National Library of Scotland ‘Show and Tell’ Visit

Overview and Issue

• Article on the Dunnett "show and tell" event at the National Library of Scotland; Centenary Celebration tour.
• WG159

Abstract

• The author shares her experience of visiting the Dunnett archives. The focal point was the arrangements of books, manuscripts, typescripts and maps on the tables with Dunnett's own paperback copies of the Lymond Chronicles. Of real interest was the preparatory notes for the novels, and the notes reveal that Dunnett made several alterations. The author includes her own transcriptions of Dunnett's notes on Sybilla and the 1st Baron Crawford, dates involved in RC, original typescript of "Opening Gambit, GofK, an early page from QP, Dunnett's plan for the family relationships in TLC and HoN.

Author

• Jill White

Dunnett Book Citations

• None

Historical People

• None

Fictional Characters

• Francis Crawford of Lymond
• Francis Crawford, first Baron Culter
• Sybilla
• [[Richard Crawford, ...]
• Phelim O'LiamRoe

Locations

• Edinburgh, Scotland

Bibliography

• None

Illustrations

• Dorothy Dunnett Archive Notes. Photo credit: Jill White

Historical Events

• None

Other Topics

• None