Under the Sun (66 page)

This book could not have been completed without the assistance of Hugh Chatwin. We are enormously grateful to him for his patience, explications and insights, particularly into his brother's early years.

We would like to express our immense gratitude to the following: Nigel Acheson, Peter Adam, Gillon Aitken, Stella Astor, Margaret Bail, Murray Bail, the late Monica Barnett, Magnus Bartlett, Andrew Batey, the late Pam Bell, Sarah Bennett, Ray Boulton, Bob Brain, Peter Bratt, the late Gerald Brenan, Clarence Brown, Bill Buford, Richard Bull, Emma Bunker, Roberto Calasso, Michael Cannon, the late Gertrude Chanler, the late Charles and Margharita Chatwin, Lisa Choeygal, Susannah Clapp, the late Michael Davie, the late Ninette Dutton, Tisi Dutton, Jean-Claude Fasquelle, the late John Fleming, Belinda Foster-Melliar, Ivry Freyberg, Valerian Freyberg, Sven Gahlin, Phillippe Garner, Greg Gatenby, Graham C. Greene, Curtis Harnack, Harriet Harvey-Wood, Shirley Hazzard, the late John Hewett, the late Derek Hill, Hugh Honour, James Ivory, Bill Katz, David King, Robin Lane Fox, the late Joan Leigh Fermor, Patrick Leigh Fermor, the late Peter Levi, Lydia Livingstone, Ted Lucie-Smith, Candida Lycett Greene, Christopher MacLehose, Harry Marshall, Tom Maschler, David Mason, Candida Melly, Diana Melly, David Miller, Jonathan Miller, Keith Milow, Beatrice Monti, Desmond Morris, Anne-Marie Mykyta, George Ortiz, John Pawson, the late Edward Peregrine, John Peregrine, Lynda Pranger, Robyn Ravlich, the late Gregor Von Rezzori, Tegai Roberts, Deborah Rogers, Alison and Brendan Rosse, Hannah Rothschild, Miranda Rothschild, Salman Rushdie, Millicent Jane Saunders, Toly Sawenko, Sunil Sethi, Elisabeth Sifton, Jim Silberman, Peter Smetacek, the late Susan Sontag, Matthew Spender, Kath Strehlow, David Sulzberger, the late Stephen Tennant, Paul Theroux, David Thomas, Colin Thubron, Charles and Brenda Tomlinson, Penelope Tree, Petronella Vaarzon-Morel, Kallistos Ware, David Warrell, Charles Way, the late Cary Welch, Edith Welch, Martin Wilkinson, the late Peter Willey, J. Howard Woolmer, Andrew Wylie, Francis Wyndham, Jorge Torres Zavaleta.

We would like to thank the editors of
The London Review of Books
for permission to reproduce Chatwin's letter of 7 July 1988 (Vol.10, Issue 13).

For permission to use their own letters, diaries and unpublished manuscripts, we would like to thank Murray Bail; John Barnett and the estate of his late wife Monica; Clarence Brown; Sheila Chanler and the estate of her late husband John; Robert Erskine; Michael Ignatieff; James Ivory; John Kasmin; Candida Lycett-Greene and the estate of the late Penelope Betjeman; Desmond Morris; David Nash; the estate of the late Stuart Piggott; David Plante; David Rieff and the estate of the late Susan Sontag; Kenneth Rose; the estate of the late Stephen Tennant; the estate of the late Cary Welch.

For access to collections of Bruce Chatwin's papers and related material we would like to thank: Colin Harris and Judith Priestman at the Bodleian Library in Oxford; the Churchill Hospital in Oxford; Gemma McCallion at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland; Kate Arnold-Forster and Nancy Fulford at Reading University; the Burns Library in Boston; Lalice Hatayama of the Charles E. Young Library in Los Angeles; Elaina Richardson at Yaddo.

We would also like to thank the estate and publisher of the late W. G. Sebald for permission to quote from ‘The Mystery of the Red-Brown Skin,' in
Campo Santo
, trans. Anthea Bell (Hamish Hamilton, 2005); Nicholas Robinson, Michael Bloch and the estate and publisher of the late James Lees-Milne for permission to quote from
Diaries, 1971-83
, and
Diaries, 1984-97
(John Murray, 2008); Murray Bail for permission to quote from
Notebooks 1970-2003
(Harvill, 2006). Don Bachardy and Kate Bucknall for permission to quote from Christopher Isherwood's forthcoming diaries
Liberation: Diaries Volume 3, 1970-1983
(Faber, 2010); Kenneth Pearson & Patricia Connor for permission to quote from
The Dorak Affair
(Michael Joseph, 1967); Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deborah Devonshire for permission to quote from
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
, ed. Charlotte Mosley (John Murray, 2008); Diana di Caraci and the estate of the late Teddy Millington-Drake for permission to quote from
Shapes on the Horizon
(London, 1996); the estate and publisher of the late Leo Lerman for permission to quote from
The Grand Surprise – The Journals of Leo Lerman
, ed. Stephen Pascal (Knopf, 2007); David Mason for permission to quote from ‘On Bruce Chatwin's Ashes',
Mondo Greco
, premier issue (Spring 1999); Johnathan Gathorne-Hardy and the estate of the late Gerald Brenan for permission to quote from
The Interior Castle: A life of Gerald Brenan
(Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992); the estate and publisher of the late Frances Partridge for permission to quote from
Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-5
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001).

The quotation of Cyril Connolly is taken from
The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle
, by Palinurus (1944). The quotation of Osip Mandelstam is taken from
The Noise of Time
, trans. Clarence Brown (Quartet Books, 1988).

We have made every effort to trace copyright holders. We greatly regret any omissions, but these will be rectified in future editions.

Aachen Cathedral, postcard of

Aalto, Alvar

ABC radio

Abidjan

Abomey, BC writes from

Aborigines and

Abu'l Faz'land n

Abu Simbel

Accra, BC writes from

Acheson, Nigel

letters to

Adam, Peter

letters to

Adams, Lindaand n

Adelaide

Festival

Adler, Renataand n

Aegina

Afghanistan

BC's film idea based on episode on trip to

BC's visits to

Africa
see also
names of countries

Agades

BC writes from

Agadir

Agontimé, Queen of Dahomey

Agra

Ahmed, Akbar (‘Dumpy')and n

AIDS/HIV

Ai Khanum

Aïr Mountains

Aitken, Gillonand n

letters to

Aix

Schatzkammer

Akbar, Ghulamand n

Alaska

Albigenses

Alexander the Great

Al Fayed, Mohamed

Algeria
see also
Algiers

Alghero

Algiersand n

Alhaurin-el-Grande

Alice Springs

BC in

Allan, Ranaldand n

Alpujaras, the

Alunda, postcard from

Amanullah

Amazons

Achilleon, postcard from

America

BC sends postcards to parents from

BC makes frequent trips for Sotheby's to

BC has eye problems after working in

BC's marriage arranged to take place in

the Chatwins' wedding and honeymoon in

BC involved in exhibition arrangements in

EC visits for her sister's wedding

BC stays in Oregon

BC stays in rented house on Fishers Island

In Patagonia
published in

reviews of
In Patagonia
in

Elizabeth deals with family affairs in

BC comments on situation in

BC recommended for Yaddo fellowship

BC based at Yaddo

reviews of
On the Black Hill
in

BC plans to teach in Vassarand n

BC describes visit to

AIDS/HIV in

brief references and n

see also
names of places

American Indians

Amis, Kingsleyand n

Amis, Martin

Amritsarand n

Amsterdam, BC writes from

Anatolia

Andalusia

Anderson, Sherwood

Andes

Angelico, Fra, sale of paintings by

Ankara

BC writes from

Annacatand n

Ansari

Anti-Slavery Societyand n

Antofagasta

Apsall: St Mary Church of Grace

Apt

postcard of

Arabs

Arctic Tern pictureand n

Arequipa

Aretino

Argentina

BC writes from

Arnold, Eveand n

Artemis

Aryan myth

Aryans

Ashland

Asia House Gallery exhibition, BC involved in

Askey, Arthur

Astor, Chiquita

Athens

postcard sent from

Athos
see
Mount Athos

Atlantic Oceanand n

Atlas mountains

Attlee, Clement

Aubenas-les-Alpes

BC writes from

Aula

Aurobindo, Sriand n

Australia

BC's visits to

brief references

see also
names of places

Austria

BC writes from

Avebury

Avery, Peterand n

Avon, Clarissa, Eden, Countess ofand n

Ayer's Rock

Babel, Isaacand n

Babur, Zahir ud-Din Mohammad:
The Baburnama
and n

Bacchae

Bache, Andrew

Badakhshan

Badmintonand n

Horse Trials

Badrinath

Bagshaw, Geoffand n

Bahia Blanca

Bail, Margaretand n

letter to

Bail, Murray and n

letters to

Writings:

Ian Fairweather
and n

Bailey, Pauland n

Baja Caracolles

BC writes from

Bakhtiari nomads

Bala Hissar

Balfour, Christopher

Balkh: Nouh Gumbed

Ball, Mr (vicar)and n

Ballinger, Lennyand n

Baltit

Baluchistan

Balzac, Honoré de

Bamyan, postcard from

Bananas
and n

Banbury

Bangladesh

Bangor

Barcelona

BC writes from

Bargello, the, Florence

Bari

Bariloche

Barnes, Julian

Barnett, Dr

Barnett, Christopher

Barnett, John

Barnett, Monica and n

letters to

Barnt Greenand n

Barrágan, Luis

Bartleet, Guy

Bartlett, Mr

Bartlett, Magnus

letters to

Basawanand n

Basel Kunstmuseum, postcard from

Baslow

Basses-Alpes
see also
Oppedette

Batey, Andrewand n and n

Bavanoff-Rosimé, M.E.

Bayreuth Festival

BBCand n

Beagle Bay

Beas, River

Beatles, theand n

Beauchamp Chapel

Beaufort, Duke of

Becker, David

Beirut

BC writes from

Beja

Béké, Étterem

Belgrade

Belgrano
and n

Bell, Eileenand n

Bell, Pam

letters to

Bellucci, Marcoand n

Benares

BC writes from

Bengal

Benin, Republic of/Dahomey and n

BC writes from

Benin artworks

Bennett, Alan

Bennett, Sarah

letter to

Berlin

Berlin, Isaiah

Berlin Troy catalogue

Berlin Wall

Bermou

Bernhard, Thomasand n

Bernhard, William (Bill)and n

Bernhardt, Sarah

Betjeman, Johnand nand n

Betjeman, Penelope

EC's description of

travels with EC and other companions

BC visits

and
On the Black Hill

death

ashes scattered

BC writes to the Leigh Fermors about

brief references

Bhagavad Gitaand n

Bhimtal

BC writes from

Bhutan

king of

Birmingham

Birmingham Archaeological Society

Birr Castle

BC writes from

Black Mountains

Blake, William

Bliss Collectionand n

Blixen, Karenand n

Blue Mountains

Bodleian

Bogamils

Bole, Allen

Bolivia

Bologna, Giovanni da

Bombayand n

Bonn

Landesmuseum

Bonnieux

BC in

Booker Prize

Boona

Booz, Elizabeth

Booz, Paddyand n

Borchardt, Anneand n

Borchardt, Georgesand n

Bordeaux

Borges, Jorge Luisand nand n

Borobudur

Bororo Peuls

Bosch, M. Van den

Bosphorus

Boston

Botswana

BC writes from

Boumaza, Da'ad (Fatby; Fattles) and n

Bowlby, Anthony and Doeand n

Boyd, Alasdairand n

Boyd, Hilaryand n

Brain, Dr Charles Kimberlin (‘Bob')