Posted by John Lambert on February 21, 2010 at 20:51:43 user John.
On the spine of the dust jacket protecting The Picts and the Martyrs (Jonathan Cape, Revised Edition, 1984 et seq.) there is an illustration that doesn't appear in the book itself. This picture, showing a seated girl with dark hair, is fending off one of the small boats. She is accompanied by a crowd of people, including Nancy, standing on a dock. Does anyone know to which book this belongs? I have searched PM, but cannot find the original, or even the incident. The mysterious picture appears on the spine just above the ARTHUR RANSOME cartouche. Over this picture is another picture showing the hunting horns used by Colonel Jolys's fire-fighters when they were searching for the Great-Aunt. This picture has been printed upside down. Curiouser and curiouser.