Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic 1895-1926

One of Robert’s great strengths was always the whole-hearted way in which he threw himself into whatever he was doing; but this meant that he was sometimes a man of extremes; and his ‘all-or-nothing’ approach to friendship…

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Robert Graves: The Years with Laura 1926-1940

According to Laura’s later fictionalized account, when Geoffrey failed to return from dinner with his aunt, she and Nancy hurried to the aunt’s flat. Here the only definite news was of Geoffrey being ‘out of England -with the right woman…

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Robert Graves and the White Goddess 1940-1985

The domestic pressures on Robert Graves, already eased to some extent by Sam’s departure from Galmpton, were further reduced for five or six weeks when in August 1941 he and Beryl and William were joined at The Vale House…

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