MS 995 01
Reference code
MS 995 01
Title
Papers of Sir John Heygate relating to Anthony Powell: Letters and postcards from Anthony Powell to Sir John Heygate
Level
File
Date
Jul 1949-Mar 1959
Extent & medium
1 file containing 33 letters and postcards
Content description
Letters and postcards from Anthony Powell to Sir John Heygate, discussing the progress of writing of his books in the Dance to the Music of Time series, and others read; including references to George Orwell’s funeral, deaths of Dorothy Varda and Constant Lambert; news of and comments on mutual friends Evelyn Waugh, Malcolm Muggeridge, Gerald Reitlinger; move of the Powell family to Somerset; comments on Eton and Balliol; award of his CBE; death of his sister-in-law Lady Julia Mount; a letter from Lady Violet Powell on death of her sister Julia; marriage of Powell's niece Antonia Fraser; his decision to leave Punch; also included in the file is a letter from Compton Mackenzie and a postcard from ‘Bill’
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