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Piers Paul Read Archive
Read, Piers Paul (1941-)
1950s-2001
Manuscripts and typescripts of his novels (Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx, The Junkers, Monk Dawson, The Professor's Daughter, The Upstart, Polonaise, A Married Man, The Villa Golitsyn, The Free Frenc...
Articles and Short Pieces
Mid-Late 20th Century
Manuscripts, typescripts, carbons and proofs for PPRs journalism for The Spectator, The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, The Evening Standard and...
Juvenillia
Mid-Late 20th Century
c. 15 notebooks, many MSS and a few TSS of poetry, plays and short stories. Early essays and speeches for debates at school and university. Drawings, cards and letters. Early plays including: · The...
Correspondence
c.1957-c.1999
Detailed information about the correspondence: Family correspondence Piers Paul Read. Reads excellent letters to his parents, and the retained copies of his letters to school, university and York...
Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx (1966)
1966
1st draft MS/TS with MS revisions. 1st TS and carbon TS. 2nd TS. Amended TS with MS revisions. Final TS. 2 boxes.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974)
1974
Material relating to PPR's work on 'Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors'. Material is divided into 3 groups: Research material, notes & drafts and correspondence. Please see relevant catalogue rec...
Articles
Mid-Late 20th Century
Bavaria. TS, 13pp. TSS, 6pp and 7pp. Censoring the Internet. TS, 5pp. Charles de Gaulle. TS, 5pp. Classlessness. Carbon TS with MS revisions, 3pp. Culture, Cash and Television. TS with MS revision...