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thoughts about possessions
concerns about Elizabeth
spending spree
starts to shed possessions
Ignatieff expresses concerns about behaviour
last days
death
cremation and memorial service
Religious beliefs:
and Catholicismand n
has sessions with Father John Murrayand n
BC proposes to write a chapter of faith in his book on nomads
visit to Mount Athos
changed by his experience at Mount Athos
thinks of himself as orthodox and wishes to visit Mount Athos againand n
wants to convert to Greek Orthodox faith
and possibility of becoming a lay brother
Travels and sojourns abroad:
holiday in Sweden
drives to France after passing his driving test
holiday in Italy
has opportunity to travel through his work at Sotheby's
sends postcard from Beirut
visits Sardinia
travels through Greek islands
sends postcards from France, Egypt, Italy and New York
first visit to Afghanistan
frequent trips to America for Sotheby's
plans second visit to Afghanistan
sends postcard from Pakistan
visits Sudan
returns home via Greece
in America for wedding and honeymoon
visits Russia
in Paris working on Helena Rubinstein catalogue
writes from Vienna
describes his journey through Germany
describes his experiences in Prague
in Hungary
in Turkey
tour of Soviet Union
is invited to travel to Afghanistan with Peter Levi
prepares for Afghan journey
visit to Afghanistan with Levi
visit to Mauretania
spends summer in Greece
in Turkey with Elizabeth
travels to Teheran to bring Elizabeth home
spends summer in France
in Niger
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 Today
and 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
Connoisseur
and 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
Czechoslovakia
see 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

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