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Richard Davenport-Hines (born 1953) is a British writer, best known for his biography of the poet W. H. Auden.

An alumnus of Cambridge University, he has taught at the London School of Economics, and began writing business history. He was the 1985 winner of the Wolfson Prize for History and Biography. He now writes and reviews in a number of literary journals, he is a noted contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography, as of March 2009 he had contributed 152 biographies.

He has also written on the history of the Gothic. He is a member of the Athenaeum Club in London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society.

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Total Books: 34
Enemies Within Communists the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain
Edward VII The Cosmopolitan King
2017 - Edward VII the Cosmopolitan King [Penguin Monarchs] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780241014806
ISBN-10: 0241014808
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Universal Man The Lives of John Maynard Keynes
2015 - Universal Man the Lives of John Maynard Keynes (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780465060672
ISBN-10: 0465060676
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Money
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The Universal Man The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
An English Affair
2013 - An English Affair (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780007435852
ISBN-10: 0007435851
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Voyagers of the Titanic Passengers Sailors Shipbuilders Aristocrats and the Worlds They Came From
English Affair
2013 - English Affair (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780007435845
ISBN-10: 0007435843
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Titanic Lives
2012 - Titanic Lives (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780007321667
ISBN-10: 000732166X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Engineering & Transportation
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Voyagers of the Titanic  Passengers Sailors Shipbuilders Aristocrats and the Worlds They Came From
Titanic Lives Migrants and Millionaires Conmen and Crew
2012 - Titanic Lives Migrants and Millionaires Conmen and Crew (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780007431229
ISBN-10: 0007431228
Genre: History
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Lo spettro del ghiaccio Vite perdute sul Titanic
2012 - Lo Spettro Del Ghiaccio VIte Perdute Sul Titanic (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788806209803
ISBN-10: 8806209809
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Ettie The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough
2009 - Ettie the Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780753825952
ISBN-10: 0753825953
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A Night at the Majestic
2009 - A Night at the Majestic (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781407480817
ISBN-10: 1407480812
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Proust at the Majestic The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris
2006 - Proust at the Majestic the Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781582344713
ISBN-10: 158234471X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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The Pursuit of Oblivion
2004 - The Pursuit of Oblivion (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780753813713
ISBN-10: 0753813718
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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The Pursuit of Oblivion A Global History of Narcotics
2004 - The Pursuit of Oblivion a Global History of Narcotics (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780393325454
ISBN-10: 0393325458
Genres: History, Medicine
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La bsqueda del olvido  historia global de las drogas 15002000
2003 - La Bsqueda Del Olvido Historia Global De Las Drogas 15002000 (Other)
ISBN-13: 9788475065991
ISBN-10: 8475065996
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The Pursuit of Oblivion A Social History of Drugs
2002 - The Pursuit of Oblivion a Social History of Drugs (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781842125526
ISBN-10: 1842125524
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The Pursuit of Oblivion A Global History of Narcotics 15002000
2001 - The Pursuit of Oblivion a Global History of Narcotics 15002000 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780297643753
ISBN-10: 0297643754
Genre: Nonfiction
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Gothic Four Hundred Years of Excess Horror Evil and Ruin
2000 - Gothic Four Hundred Years of Excess Horror Evil and Ruin (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780865475908
ISBN-10: 0865475903
Genre: Arts & Photography
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Auden
1999 - Auden (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780679747857
ISBN-10: 0679747850
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The Macmillans [Charnwood Large Print Library Series] (Hardcover)