Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes was born in London in 1945 and educated at Downside School and Churchill College, Cambridge. In 1974 his Shelley: The Pursuit won the Somerset Maugham Award and was described by Stephen Spender as 'surely the best biography of Shelley ever written'. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was awarded an OBE in 1992 and the Biographers' Club Lifetime Services to Biography Prize in 2014. He lives in London and Norwich with the novelist Rose Tremain.
Richard Holmes was born in London in 1945 and educated at Downside School and Churchill College, Cambridge. In 1974 his Shelley: The Pursuit won the Somerset Maugham Award and was described by Stephen Spender as 'surely the best biography of Shelley ever written'. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was awarded an OBE in 1992 and the Biographers' Club Lifetime Services to Biography Prize in 2014. He lives in London and Norwich with the novelist Rose Tremain. See less
Richard Holmes's Featured Books
Richard Holmes book reviews
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Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
ORDINARY VOICES IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
by Alan L, Oct 8, 2014
As expected this work is of the highest quality and provides a terrific insight into the lives of ordinary soldiers in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It gives voice to those who have previously ... Read More
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Coleridge: Darker Reflections
a great writer seen in real life
This is the second volume of two. Missing either volume would be a considerable loss, not just because grasping Coleridge's tragic yet triumphant life demands the view of its full development. but ... Read More
