AH/2/2/7 - Lakeby (unpublished)
Reference code
AH/2/2/7
Level of description
File
Title
Lakeby (unpublished)
Date/s
1956-1958
1973-1974
1973-1974
Scope and content
Correspondence is mostly about the turning down of the script and details of why it would not be a success with readers in the US. Correspondence is with Harry Lown (agent), and publishers Rinehart & Co., Herbert Jenkins, Methuen & Co. Ltd, Michael Joseph, Allan Wingate, John Murray, The Cresset Press, and Cassell.
The 1970s correspondence is with Cassell who decline its publication; Chatto and Windus who think the plot too insubstantial; and Gerald Pollinger who also decline.
The 1970s correspondence is with Cassell who decline its publication; Chatto and Windus who think the plot too insubstantial; and Gerald Pollinger who also decline.