Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Jemima ideas + Royal wedding, Pirandello conference, Roy. Physicians research, Bears notes’ and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 1’. Dated on inside cover 27 Sep 1980, with the contents list: ‘Your appointment is cancelled, Beauty must die, The ghost gun, Fly-by-night, Th...
Notebooks containing ideas, background material (some of these on inserted loose leaves) and preliminary drafts for stories and some of the novels by Lady Antonia Fraser, mostly featuring the television presenter and detective ‘Jemima Shore’. Most of the stories were published in various periodic...
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Killaway, Venice, Woods, Swimming’ and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 2’. Dated on inside cover 1 Feb 1984, with the contents list: ‘The girl who chose Venice, the man who walked into the woods, Swimming will be the death of you’.
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Appointment + ideas, princess, ghost machine, boots, Aunt Georgie’ and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 3’. Dates on inside cover run from 21 Jan 1981 to 26 Jan 1984, with the contents list: ‘Your appointment is cancelled, Jemima and the princess, Have a nice death, begun...
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘Handbag (story), Jemima Shore, Cry-by-night, Dead leaves, Guests have been warned (Nevis) and on the spine ‘J.S. ideas 4’. Contents on inside front cover ‘Cry-by-night, 2 January 1987, Golden chains/The handbag, 27 Dec ‘88’. Contents on inside back cover ‘Dead lea...
Notebook inscribed on the cover ‘JS 7. Ideas, stories, House poison, Susanna, Hon. Murderer, Blood-red winestains’ and on the spine ‘J.S. 7’.Contents on inside cover ‘The honourable murderer, 28 November 1984, Political death, the November plot, Jemima Shore’s first case, 26 February 1986 (The ho...