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Novels.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Invented prose narratives of considerable length and a certain complexity that deal imaginatively with human experience through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.

Found in 494 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and other works of Mary Stewart, with related papers and digital resources.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13680/1-29
Scope and Contents

The papers relate mainly to the following books by Mary Stewart:

‘Madam, Will You Talk?’ (London, 1954)

‘The Crystal Cave’ (London, 1970)

‘A Walk in Wolf Wood’ (London, 1980)

‘The Wicked Day’ (London, 1983)

‘Thornyhold’ (London, 1988)

‘Frost on the window, and other poems’ (London, 1990)

‘Stormy Petrel’ (London, 1991)

‘Rose Cottage’ (London,1997).

Dates: Circa 1954-1997.

Manuscript and typescripts of short stories and novels by Fred Urquhart (1912-1995).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26992-26997
Scope and Contents

Fred Urquhart was educated in Stranraer and Edinburgh and worked as a reader and editor for Cassell and other publishers. Much of his own literary work was in the form of short stories.

Dates: 1929-1968.

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescript of novel of Nigel Tranter, "Past Master".

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6303/1-5
Dates: Majority of material found within [Before 1965.], 1973

Manuscript novel entitled 'Knave of diamonds', apparently unpublished, by Alexander Leighton.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5726
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is written on paper watermarked 1856.

Dates: [1856, or after.]