British Library

“The 15 large storage boxes containing manuscripts, notebooks and letters offer an "extraordinary insight" into the novelist, said the British Library.”

“The library will hold the archive, which has been acquired through the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, satisfying £350,000 of tax.”

“His manuscript for 1984's Empire of the Sun runs to 840 numbered pages and contains "extensive" re-workings, the British Library said.”