| Description | Hesketh Pearson, 1926-1927, 1968-1970:
Papers relating to the legal case of John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. against the author Hesketh Pearson. Pearson wrote the book The Whispering Gallery: Being Leaves from the Diary of an Ex-diplomat, 1926, alleging that it was written on behalf of a diplomat. Allen Lane was involved in the case as a junior member of the firm. Also correspondence concerning the case, 1968-1970. |