Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
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visits Dahomey and Cameroun
stays in Oregon
goes to San Francisco
stays with the Rezzoris near Florence
in Spain
stays in Norway with Elizabeth
in South America
stays on Fishers Island
in Bonnieux
another visit to Spain
considers buying a house in Spain
in Benin
escapes from coup to Côte d’Ivoire
in Brazil
drives through Switzerland and Austria to Siena
stays in Siena
travels with Mrs Gandhi in India
stays in Ronda
stays in New York
spends further period in Siena
travels to New York to work with editor
visits Yaddo
stays at Yaddo
visit to St Maarten and Martinique
visits Mexico
stays with the Rezzoris near Florence again
stays in Kenya
in Australia
visits Indonesia
goes to Nepal with Elizabeth
in Greece
in South Africa
in Botswana
another visit to Australia
in France
another visit to Spain
spends two weeks in Crete
stays in Greece again
visit to Mount Athos
visits China and Hong Kong
visit to Kathmandu
in India
in Zurich
stays at Chateau de Seillans
visits Ghana
in Paris for International Ritz-Hemingway Award
various destinations in July and August 1987
in Austria
meets Gillon Aitken in New York
another stay at Chateau de Seillans
holiday off Guadaloupe
spends final weeks at Chateau de Seillans
Writings:
Articles:
on an Algerian in Marseilles (‘Fatal Journey to Marseilles – North Africans in France’), for Sunday Timesand n
on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (‘The Chinese Geomancer’), for a guide to Hong Kongand n
on Lorenz, for New York Review of Books and n
‘It’s a Nomad Nomad Nomad World’, for Vogue
on Mrs Gandhi (‘On the Road with Mrs Gandhi’), for Sunday Times
‘The Mechanics of Nomad Invasions’, for History Todayand n
on Shamdev the Wolf Boy (‘The Quest for the Wolf Children’), for Sunday Times and n
‘A Tower in Tuscany’, for House & Garden and n
on the Volga (‘Great Rivers of the World: The Volga’), for Observer magazineand n
Review:
of Lorenz’s The Year of the Greylag Goose
Stories:
‘Milk’and n
‘Rotting Fruit’and n
‘The Seventh Day’
Works Proposed but never written:
Lydia Livingstone (the Russian novel)
The Sons of Thunder
Under the Sun
Books:
see under book titles: In Patagonia; Nomadic Alternative, The (unpublished); On the Black Hill; Patagonia Revisited; Songlines, The; Utz; Viceroy of Ouidah, The; What Am I Doing Here
Chatwin, Charles (BC’s father) and n and n
letters and postcards to
Chatwin, Cicely (BC’s aunt)
Chatwin (née Chanler), Elizabeth (BC’s wife)
preface by
start of relationship with BC
BC proposes to
visits Chelsea Flower Show with BC
goes to America
engagement announced
wedding and honeymoon
house-hunting, and purchase of Holwell Farm and n
in Paris with BC for cataloguing of Helena Rubinstein collection
visits Russia with BC
and BC’s feelings about Sotheby’s
communicates BC’s malaise to Leo Lerman
Lerman’s diary entry about
on BC’s decision to leave Sotheby’s to study archaeology
supports BC’s decision
on life in Edinburgh
oversees renovations at Holwell Farm
intends to go home for her brother’s wedding
on BC’s relationship with Batey
brings back silver
purchase of Benin bronze headsand n
loss of pearls in the post
and new carand n
friendship with Roger Wollcott-Behnke and n
and BC’s disillusionment with archaeological studies
and BC’s decision not to return to Edinburgh
joins BC in Afghanistan
on BC’s work on nomad book
goes on eight-month expedition
remains in communication with BC during her absence
BC responds to SOS from
and Akbar
journey from Persia to Greece
BC nervous about her coming to France
and financial matters
flies to Boston for her sister’s wedding
business idea
death of her father
in South America
and BC’s desire to buy a house abroad and n
travels with BC through Switzerland and Austria
and her mother’s plans for house
visit to India
breakdown in marriage relationshipand n
discusses sale of Holwell Farm with BC
travels
does not join BC in New York
purchase of new houseand n
and BC’s visit to Australia
reconciliation with BC
further visits to India
and BC’s visit to Mount Athos
travel plans
in Hong Kong and China
visit to Kathmandu
stays in India
and lost post
attends another sister’s wedding
and Penelope Betjeman’s death
and onset of BC’s illness
and BC’s illness in Switzerland
accompanies BC back to England
and BC’s diagnosis as HIV positive
stays at Chateau de Seillans with BC
goes on Himalayan trek
The Songlines is dedicated to
commissioned to write a guideand n
and holiday off Guadaloupe
BC’s thoughts on his marriage to
BC’s concerns about
writes to Kath Strehlow about BC’s condition
and BC’s death at Chateau de Seillans
arranges cremation and services for BC
brief references and n
Letters to:
Letters to:
during her engagement
in early days of marriage
during BC’s period as archaeology student (1966-68)
between 1969 and 1972
between 1972 and 1974
between 1974 and 1976
between 1976 and 1980
between 1980 and 1983
between 1983 and 1985
Chatwin, Grace (BC’s aunt)
Chatwin, Hugh (BC’s brother)
birth
on BC’s childhood,
on Brig
BC’s childhood gifts toand n
schooldays
on Marlborough
on BC’s description of holiday in Rome
on BC’s lifestyle as Sotheby’s trainee
on BC’s encouragement of his parents’ travels
travelsand n
on BC’s interest in archaeology
car accident
letter from BC after his accident
on his mother’s telepathy
operation
BC writes from Norway to
and BC’s illness
BC’s concerns about
on his father’s
appreciation of Utz
brief references
Chatwin, Humphrey (BC’s uncle)and n
Chatwin, John (BC’s cousin)and n
Chatwin, Leslie (BC’s grandfather)and n
Chatwin (née Turnell), Margharita
letters and postcards to
Chatwin, Peggy (BC’s aunt)
Chatwin, Philip Boughton (BC’s great-uncle) and nand n
Chaudhuri, Niradand n
Chavin
Chekhov, A.P
Chelsea Flower Show
Chesky Krumlov
Chetwode, Lord
Chilandari monasteryand n
Abbot of
Chile
BC writes from
Chiloe
China
Chitral
Cholila
Chomsky, Noamand n
Chora, BC writes from
Christie, Agatha
Christie’s
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, postcard of
Chuquicamata
Churchill, Winstonand n
Churchill Hospital, Oxford
BC writes from
Church of England
Cintra
Cirencester Park
Clapp, Susannahand n
letters to
Clarke, Roger
Clemente, Francescoand n
Cliffords, the
Clun
Cobra Verde (film based on BC’s novel The Viceroy of Ouidah)
Coed Major
Collins (publishers)
Cologne
Communism
Confrérie Jésuite Orthodoxe à Meudon
Connoisseurand n
Connolly, Cyriland n
The Unquiet Grave
Connor, Kenneth and Patricia: The Dorak Affair and n
Conran, Jasperand n
Conran, Shirley
Conservative Party
Convent of Santa Catalina, Arequipa
Cooper, Douglasand n
Corbett, Jimand n
Cordoba
Corfu, BC writes from
Corinth, Museum of, postcard from
Cornwalland n
Costakis, George
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast
Cotonou
Coventry
Coward, Noeland n
Crabbie, Mrs
Crapanzano, Vincentand n
Crete
BC in
Cueva del Milodon, BC writes from
Curro (peasant at Ronda)
Curtin, David
Curzon, Avriland n
Cusop
Cuthbert, Elizabeth
Cuzco
Cwm, The
BC writes from
Cyprus
Czechoslovakiasee also Prague
Dafyd Ap Gwilym
Dahomey/Republic of Benin and n
BC writes from
Daily Telegraph
Damian, Father
Danube, River
Daphni
Dart, Raymondand n
Darwin, Charles
Daulatand n
Davidson, Robynand n
Davie, Michael
letter to
Davies, David
Davis, Billand n
Davis, Peterand n
Delaunay, Sonia
Delhi
BC uses mailing address in
Delos Island, postcard from
Devonshire, Deborah, Duchess of
Didcot
Dinofelis
Dir
Divrigi
Dixit, Gouriand n
Djang
Donegal
Donnini
BC’s entry in the Rezzoris’ visitor’s book
BC writes from
Dorak hoard
Dordogne
BC writes from
Dorian Greeks
Dörpfeld, Wilhelmand n
Troy
Douala
postcard from
Drysdale, Maisieand n
Dublin
Ducas, Robertand n
Dudley, Graceand n
Duff, Johnand n
du Garde, L: The White Sheep of the Family
Duncan, Robertand n
Dundas, Sir Jamesand n
Dürer, Albrecht
Dutton, Geoffreyand n
Dutton, Ninette
letters to
Probabilitiesand n
Dutton, Tisi (Teresa Rose)and n
Dyer, Brigadier-General Reginaldand n
Eales, Adrian
Early Bird/Telstarand n
East German border
Edinburgh
BC decides to read archaeology at
BC’s years as archaeology student
BC writes from
BC does not return to
Edirne
Egypt
postcards from
El-Fadil el Mahdi (née Taylor), Gloria
El-Fadil el Mahdi, Sedigand n
El-Fadil el Mahdi, Tahir
Elliott, Johnand n
El Mahdi, Siddig
Elms, Mr (builder)and n
El Obeid, postcard from
Endernach
Enzensberger, Hans Magnusand n
Epstein, Barbara
Ernst, Max
Ernst & Whinney
Erskine, Robert
Ertegun, Ahmetand n
Esquel
Esquire magazine
Eugénie les Bains
Evening Standard
Everest, Mount
National Park
Eyre, Peterand n
Faber (publishers)
Falklands
Warand n
Fallaci, Orianaand n
Farkas, Anne
Farnham Museum
Farrington, Barbara
Fasquell, Jean-Claude
letters to
Fataar, Rickyand n