Richard Perceval Graves

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Richard Perceval Graves was born in Brighton on  21 December 1945. 

He was educated at Copthorne School (1954-1959), Charterhouse)(1959-1964) and St. John's College Oxford (1964-1968) where he read Modern History before reading for a Diploma in Education.

He then went into teaching, and taught at Arnold Lodge Preparatory School (1968); Harrow School (1969); Holme Grange School (1969-1971); and Ellesmere College (1971-1973).

In the summer of 1973 he became a full-time author - apart from occasional supply teaching, notably for Shropshire County Council (1991-1993).   

His publications are as follows:

 

1.   Lawrence of Arabia and his World. (Thames & Hudson 1976); (Charles Scribner's Sons 1976); tr. into Swedish (Wiken 1984) and Spanish (Salvat 1984). 

2.   A.E.Housman: The Scholar-Poet. (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979; Charles Scribner's Sons 1980; Oxford University Press paperback 1981)

3.  The Brothers Powys (Routledge and Kegan Paul 1983; Charles Scribner's Sons 1983; Oxford University Press paperback 1984)

4. [with David Graves]  A Beginner's Guide to the BBC Micro (Kingfisher Books 1984)

5. [with David Graves]  A Beginner's Guide to the ZX Spectrum (Kingfisher Books 1984).

6. [with David Graves]  A Beginner's Guide to the Acorn Electron (Kingfisher Books 1984)

7. [with Philip Graves]  A Beginner's Guide to the Commodore 64 (Kingfisher Books 1985)

8. [with Andrew Thomson] The Family Computer Book [Century 1985]

9. Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic (1895-1940) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986; Viking Penguin 1986; Papermac 1987; Penguin paperback in the USA and Canada 1990; Weidenfeld & Nicolson paperback 1995)

10.How To get Published (Severn Publications 1988)

11. Robert Graves: the Years with Laura (1926-1940) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1990; Viking Penguin 1990; Papermac 1991; Penguin paperback in the USA and Canada 1992; also translated into Spanish.

12.The Story of Shrewsbury (Hardwick House 1993)

13.[substantially rewrote] H.Montgomery Hyde,Walter Monckton (Sinclair Stevenson 1991)

14. Richard Hughes ( Andre Deutsch 1994)

15. Robert Graves and the White Goddess (1940-1985) (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1995); (Phoenix Giant paperback 1998).

16. [ed. with a biographical essay and annotations] the original 1929 edition of Good-bye to All That by Robert Graves (Berghahn 1995)

17. [major contributor to] The Castrol Story (Bloomsbury 1998, but not for general circulation.)

18. Achievements (Bloomsbury, 1998). [a related history of achievements by land, air, sea and space from 1899-1999]

19. [redrafted] Bob Freeman, Half a Millionaire (A.J. Manson Ltd. Shrewsbury SY4 4SD, 1999)

Since the autumn of 2000 Graves has been a Partner in Grave Web Services, a Website design company based in Bristol.