Richard Davenport-Hines

24 books

Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King by Richard Davenport-Hines

Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King

Penguin Monarchs

Richard Davenport-Hines

139 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Enemies Within: Communists, Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain by Richard Davenport-Hines

Enemies Within: Communists, Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain

Richard Davenport-Hines

642 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines

An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo

Richard Davenport-Hines

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Ettie: The Life and Loves of an Edwardian Hostess by Richard Davenport-Hines

Ettie: The Life and Loves of an Edwardian Hostess

Richard Davenport-Hines

350 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative slow-paced
Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin by Richard Davenport-Hines

Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin

Richard Davenport-Hines

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history horror dark slow-paced
Letters from Oxford: Hugh Trevor-Roper to Bernard Berenson by Hugh Trevor-Roper, Richard Davenport-Hines

Letters from Oxford: Hugh Trevor-Roper to Bernard Berenson

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Richard Davenport-Hines

368 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
A Night at the Majestic by Richard Davenport-Hines

A Night at the Majestic

Richard Davenport-Hines

358 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional fast-paced
Proust at the Majestic by Richard Davenport-Hines

Proust at the Majestic

Richard Davenport-Hines

400 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics by Richard Davenport-Hines

The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics

Richard Davenport-Hines

592 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew by Richard Davenport-Hines

Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew

Richard Davenport-Hines

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history informative sad medium-paced