Richard Davenport-Hines

<p>Richard Davenport-Hinesis the acclaimed biographer of W. H. Auden and the Macmillan dynasty. He is also the author of <em>Proust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris</em> and <em>The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics</em>. He is a regular contributor to the U.K. publications <em>Literary Review</em>, <em>Sunday Telegraph</em>, <em>Spectator</em>, and the <em>Times Literary Supplement</em>.</p>