| Admin/Biog History | Sewell had a great interest in cars and in 2004, wrote the script for a television programme about the history of Rolls Royce (related material can be found in: BS/7/7 - Television: Brian Sewell's Phantoms and Shadows: 100 years of Rolls Royce). Ten years later he wrote a book about Henry Royce, the self-taught Edwardian engineer who built the Silver Ghost, and Charles Rolls, the educated aristocrat who sold it. This was published as: Sewell, B. (2015). The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World: London: Quartet. |
| Description | Includes:
-twelve letters exchanged between Sewell, and Ken and Jean Rush, dated 13 August 2013-2 April 2015, concerning arrangements for producing the book
-copy of an email from Andrew Ball, Corporate Communications Manager, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, dated 8 October 2013, concerning Rolls-Royce's permission for the book to go ahead
-Agreement between Sewell, Ken Rush, and Quartet Books, dated 15 April 2014, summarising the terms and conditions of the proposed publication
-two copy emails exchanged between Gavin Bower, Quartet Books, and Ken Rush, dated 10 September 2014, voiding the publishing agreement
-letter to Gavin [Bower], dated 8 Mary 2015, concerning difficulties in completing the book
-Agreement between Sewell, Stefan Marjoram, and Quartet Books, dated 1 May 2015, summarising the terms and conditions of the proposed publication |