Duncton Found (140 page)
On another note, I changed my proofing process only in the last couple
parts
of this book. All quotes and sub-quotes should “look” OK now, where before in the books they may be a bit mixed and confusing, and just plain messy, since I only fixed them as I came across them. I’ll work on fixing these bad quotes as I find time and re-release updated versions.
Until then, enjoy the start of
The Book of Silence
trilogy, of which the first two books are released. Book 3 will be released in October, 2011.
Dead^Man, Sept, 2011
dmebooks‘@’live.ca
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Since
Duncton Wood
was first published in 1979, William Horwood has received thousands of letters from readers asking about the conception and writing of what has become a fantasy classic. He has been able to provide some answers through correspondence and at a limited number of public talks. However, now that
The Duncton Chronicles
trilogy is published, and a companion volume,
Duncton Tales,
is complete, William Horwood has felt able to record the true and full answers to these questions – and the many more that lie behind the strange, sometimes painful, sometimes inspiring story of
Duncton Wood’s
creation.
Molelovers, and anymole else, who would like more details of his work should write to William Horwood at P. O. Box 446, Oxford 0X1 2SS
Acknowledgements
My thanks to the Scottish University Press for permission to quote, and translate into mole language, passages from the graces and invocations in Alexander Carmichael’s
Carmina Gadelica
.
Readers often ask what the sources of the key spiritual and religious elements are in the
Duncton
books. Although I am no longer a Christian it will be plain that the Gospels are a prime source. Two essentially Buddhist texts have been constant companions in my study and on my travels: Chogyam Trungpa’s
Shambhala
(Shambhala Publications, 1985) and Matsuo Basho’s
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
(Trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa, Penguin, 1966). I have also found M. Scott Peck’s
The Road Less Travelled
(Rider, 1985) and
The Different Drum
(Rider, 1987) very helpful, the latter especially with
Duncton Found.
A work as long and complex as
Duncton Chronicles
makes exceptional demands on its publisher, and particularly its editors. My own have done far more than readers can ever know, or perhaps care to believe, to correct my many errors at manuscript stage regarding whatmole was with whom, when, where, and why, and other matters editorial. My warm thanks therefore to Peter Lavery, Ann Suster, Victoria Petrie-Hay, and to Pamela Norris, who between them turned
Duncton Found
from an idea into a book with such professionalism and good cheer.
Duncton Quest
and
Duncton Found
could not have been written without the love, support and help of my partner Debbie Crawshaw, and nor would the last months of writing
Duncton Found
have been so happy without the presence and pleasures of our newly born son, Joshua.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two