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive Acc.13338 Revised November 2014 Inventory Acc.13338 Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive (Presented, by the John R Murray Charitable Trust, 2012) National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-623 3876 Fax: 0131-623 3866 E-mail: [email protected] © National Library of Scotland GB 233 Acc.13338 Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive Circa 1934-2011 Fonds 16 metres Personal and literary papers of Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), travel writer Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor was born and educated in England. Between 1933 and 1935 he travelled, largely on foot, from Rotterdam to Istanbul, then onwards to Mount Athos in Greece. Much later in life, he wrote two of his most celebrated books, „A Time of Gifts‟ (1977) and „Between the Woods and the Water‟ (1986), about part of this journey. A third posthumous volume, „The Broken Road‟ (2013), edited by Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper, was based on „The Green Diary‟ (his only surviving diary from the journey) and a draft from the 1960s entitled „A Youthful Journey‟. He met the Romanian princess Balasha Cantacuzène in Athens in 1935, and the two lived together at Lemonodassos, Greece, and then at the Cantacuzène estate in Băleni, Romania, until the outbreak of war in 1939. Working as a Special Operations Executive officer behind enemy lines in Crete during World War II, he led the party that kidnapped the German General Heinrich Kreipe. The story of the abduction was later adapted into a film, „Ill Met by Moonlight‟ (1957), based on the 1950 book of the same name by Leigh Fermor‟s second in command, William Stanley Moss. Leigh Fermor‟s account of events was published posthumously as „Abducting a General‟ (2014). After the war, he travelled with, among others, his future wife, the talented photographer Joan Rayner, née Eyres Monsell, whom he had met in Cairo. In the 1950s and 60s his reputation as a gifted writer grew through his articles and books, particularly “The Traveller‟s Tree” (1950), which describes a journey through the Caribbean, and „Mani‟ (1958) and „Roumeli‟ (1966), about his travels in remote areas of Greece. In 1963 he and Joan, with help from friends and locals, built a house near the village of Kardamyli on the coast of the Mani peninsula in Greece where, in between various travels, they lived for the rest of their lives. Leigh Fermor received a number of awards, both literary and military, and was knighted in 2004. The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor‟s principal publisher John “Jock” Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan‟s life, work and interests, including wide- ranging material on the war, in particular the resistance movement in Crete. The National Library of Scotland also holds the Joan Leigh Fermor photographic collection (Acc.13179), the papers of Leigh Fermor‟s friend Alexander “Xan” Wallace Fielding (Acc.13327) and the archives of Leigh Fermor‟s principal publisher John Murray. Presented, by the John R Murray Charitable Trust, 2012. The collection has been arranged as follows: 1-147 Correspondence. 1-115 Personal correspondence: letters to Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor. 116-128 Literary and financial correspondence. 129-147 Additional correspondence. 148-248 Literary manuscripts and typescripts. 148-199 Major published works. 200-248 Minor published and unpublished works. 249-265 Works by other authors concerning Patrick Leigh Fermor. 249-254 Reviews of, and articles on, major works by Patrick Leigh Fermor. 255-265 Other works concerning Patrick Leigh Fermor. 266-348 Research files. 266-298 Other authors‟ works. 299-302 Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor family and personal history research files. 303-348 Friends and personal interests research files. 349-436 World War II. 349-373 Material concerning the abduction of General Kreipe. 374-379 War reports. 380-384 Patrick Leigh Fermor articles and speeches concerning the war in Crete. 385-432 Other material concerning the war in Crete. 433-436 Non-Crete World War II files. 437-549 Personal papers of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 437-445 Passports of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 446-469 Pocket diaries of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 470-533 Journals and notebooks of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 534-539 Address books of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 540-549 Additional personal papers of Patrick Leigh Fermor. 550-618 Papers of and concerning Joan Leigh Fermor. 550-605 Pocket diaries of Joan Leigh Fermor. 606-607 Address books of Joan Leigh Fermor. 608-616 Correspondence of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor. 617-618 Additional papers of and concerning Joan Leigh Fermor. 619-675 Photographs and visual material. 619-664 Photographs. 665-675 Sketches, drawings and other visual material. 676-686 Published books 1-147 Correspondence. This series consists of letters, mostly addressed to Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor, and is divided into 3 subseries: Personal correspondence (Acc.13338/1-115), Literary and financial correspondence (Acc.13338/116-128), and Additional correspondence (Acc.13338/129- 147). Some letters are addressed to others, and some have other items enclosed. Further correspondence can be found elsewhere in the collection. 1-115 Personal correspondence: letters to Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor. Personal correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with the number of letters and their date-range, where known, alongside. Duplicates (photocopies etc.) are not counted, except where the original is absent. 1 Achillopoulos, Costa 4; undated. Ackroyd, Timothy 1; 1995. Acton, Harold 5; 1971-1982. Adams, Matthew 1; 2002. Alevizakis, George and Marika 6; 1983-2000. Allan, Brigid 1; 2009. Allan, Rodney 5; 2005-2007. Allié, Manfred and Gabriele 3; 2005-2010. Alsop, Joseph 1; 1977. Amis, Antonia 1; 1991. Amory, Mark 3; 1996, 1998 and undated. Andre, Gerard 3; 1976-1984. Andrews, Kevin 5; 1980-1987 and undated. Andrews, Tony 1; 1972. Androulakis, John G 1; 1972. Annan, Noel and Gabriele 9; 1985-2003 and undated. Anstruther, Ralph 3; 1974-1990. Anton, Jacinto 5; 2001-2010 and undated. And 2 fragments of letters; undated. Antonius, Kate 1; 1974. 2 Aretakis, Jonathan G 1; 2009. Ash-Moore, Dany 8; 1952-1978 and undated. Ashcroft, Peggy 3; 1982 and undated. Aspioti, Marie 10; 1946, 1970-1988. And 1 photocopied letter of Patrick Leigh Fermor to Marie Aspioti, 1946. Asquith, Katharine 1; undated. Astor, Michael, Judy and Pandora 22; 1965-1975 and undated. Attenborough, David 2; 1979, 1985. Attwood, Elisabeth 2; 2008. Auden, John B 2; 1978. Audley, Henry 2; 1945, 1946. Averoff-Tossizza, E 1; 1959. 3 Bach, Elisabeth and Hanspeter 1; 2008. Bach, Marlene 1 fragment of a letter; 2008. Backham, Geoffrey 2; 1999, 2000. Bacon, Francis 7; 1978-1990 and undated. And 1 exhibition invitation. Bailey, Joan 1; 1984. Bailey, John Stephen and Irene 2; 2003, 2007. Bailey, Roderick 1; 2001. Bailey, Stephen J 1; undated. Baker, Denys R 1; undated. Baker, Eva 3; 1979-1980. Baldwin, Oliver 1; 1951. Baldwin, Rosie 8; 1973-1987 and undated. Balfour, Patrick 7; 1974-1976. Banting, John 11; 1954-1971 and undated. Banting, Mark L 1; 2010. Barker, Sebastian 2; 1984. Barkham, Patrick 1; 2007. Barlow, E William L 3; 1989-2009. Barrett, John 1; 2007. Barrett, Susan 2; 1986, 1987. Bartlett, Francis J 1; 1978. Bassett, Richard 1; 1985. Bayley, John 1; undated. 4 Beckett, William 1; 1986. Beevor, Antony 11; 1990-1998 and undated. Some are from Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper jointly. Behrens, Tim 2; 1989, 1992. Békássy, Eva, née Gescher 13; 1980-1997. (See also Acc.13338/343) Belastegui, Inés 1; 2007. Bell, Anne Olivier 1; 1980. Bell, Hermione 8; 1978-1981 and undated. And 4 fragments of letters; undated. Benario, Janice M 1; 2001. Bennett, Alan 1; 1961. Berenson, Bernard 2; 1954. Berkeley, Freda 3; 1977, 1989 and undated. Berkeley, Michael Fitzhardinge 1; 2003. Berlin, Isaiah 1; 1990. Bernstein, Jeremy 1; 1999. Best, Nicholas 1; 2009. 5 Betjeman, John and Penelope 26; 1932-1979. Bevan, Alan 1; 2002. Bibesco, Priscilla 17; 1942-1946, 1986-1994 and undated. Biddulph, Richard 1; 1985. 6 Bischof, Judith and Simon Jzsak 1; 2010. Bizannes, Victor A 1; 2010. Bizley, Norman 3; 1956, 1978 and undated. Blacker, William and Mary Rose 22; 1996-2011. And 2 fragments of letters; 2007 and undated. Blacklock, Marjory I 1; 1977. Blakeway-Smith, David 1; 2008. Blakiston, Georgiana, née Russell 1; 1988. Blatherwick, Mark 1; undated. Blunt-Lytton, Judith 1; 1951. Boleman-Herring, Elizabeth 5; 1986-2006 and undated. Bosanquet, Jay 1; 1989. Bossy, Ilinca R 1; 1989. 7-14 Bostanzi, Mairi Approximately 500; 1988-2010 and undated. And extensive accompanying material and fragments of letters. 7 1988-1989. 8 1990-1991. 9 1992-1994. 10 1995. 11 1996-1997. 12 1998-2000. 13 2001-2010. 14 Undated letters, fragments of letters, miscellaneous. 15 Bostock, Andrew 1; 2006. Bourne, Leonard J 1; 2007. Bouvier, Nicolas 4; 1991-1993 and undated. Bowater, Euan 1; 1995. Bowle, John 1; 1971. Bowra, Cecil Maurice 34; 1960-1971 and undated. And 1 letter of Ernst “Eka” Kantarowicz to Maurice Bowra, 1963. Bowron, David 1; 1987. (Bradbury, Sue See Acc.13338/345) Bradford, Matias Serra 2; 2005-2007. Bradley, Jo D 1; 1981. Branch, Prue 3; 1941-circa 1945. Bray, Michael 1; 2000. Brenan, Gerald and Lynda 11; 1971-1978 and undated. Brewis, Richard 1; 1984. Brewster, Harry 2; 1978, 1992. 16 Bridgeman, Harriet 7; 2008-2011. Brooksbank, Emma 1; 2008. Broome, Benjamin J 1; 1994. Brown, Karen 1 fragment of a letter; undated. Bruce, Evangeline 1; undated. Bruce, Marie Louise 3; 1987. Bryer, David 1; 2007.
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