Deep within the vaults of a building, just off a busy roundabout in Maidstone, sit a collection of letters which, combined, would likely fetch close to £1 million were they to ever go under the auctioneer’s hammer. They are stored in a fire-proof safe within the strongrooms of the Kent History and Library Centre – better known to many simply as the Kent Archives building, a modern, eye-catching site close to Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadium. Few have ever seen them – fewer still have ever been allowed to touch them. Because they are penned by one of the most celebrated authors of all time …
