Please
note that all photographs on this web-site are used with
permission of the copyright owners. I consciously don’t use
any I haven’t been expressly allowed to. Other web-site
maintainers have on occasion used
them for
their own creations. (Did you know, for example, that to
buy usage of the photo of DB sitting at his desk cost $99,
around ten years ago?) However, people have actually been
very generous in offering their permission and help for
free.
I would specifically like to thank a few people for their
help:-
To
Lecia Foston -
Joan's sister. A real
trouper. For lots of great on-going help and encouragement.
I personally have to offer a huge amount of gratitude.
To
David Brawn at
Harper-Collins who has
been instrumental in getting the Bagley pantheon back in to
print once more!
To
Captain Iwan Morelius - a
family friend. For anecdotes, absolutely superb photographs
and great insights in to DB’s social life.
To
Andrea Spain at
"In Britain" magazine for her
very kind help in tracing the 1980 article - not easy as
there has been a change of publisher since the original
went out.
To
Christian Henriksson who
helped me get to the bottom of the erroneous 'extra' novel.
For lots of great information check out Christian’s
site.
To
Ryuji Okuyama in Japan
for information about Japanese publications. Sadly the
publishers have not replied to my enquiry and so details of
their books have been kept back. Ryuji has information on a
lot of other authors on his web-site.
To
HarperCollins Publishers for
their permission to scan and use the book covers. Please
remember that Desmond Bagley books are regularly reprinted
and while nothing beats finding a bargain at a local
secondhand book shop, a nice, crisp new book is a thing of
beauty!
To
Oxford Bookworms - Please
see the section on educational titles.
To
the Department of Special Collections at Boston
University, (USA)
especially:
Mr. J C Johnson, Mr. S D Noel and Dr. H
Gotlieb
To
Ron Hulland -
Bookseller-friend to the Bagley's, who has offered much
help and many anecdotes.
To
John Templeton-Smith for his
kind indulgence and patience as I asked all kinds of Bagley
related questions.
And
not least to
Joan Bagley herself,
without whose kind help and encouragement I would have
found the job of researching back to a period over fifteen
years past, more difficult than it was. Though ill for a
long time before her untimely death, she was always willing
to talk about her husband's career, and the pride she had
in his achievements was clear to all. I was one lucky
enough to make her acquaintance. The world will be a sadder
place without her.
A
project such as this can not be done entirely alone. Those
people listed above have given of their help very freely
and unconditionally. That such people exist has cheered me
greatly. Any errors in the content of this site are my
responsibility, and mine alone.