From Miss Primrose Peacock
Sir, - Elizabeth Gowing (Interview,
12 July) is totally incorrect in stating that no one in Britain
has heard of Edith Durham. Hundreds of us have, and she has a very
high profile in Albania, where In the Footsteps Tours were
organised by someone in Yorkshire.
Friends of Albania, as a subscription organisation, 1991-2010,
has now closed, although many Albanologists are still in regular
contact, some dating from the 1970s. Our very large archive,
including all Miss Durham's books, was sold to the University of
Princeton in 2011, as no British university would pur- chase
it.
PRIMROSE PEACOCK
Joint Founder of Friends of Albania
4 Crescent Rise
Truro TR1 3ER