Box CLX-A-1728
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Manuscript of "Erling the Bold" by R. M. Ballantyne
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1728
Identifier: Coll-2074
Content Description
A full-length autograph manuscript (386 leaves) of R. M. Ballantyne’s Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings, a novel of Viking life, inspired by Icelandic sagas. This is very much a working manuscript with alterations, clarifications and revisions to every aspect of the text including changes to characterisation, dialogue, narrative development and descriptive writing. From the evidence of this manuscript, this was Bannatyne’s first draft of the...
Dates:
1869