Richard Davenport-Hines

A Night at the Majestic (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780571220083

One May in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five of the greatest artists of the 20th century sat down to supper. It would be the only time that Joyce and Proust...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:288

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A Night at the Majestic (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780571220090

One May night in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five of the greatest artists of the 20th century sat down to supper. It would be the only time that Joyce and Proust...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:400

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Auden (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780099442561

Auden's dedication as a writer was matched only by his commitment to challenging the received view of political and personal life. The definitive biography goes beyond a study of the great poet to create a vibrant and masterful commentary on Auden's work...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:416

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Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780753825952

Beautiful heiress, accomplished flirt, aristocratic hostess, tragic mother, and Edwardian icon, Ettie Desborough is a fascinating but forgotten figure. She has been celebrated in countless memoirs but this is the first biography of her...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:350

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Ettie: The Life and World of Lady Desborough (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780297851745

Born in 1867 and orphaned at three, Ettie Fane was brought up by a beloved grandmother and then two adoring, almost incestuous, bachelor uncles. At twenty she married Willy Grenfell...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:450

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Letters from Oxford (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780297850847

In 1947, 33-year-old historian Hugh Trevor-Roper and 82-year-old world-famous art critic Bernard Berenson met for the first time. Trevor-Roper promised to write to Berenson...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:376

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Proust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9781582344713

A vivid portrait of the early impact of "In Search of Lost Time"--and of the last months of Proust in a city where he had become an unlikely star.
On a May evening in 1922...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:358

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PURSUIT OF OBLIVION - A Global History of Narcotics, 1500-2000 (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9781842125526

Davenport-Hines' landmark book draws on a dazzlingly wide range of sources to show how narcotics such as opium, morphine, cannabis, heroin, cocaine...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:480

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The Pursuit of Oblivion (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780753813713

The first ever comprehensive single-volume history of narcotics and illicit stimulants....more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:432

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The Pursuit of Oblivion (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780297643753

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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics (Book)

Richard Davenport-Hines;R P T Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780393325454

Spanning five centuries and several continents in a sweeping portrait of addiction, "The Pursuit of Oblivion" traces the history of the use and abuse of narcotics...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:592

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Auden (Book)

Richard Treadwell Davenport-Hines

ISBN:9780679747857

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Format:Paperback  Pages:444

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Letters from Oxford (Book)

Richard Davenport Hines

ISBN:9780753822050

When they met in 1947, Trevor-Roper, a young historian at Christ Church Oxford, was 33. Berenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the world. Trevor-Roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until Berenson's death in 1959.Elegantly constructed...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:326

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Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew (Book)

Davenport-Hines Richard

ISBN:9780007431229

The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world?s largest and most luxurious liners. A marine Ritz, it was a 45,000-tonne hotel of thin steel plates...more details
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Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew (Book)

Davenport-Hines Richard

ISBN:9780007321643

The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world?s largest and most luxurious liners. A marine Ritz, it was a 45,000 ton hotel of thin steel plates...more details
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