[Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Harry Sir / Lukach, Harry]. Luke, Peter / Luke, Michael.

Important typescript mentioning Cyprus, with manuscript annotations by Sir Harry Luke – the typescript is a copy of a letter which Sir Harry Luke wrote to his son Michael Luke on December 1st, 1963 from his residence in 96 Hellas Street, Kyrenia and Luke informs his son of Harrap (Publisher) urging him on to publish a revised edition of his Cyprus book. Luke writes: “The day before i left Harraps asked me if I would be willing to do a revised edition of my Cyprus book. I did not even know that the stock was down to its last few copies. I naturally said yes, and that is what i am working on now. It is involving, in fact, quite a bit of thought and work because I will have to trace the painful transition from British Crown Colony, which Cyprus was then, to Independent republic.” – Luke also reflects on the recent assassination of JFK: “The Dallas outrage is indeed a world tragedy. Not only is it the case that the world’s most valuable life of the moment has been taken; we have all lost something young, buoyant and infinitely engaging”.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, 1964. Octavo. Thirteen (13) letters and one Telegram and one photograph in total: 6 Letters from Peter Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke / 2 manuscript draft – letters from Harry Luke / 2 annotated typescripts by Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from Michael Luke to his father, Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from Lloyds Bank to Sir Harry Luke / 1 Letter from June Luke (Peter Luke’s wife) in which June refers to the tragedy Cyprus is experiencing during the intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots on “Bloody Christmas”. June Luke is feeling with Sir Harry Luke “…i hear you have been through so many rebellions and revolutions that this will seem nothing ! – But all the same it must be very depressing for you to witness such turmoil in a country that you love so well”. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

This little collection of letters also includes correspondence between Peter Luke and Sir Harry Luke while Sir Harry was living in Cyprus. Six letters of Peter Luke addressed to Sir Harry’s favourite Island (Cyprus) with much personal but also political detail: ‘The Cyprus news is sickening and one hates this …war the more because of ones affection for both, Greeks and Turks’ / Peter Luke goes on: ‘I hope Khalil is all right. His home is rather exposed I would think. Mike Carver, the new British C-in-C, Cyprus, I knew well in the Western Desert when we were both in Callum’s staff. More recently Mike quoted me at some length in his definitive book about El Alamein’ [Baron Michael Carver – El Alamein, 1962]. / In another letter Peter Luke talks about his pursuit of a Distribution Deal on the next film in New York etc. / The correspondence Sir Harry kept from Cyprus also includes a telegram by Peter Luke ‘Marrying June Tobin Tomorrow 23rd – Hope this has parental blessing – Love to all Friends Kyrenia, Peter’ and two letters whose sender we were not able to determine.

• Keywords: Bloody Christmas (Cyprus) · British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Foreign Office · British Foreign Policy · Cyprus · Cyprus Content (Autographed Letter Signed – ALS) · Cyprus Content (Manuscript Annotations) · Cyprus Content (Typed Letter Signed – TLS) · Cyprus Content / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Harry Luke – Private Materials · JFK · Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (JFK) · Peter Luke · Private – Harry Luke · Private Materials / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Sir Harry Luke · Sir Harry Luke – Personal Archive of Books and Correspondence · Sir Harry Luke Collection · Zypern
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30214AB

EUR 275.000,--