Under the Sun (68 page)

thoughts about possessions

concerns about Elizabeth

spending spree

starts to shed possessions

Ignatieff expresses concerns about behaviour

last days

death

cremation and memorial service

Religious beliefs:

and Catholicismand n

has sessions with Father John Murrayand n

BC proposes to write a chapter of faith in his book on nomads

visit to Mount Athos

changed by his experience at Mount Athos

thinks of himself as orthodox and wishes to visit Mount Athos againand n

wants to convert to Greek Orthodox faith

and possibility of becoming a lay brother

Travels and sojourns abroad:

holiday in Sweden

drives to France after passing his driving test

holiday in Italy

has opportunity to travel through his work at Sotheby's

sends postcard from Beirut

visits Sardinia

travels through Greek islands

sends postcards from France, Egypt, Italy and New York

first visit to Afghanistan

frequent trips to America for Sotheby's

plans second visit to Afghanistan

sends postcard from Pakistan

visits Sudan

returns home via Greece

in America for wedding and honeymoon

visits Russia

in Paris working on Helena Rubinstein catalogue

writes from Vienna

describes his journey through Germany

describes his experiences in Prague

in Hungary

in Turkey

tour of Soviet Union

is invited to travel to Afghanistan with Peter Levi

prepares for Afghan journey

visit to Afghanistan with Levi

visit to Mauretania

spends summer in Greece

in Turkey with Elizabeth

travels to Teheran to bring Elizabeth home

spends summer in France

in Niger

visits Dahomey and Cameroun

stays in Oregon

goes to San Francisco

stays with the Rezzoris near Florence

in Spain

stays in Norway with Elizabeth

in South America

stays on Fishers Island

in Bonnieux

another visit to Spain

considers buying a house in Spain

in Benin

escapes from coup to Côte d'Ivoire

in Brazil

drives through Switzerland and Austria to Siena

stays in Siena

travels with Mrs Gandhi in India

stays in Ronda

stays in New York

spends further period in Siena

travels to New York to work with editor

visits Yaddo

stays at Yaddo

visit to St Maarten and Martinique

visits Mexico

stays with the Rezzoris near Florence again

stays in Kenya

in Australia

visits Indonesia

goes to Nepal with Elizabeth

in Greece

in South Africa

in Botswana

another visit to Australia

in France

another visit to Spain

spends two weeks in Crete

stays in Greece again

visit to Mount Athos

visits China and Hong Kong

visit to Kathmandu

in India

in Zurich

stays at Chateau de Seillans

visits Ghana

in Paris for International Ritz-Hemingway Award

various destinations in July and August 1987

in Austria

meets Gillon Aitken in New York

another stay at Chateau de Seillans

holiday off Guadaloupe

spends final weeks at Chateau de Seillans

Writings:

Articles:

on an Algerian in Marseilles (‘Fatal Journey to Marseilles – North Africans in France'), for
Sunday
Timesand n

on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (‘The Chinese Geomancer'), for a guide to Hong Kongand n

on Lorenz, for
New York Review of Books
and n

‘It's a Nomad Nomad Nomad World', for
Vogue

on Mrs Gandhi (‘On the Road with Mrs Gandhi'), for
Sunday Times

‘The Mechanics of Nomad Invasions', for
History Today
and n

on Shamdev the Wolf Boy (‘The Quest for the Wolf Children'), for
Sunday Times
and n

‘A Tower in Tuscany', for
House & Garden
and n

on the Volga (‘Great Rivers of the World: The Volga'), for
Observer
magazineand n

Review:

of Lorenz's
The Year of the Greylag Goose

Stories:

‘Milk'and n

‘Rotting Fruit'and n

‘The Seventh Day'

Works Proposed but never written:

Lydia Livingstone
(the Russian novel)

Books:

see
under book titles:
In Patagonia
;
Nomadic Alternative, The
(unpublished);
On the Black Hill
;
Patagonia Revisited
;
Songlines, The
;
Utz
;
Viceroy of Ouidah, The
;
What Am I Doing Here

Chatwin, Charles (BC's father) and n and n

letters and postcards to

Chatwin, Cicely (BC's aunt)

Chatwin (
née
Chanler), Elizabeth (BC's wife)

preface by

start of relationship with BC

BC proposes to

visits Chelsea Flower Show with BC

goes to America

engagement announced

wedding and honeymoon

house-hunting, and purchase of Holwell Farm and n

in Paris with BC for cataloguing of Helena Rubinstein collection

visits Russia with BC

and BC's feelings about Sotheby's

communicates BC's malaise to Leo Lerman

Lerman's diary entry about

on BC's decision to leave Sotheby's to study archaeology

supports BC's decision

on life in Edinburgh

oversees renovations at Holwell Farm

intends to go home for her brother's wedding

on BC's relationship with Batey

brings back silver

purchase of Benin bronze headsand n

loss of pearls in the post

and new carand n

friendship with Roger Wollcott-Behnke and n

and BC's disillusionment with archaeological studies

and BC's decision not to return to Edinburgh

joins BC in Afghanistan

on BC's work on nomad book

goes on eight-month expedition

remains in communication with BC during her absence

BC responds to SOS from

and Akbar

journey from Persia to Greece

BC nervous about her coming to France

and financial matters

flies to Boston for her sister's wedding

business idea

death of her father

in South America

and BC's desire to buy a house abroad and n

travels with BC through Switzerland and Austria

and her mother's plans for house

visit to India

breakdown in marriage relationshipand n

discusses sale of Holwell Farm with BC

travels

does not join BC in New York

purchase of new houseand n

and BC's visit to Australia

reconciliation with BC

further visits to India

and BC's visit to Mount Athos

travel plans

in Hong Kong and China

visit to Kathmandu

stays in India

and lost post

attends another sister's wedding

and Penelope Betjeman's death

and onset of BC's illness

and BC's illness in Switzerland

accompanies BC back to England

and BC's diagnosis as HIV positive

stays at Chateau de Seillans with BC

goes on Himalayan trek

The Songlines
is dedicated to

commissioned to write a guideand n

and holiday off Guadaloupe

BC's thoughts on his marriage to

BC's concerns about

writes to Kath Strehlow about BC's condition

and BC's death at Chateau de Seillans

arranges cremation and services for BC

brief references and n

Letters to:

Letters to:

 

during her engagement

in early days of marriage

during BC's period as archaeology student (1966-68)

between 1969 and 1972

between 1972 and 1974

between 1974 and 1976

between 1976 and 1980

between 1980 and 1983

between 1983 and 1985

Chatwin, Grace (BC's aunt)

Chatwin, Hugh (BC's brother)

birth

on BC's childhood,

on Brig

BC's childhood gifts toand n

schooldays

on Marlborough

on BC's description of holiday in Rome

on BC's lifestyle as Sotheby's trainee

on BC's encouragement of his parents' travels

travelsand n

on BC's interest in archaeology

car accident

letter from BC after his accident

on his mother's telepathy

operation

BC writes from Norway to

and BC's illness

BC's concerns about

on his father's appreciation of
Utz

brief references

Chatwin, Humphrey (BC's uncle)and n

Chatwin, John (BC's cousin)and n

Chatwin, Leslie (BC's grandfather)and n

Chatwin (
née
Turnell), Margharita

letters and postcards to

Chatwin, Peggy (BC's aunt)

Chatwin, Philip Boughton (BC's great-uncle) and nand n

Chaudhuri, Niradand n

Chavin

Chekhov, A.P

Chelsea Flower Show

Chesky Krumlov

Chetwode, Lord

Chilandari monasteryand n

Abbot of

Chile

BC writes from

Chiloe

China

Chitral

Cholila

Chomsky, Noamand n

Chora, BC writes from

Christie, Agatha

Christie's

Christo:
Wrapped Walk Ways
, postcard of

Chuquicamata

Churchill, Winstonand n

Churchill Hospital, Oxford

BC writes from

Church of England

Cintra

Cirencester Park

Clapp, Susannahand n

letters to

Clarke, Roger

Clemente, Francescoand n

Cliffords, the

Clun

Cobra Verde
(film based on BC's novel
The Viceroy of Ouidah
)

Coed Major

Collins (publishers)

Cologne

Communism

Confrérie Jésuite Orthodoxe à Meudon

Connoisseur
and n

Connolly, Cyriland n

Connor, Kenneth and Patricia:
The Dorak Affair
and n

Conran, Jasperand n

Conran, Shirley

Conservative Party

Convent of Santa Catalina, Arequipa

Cooper, Douglasand n

Corbett, Jimand n

Cordoba

Corfu, BC writes from

Corinth, Museum of, postcard from

Cornwalland n

Costakis, George

Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast

Cotonou

Coventry

Coward, Noeland n

Crabbie, Mrs

Crapanzano, Vincentand n

Crete

BC in

Cueva del Milodon, BC writes from

Curro (peasant at Ronda)

Curtin, David

Curzon, Avriland n

Cusop

Cuthbert, Elizabeth

Cuzco

Cwm, The

BC writes from

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia
see also
Prague

Dafyd Ap Gwilym

Dahomey/Republic of Benin and n

BC writes from

Damian, Father

Danube, River

Daphni

Dart, Raymondand n

Darwin, Charles

Daulatand n

Davidson, Robynand n

Davie, Michael

letter to

Davies, David

Davis, Billand n

Davis, Peterand n

Delaunay, Sonia

Delhi

BC uses mailing address in

Delos Island, postcard from

Devonshire, Deborah, Duchess of

Didcot

Dir

Divrigi

Dixit, Gouriand n

Djang

Donegal

Donnini

BC's entry in the Rezzoris' visitor's book

BC writes from

Dorak hoard

Dordogne

BC writes from

Dorian Greeks

Dörpfeld, Wilhelmand n

Douala

postcard from

Drysdale, Maisieand n

Dublin