It is dedicated to Juliet O'Hea
(NB
's agent) and to John Guest
.
Friends, Associates
Elizabeth Jenkins
In her day EJ
knew most of the London literary world. She met Agatha Christie
, whom she described as the most elegantly dressed elderly woman I have ever seen.
qtd. in
Jenkins, Elizabeth. The View from Downshire Hill. Michael Johnson, 2004.
148
She counted among her...
Publishing
Mary Renault
The Charioteer's focus on homosexuality caused great concern to MR
's publishers. She had not published anything for five years, and this novel was a significant departure from her earlier work. In Britain her...
Publishing
Mary Renault
With its British publication in February 1979, she moved from Allen Lane
to a publishing firm new for her, John Murray
. She valued them for having been Byron's publishers, and for being a family...
Textual Production
Stevie Smith
From hospital SS
wrote to John Guest
(her editor at her final publishers, Longman
) about the typescript of new poems including Come, Death.
Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage, 1983.
