麻豆约拍

The John Murray Archive

One of the most extraordinary literary archives in the world is about to be put on show at the National Library of Scotland. The John Murray publishing house saved more than 150 thousand documents, manuscripts and letters from writers, including Walter Scott, Disraeli, Darwin and Livingstone.

1/5. Vanessa Collingridge discovers how Byron's memoirs were burned in John Murray's fireplace, and how this priceless collection of literary papers was found in an old linen press.