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Papers relating to book covers, including proof copies, mock-ups, artwork and publishers' promotional literature (including some related manuscript notes by publishers) produced in connection with the publication of several print runs of Here be Dragons, Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning in both the USA and the UK, together with associated photocopies accumulated by Sharon Penman, a child's drawing inspired by The Reckoning, and a letter to Sharon Penman from the editor of the 2000 UK edition of Here be Dragons concerning the images used on the cover.

Book covers, promotional leaflets and related material produced in connection with the Welsh princes trilogy.

Incomplete typescript of the first draft of 'Here be Dragons' by Sharon Penman, comprising chapters 1, 2 and 9 of Book One and fragments of other chapters, with manuscript amendments and some manuscript re-drafting by Sharon Penman.

Incomplete typescript of the first draft of 'The Reckoning' by Sharon Penman, comprising chapters 1-40, with manuscript amendments to the text by Sharon Penman and manuscript comments on each chapter by the editor.

Incomplete typescript of the first draft of 'Falls the Shadow' by Sharon Penman, comprising the Prologue and chapters 1-30 and 34-42, with manuscript amendments to the text by Sharon Penman and manuscript comments on each chapter by the editor. There is more than one typescript version of some pages.

Incomplete typescript of the second draft of 'Here be Dragons' by Sharon Penman, comprising chapters 1-33 of Book One, with manuscript notes and amendments to the text by Sharon Penman and comments on each chapter by the editor. There is more than one typescript version of some pages, and some are out of sequence.

Incomplete typescript of the second draft of 'Falls the Shadow' by Sharon Penman, comprising the Prologue and chapters 1-42, with manuscript amendments, annotations and re-drafting by her. There is more than one typescript version of some pages.

Incomplete typescript of the second draft of 'The Reckoning' by Sharon Penman, comprising chapters 1-40, with manuscript amendments to the text and re-drafting by Sharon Penman as well as manuscript notes by her relating to the structure of the book. There is more than one typescript version of some pages.

Incomplete typescript of the third draft of 'Here be Dragons' by Sharon Penman, comprising part of chapter 35 and the whole of chapters 1-34 and 36-41 of Book One and chapters 1-17 of Book Two, with manuscript amendments to the text and manuscript re-drafting by Sharon Penman. There is more than one typescript version of some pages, and in a few cases the entire text has been changed.

Complete typescript of the third draft of 'Falls the Shadow' by Sharon Penman, comprising the preliminary leaves, the Prologue, chapters 1-42 and the end leaves, with manuscript annotations and amendments by the editor relating to both text and typesetting as well as manuscript annotations, amendments and re-drafting of the text by Sharon Penman.

Incomplete typescript of the third draft of 'The Reckoning' by Sharon Penman, comprising some of the preliminary leaves and chapters 1-7, with manuscript annotations and amendments by the editor relating to both text and typesetting, as well as a few manuscript amendments by Sharon Penman.

Incomplete typescript of the fourth draft of 'Here be Dragons' by Sharon Penman, comprising part of chapter 15 and the whole of chapters 16-41 of Book One, chapters 1-17 of Book Two and some of the end leaves, with manuscript annotations and amendments by the editor relating to both text and typesetting as well as manuscript annotations and amendments to the text by Sharon Penman.

Drafts of 'Here be Dragons', 'Falls the Shadow' and 'The Reckoning'.

Typescript drafts of 'Falls the Shadow' with manuscript annotations by Sharon Penman and the editor.

Typescript drafts of 'Here be Dragons' with manuscript annotations by Sharon Penman and the editor.

Papers relating to published works by Sharon Penman other than the Welsh princes trilogy. Wales features significantly in these novels, although the focus is on England and France.

Notes made and accumulated by Sharon Penman during the writing of the Welsh princes trilogy, including historical notes as well as structural outlines of individual novels and details (both historical and imaginative) relating to her portrayal of particular characters, themes, events and places; the notes are heavily based on published editions of primary sources and secondary academic and popular publications from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries up to the 1980s.

Manuscript notes by Sharon Penman, and also a number of photocopies, taken from primary sources and academic historical works relating to the detailed historical background of 'Falls the Shadow', together with Penman's own imaginative interpretations (generally within the parameters of the historical evidence), with particular reference to individual characters, events, themes and places that appear in the novel.

Manuscript, typescript and photocopied notes on the history, society, culture and geography of Wales and the marches in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and associated aspects of English history, made and collected by Sharon Penman and relating particularly to matters relevant to Sharon Penman's Welsh princes trilogy including politics (local, national and international), governance, court officers, law and order, customs, marriage, divorce, inheritance, religion, economy, agriculture, social bonds, dynastic and familial relationships, warfare, military architecture, travel, weather, wildlife, folklore, language, proverbs, personal names, entertainment and heraldry; also included are a bibliography compiled by Sharon Penman and an empty but illustrated printed folder produced for schools by Gwynedd County Council, [1994], relating to the princes of Gwynedd.

Reviews, interviews and correspondence relating to Sharon Penman and her work, predominantly the Welsh princes trilogy.