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Richard Perceval Graves is the acclaimed author of more than 20 published books including biographies of T.E. Lawrence, A. E.Housman, John Cowper Powys and JCP’s brothers Theodore and Llewelyn, Richard Hughes, and his uncle Robert Graves.

He has also lectured at leading literary festivals including those at Cheltenham, Hay-on-Wye, Hull and Toronto; and some of his lectures now appear on YouTube.

He has also ghosted the life of Nicky Samuel, a socialite whose life is a perfect introduction to that exotic world of the 1960s

He is now working on a memoir of his own: not because he is himself a person of great importance, but because he hopes to show what it was like being brought up as a member of the professional classes in that far-off world of the 1940s and 1950s.

Lectures

Richard delivered his final lecture in Sneem, Co. Cork, Eire, in the late autumn of 2023. While he is no longer available for delivering lectures in person, these pages link to descriptions of the lectures he has given over the years. In addition, two of his original lectures already appear on YouTube, and in due course film versions of all the rest and upload them to YouTube, with links from the descriptions on this site.

The Great War

The Great War

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes

A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman

T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence

Powys Brothers

Powys Brothers

Testimonials

"My aim as a lecturer is not just to tell my audience about the past but to make it live again in front of their eyes."

Bibliography & Memoirs

Richard Perceval Graves is the author of more than 20 published works. Working mainly as a literary biographer, his published works include history, guides to computer programming and a guide for fellow-authors.

Lawrence of Arabia and His World

Lawrence of Arabia and His World

Lawrence of Arabia and His World

Thames & Hudson, 1976

The Brothers Powys

The Brothers Powys

The Brothers Powys

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983

Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes

Andre Deutsch, 1994

A. E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet

A. E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet

A. E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1983

Changing Perceptions: The Poets of the Great War

Changing Perceptions: The Poets of the Great War

Changing Perceptions: The Poets of the Great War

Cecil Woolf, 2005

Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic (1895-1926)

Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic (1895-1926)

Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic (1895-1926)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986