About
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.
Testimonials
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I write to thank you once again for your talk… It was as insightful as it was imaginative and presented an ‘internal view’ of ….. not often encountered in the rather drier classroom studies. The Sixth Form was… attentive throughout… Subsequently, many have expressed their enjoyment of the talk to me..
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Your lecture was most stimulating and it was very well received – to listen to poetry being read and evaluated is…..[a] genuinine mind sharpener.
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Thank you for coming! The boys and [staff] were unanimous on the subject of their enjoyment of your lecture. It was pitched exactly right.
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Your presentation….was just brilliant. [We]…were riveted. It was a most professional and fascinating presentation.
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Many thanks indeed for your splendid lecture on ……… which was very well received by both students and staff.
"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.