MS 433 07 04

Reference code

MS 433 07 04

Title

Papers relating to ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger

Level

Sub-series

Date

1985-1986

Extent & medium

12 boxes

Content description

These files contain the draft manuscripts and typescripts for Thesiger’s autobiography. The numerous surviving manuscripts and typescripts that exist for this work best display the painstaking attention to detail he gave to the creative process of writing about his life and travels. It took him six years to write and edit the work, which was finally published by Collins on 5 May 1987.

A number of the drafts of the manuscripts and typescripts have become jumbled and as a result it is difficult to ascertain the correct order. When first or final drafts can be established, this has been noted on the file.

Arrangement

In the absence of being able to establish the original order, the order of the manuscripts has been maintained from when they were acquired by Eton College Library.