Diary of Robert Graves 1935-39 and ancillary material

Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

• • Annotation: ink correction
  • Character: regular
  • Ink: black

People Mentioned

• Laura

  Riding, Laura

  (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

• Maisie

  Sommerville, Maisie

  Head of BBC Education broadcasting department. Friend of R.G. and L.R. Arranged accomodation for them when they returned to London as exiles. W.G., eds.

• Aldridge

  Aldridge, John

  (1905-1983), painter and close friend and collaborator. WG m. to Lucie Brown 1940 eds.

• Sally

  Graves, Sally

  R.G.'s niece. Daughter of his half-brother Philip. KG

• Franco

  Franco, General

  Spanish General; led the Nationalist forces against the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War; Spanish Head of State from 1939-1969.
• Turner, Henry Watson

  Graves' dentist whose office was at 59, Wimpole Street; RG names him interchangeably: Turner-Watson, W. Turner, and Dentist eds.

• Robin

  Hale, Robin

  American poet eds; friend [and, eventually, wife] of David Reeves KG;

• Hitler

  Hitler, Adolf

  (1889-1945)

• Mussolini

  Mussolini, Benito

  (1883-1945) Fascist dictator ( "IL DUCE") of Italy from 1922-1943. eds.

• Douglas West

  West, Douglas

  reporter for the Daily Mail, husband of Kitty West eds.

Bibliography

• • Title: Trojan Ending, A [novel]
  • Author: Riding, Laura
  • PubPlace: Deyá & London
  • Publisher: Seizin & Constable
  • Date: 1937