In a time of paper shortages, Peake would find a second-hand book and glue paper over the pages, so that he had a book to write and draw in. The manuscript for an unfinished play, based on the Bellgrove character, is written on pages stuck into a book called The British Countryside in Pictures. Courtesy of the Mervyn Peake Estate < | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >