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Complete draft, with related correspondence, [2004]

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MS. Sampson dep. 194
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The draft is preceded by correspondence with Robin Denniston and Peter James, who give editorial advice on the draft, 2004. The draft itself, comprises word-processed chapters with manuscript corrections. Each chapter is headed by a page of manuscript notes. The chapters are entitled:

  1. 'Connections', an introduction which is not in the published work
  2. 'Child Flashback', which became part of chapter 1
  3. 'Englishness', which became part of chapter 1
  4. 'Post-Imperial Blues' which became part of chapter 1
  5. 'Drum', which became chapter 2
  6. 'David Astor', which became chapter 3
  7. 'Who Runs The Place', which became chapter 4
  8. 'Black South Africa', which became chapter 5
  9. 'Beauty And The Beast', which became chapter 6
  10. 'Europe: Imagination And Power', which became chapter 7
  11. 'The Boss From Hell', which became chapter 8
  12. 'Nixon's America', which became chapter 9
  13. 'The Power Of Oil', which became chapter 10
  14. 'New Merchants of Death', which became chapter 11
  15. 'Saving The World?', which became chapter 12
  16. 'Breaking Moulds', which became chapter 13
  17. 'Revolutionaries and Capitalists', which became chapter 15
  18. 'Money Kings', which became chapter 14
  19. 'Mandela', which became chapter 16
  20. 'The Fire and the Rose', which became chapter 17
  21. 'Press Power', which became part of chapter 3, and includes additional reminiscences of Edward Heath
  22. additional 'Recollections of Roy Jenkins'

Dates

  • Creation: [2004]

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Sampson dep. 194

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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