Under a Canvas Sky

Clare Peake, daughter of the celebrated writer and artist Mervyn Peake, tells the story of her parents'' romance and her own happy and bohemian childhood.

Mervyn Peake was born in China, the son of medical missionaries, and the juxtaposition of his exotic surroundings and the very English manners at home had a lasting effect on him. Reading Treasure Island until he could recite it by heart and wait...