Note 3 "I have written the first volume which takes me up to the opening of the First World War. I have also written what will probably be the fifth volume* and a very long one covering the Second World War and my experiences as one of Churchill's Staff Officers on the Joint Planning Staff.** I hope to do other volumes concerning the ten years I spent as a west-end wine merchant, my first marriage etc., another upon my experiences as an author and the many famous authors that I have met. Yet another about Grove Place and my travels all over the world, but I shall not start any of these until I have finished the Roger Brook series."
Interview: 1971
*This must refer to the volume published as 'Drink and Ink'. However, this book probably ended at page 225 or 228, with the remaining pages covering the years 1944-1977 being added from fragments as it radically paraphrases Wheatley's later life.
**This surely refers to 'The Deception Planners', however, this is not a long book and was assembled and edited posthumously. Wheatley originally intended this book to be called 'Secrets of the War Cabinet'. |