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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