Valerie Eliot husband's work "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". This became the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats". With her portion of the proceeds Valerie Eliot established "Old Possum's Practical Trust" – a literary registered charity – and funded the T. S. Eliot Prize. In late 2009, the second volume of Eliot's letters was published. The third volume, edited by Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden, followed in July 2012. She donated the £15,000 annual prize money for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Valerie Eliot died on 9 November 2012 at her home in London. Valerie Eliot Esmé Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher;
Carbonel: The King of the Cats Cantrip to obtain her, at best ambivalent, help. "Carbonel" (the first book) is currently () in print in hardback in the US as part of the "New York Review" Children's Collection. The UK paperback was reprinted in August 2005 by Puffin. Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel: the King of the Cats is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh, first published by Max Parrish in 1955, and in the US by Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. It is based on an old folk tale from the British Isles "The King of the Cats" and has two sequels, "The Kingdom of Carbonel" (Puffin,