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Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

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

People Mentioned

• Jenny

  Nicholson, Jenny

  Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.

• A.G. (A.E.S.G)

  Graves, Amy

  Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

• Sally

  Graves, Sally

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

• Liddell Hart

  Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil

  War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds.

• Aldridge

  Aldridge, John

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

• Lucie

  Brown, Lucie

  Married artist John Aldridge. eds.

• Ward

  Hutchinson, Ward

  Photographer. Contibuted to"Epilogue." W.G. R.G. often refers to "the Hutchinsons" (Ward & Dorothy) as a couple especially when they were staying on the island. eds.

• David

  Graves, David

  R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.

• Desmond Flower

  Flower, Desmond

  associated with Cassell publishers KG

• Dr. Barber

  Barber, Dr.

  RG and family's doctor; treated Jenny Nicholson in 1937 eds.

• Nancy

  Nicholson, Nancy

  (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

• L. Trace

  Trace, L. Dr.

  Dentist who operated on RG 1937 eds.

• Pinker

  Pinker

  R.G. & L.R.'s agent in London. W.G. They later changed to A.S. Watt. eds.

• David Garnett

  Garnett, David

  (1892-1981) author and bookseller & part of the Bloomsbury group; authored an edition of T.E. Lawrence's Letters in 1938 eds.

• Ros

  Cooper, Rosaleen Dr.

  Dr. Rosaleen Cooper, R.G.'s sister. W.G.; husband Jim, sons Dan, Roger & Paul RPG.

• Eliot

  Eliot

  L.R. & R.G.'s solicitor in London. WG

• Faber

  Faber, Geoffrey

  founder of Faber & Faber eds.

• Ann Walker

  Walker, Ann

  LR's connection with the New York Times eds.

• Brooke

  Brooke, H.

  Islip schoolmaster eds.

• Evans

  Evans, C.S.

  director of Heinemann's KG

• Evans

  Evans, Lieutenant Commander

  of the British destroyer, HMS Grenville; admired RG's work eds.

• A.B.

  Arthurby

  Barker, Arthur

  Owner and director of Arthur Barker Ltd., the English publisher of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Arthurby was L.R.'s nickname for him.

Organizations Mentioned

• A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.

  Watt, A.S.

  RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG

• Harrison Smith and Robert Haas

  R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds.

• Jonathan Cape Ltd.

  Jonathan Cape

  London publisher of Lawrence and the Arabs, Good-Bye to All That, No Decency Left, etc. eds.

• Arthur Barker Ltd.

  Barker, Arthur

  The English publisher of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. WG

• Westminster Bank

• 20th Century Fox

  20th Century Fox

  Film production company eds.

• HMS Grenville

  HMS Grenville

  British destroyer upon which LR, RG, KG, and AH escaped Majorca eds. see Diary August 3, 1936

• Editors

  Editors of the Graves Diary Project.

Bibliography

• • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
  • Author: Graves, Robert
  • PubPlace: London
  • Publisher: Cassell
  • Idno: A47
  • Date: 1937-07-21
• • Title: Library Review
  • PubPlace: Glasgow
• • Title: New York Times
  • PubPlace: New York