Newspaper editor and Chairman of the Friends of the national Libraries, Geordie Grieg holds one of Charlotte Bronte's 'little books, which forms part of the Honresfield Library collection, on display at Sotheby's in London, after the collection of manuscripts and printed books were saved for the nation following fundraising of over £15 million by Friends of the National Libraries (FNL). Picture date: Thursday December 16, 2021. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
Manuscripts in the hands of sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, including seven of Charlotte Bronte's famous 'little books', a manuscript collection of poems by Anne Bronte, some 25 letters by Charlotte Bronte and a small autograph manuscript diary note shared by Emily and Anne Bronte, which form part of the Honresfield Library collection, on display at Sotheby's in London, after the collection of manuscripts and printed books were saved for the nation following fundraising of over £15 million by Friends of the National Libraries (FNL). Picture date: Thursday December 16, 2021. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
A selection of Charlotte Bronte's famous 'little books', which form part of Honresfield Library collection, on display at Sotheby's in London, after the collection of manuscripts and printed books were saved for the nation following fundraising of over £15 million by Friends of the National Libraries (FNL). The sale of the library was announced in 2021 and FNL were able to purchase the entire collection outright on behalf of appropriate recipient libraries within the UK. Picture date: Thursday December 16, 2021. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
(left to right) Newspaper editor and Chairman of the Friends of the National Libraries (FNL), Geordie Grieg, Professor Kathryn Sutherland, Unversity of Oxford, and Charles Sebag-Montefiore, Treasurer FNL, look at books and manuscripts which form part of Honresfield Library collection, on display at Sotheby's in London, after the collection was saved for the nation following fundraising of over £15 million by FNL. The sale of the library was announced in 2021 and FNL were able to purchase the entire collection outright on behalf of appropriate recipient libraries within the UK. Picture date: Thursday December 16, 2021. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
