later with Robert Ballou. The firm was not successful and went bankrupt in 1932. Marriage and family Cape was three times married and three times widowed. In 1907 he married Edith Louisa Creak, with whom he had two daughters. Edith Cape died in 1919. In 1927 Cape married Olyve Vida James, with whom he had a son and a daughter; Olyve Cape died in 1931. In 1941 he married Kathleen Mary Webb, with whom he had a son; Kathleen Cape died in 1953. Cape suffered two strokes in 1954, which impaired his speech, but he fought his way back to health. He was still running the firm when he celebrated his 80th birthday in November 1959. He died suddenly at his London flat on 10 February 1960. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Petersham. The firm after Cape From 1960, the publishing house was headed by Tom Maschler for more than three decades. As the 1960s progressed, the firm successfully courted and published authors who were representative of the age, including the Beatle John Lennon, and the former "angry young man" Kingsley Amis. Cape also signed up Len Deighton, whose series of spy novels was a gritty alternative to the far-fetched adventures of James Bond. In the 1970s, Cape published popular authors in many genres, including the novelists J. G. Ballard and Salman Rushdie, and the children's writer Roald Dahl. One of their freelance cover artists was Bill Botten. A defensive merger with Chatto and Windus was carried out in 1969; and The Bodley Head and Virago Press were added to the group. In 1987 Cape was taken over and became an imprint of Random House. , Jonathan Cape is an imprint of Vintage Publishing UK. Book series Academy Books Cape Editions Cape Paperbacks Flexibles Florin Books Life and Letters Series The New Library Novels of To-day Odyssey Library Saint Giles Library The Travellers' Guides The Travellers' Library Notes See also Graham C. Greene (managing director of Jonathan Cape from 1962 to 1990) Tom Maschler References External links Jonathan Cape on Vintage Publishing UK website Book publishing companies based in London Random House Publishing companies established in 1921 1921 establishments in England Burials at St Peter's, Petersham