Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 3 June 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

'' newspaper. He is married to Phyllida Barstow and has one son and one daughter, the journalist Alice Hart-Davis. He lives at

Owlpen Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amp ...

, in

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. He is the eldest son of the publisher

Rupert Hart-Davis Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his ''Hugh Walpole'' (1952), as an editor, f ...

and the brother of television broadcaster and author

Adam Hart-Davis Adam John Hart-Davis (born 4 July 1943) is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series '' Local Heroes'' and '' What the Romans Did for Us'', the latter spawning several spin-off ...

and Bridget, the dowager Lady Silsoe. His biography of his godfather, the adventurer and writer Peter Fleming, entitled ''Peter Fleming: A Biography'', was published in 1974.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

*''Behind the Scenes on a Newspaper'' (1964) *''Ascension: The Story of a South Atlantic Island'' (1972) *''Peter Fleming: A Biography'' (1974) *''Monarchs of the Glen: A History of Deer-Stalking in the Scottish Highlands'' (1978) *''Fighter Pilot'' (1981), co-written with Colin Strong *''Hitler's Games: The 1936 Olympics'' (1986) *''Armada'' (1988) *''Country Matters'' (1988) *''House the Berrys Built'' (1990) Concerns the history of ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...

'' from its inception to 1990. Illustrated with references and illustrations of William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (later called Lord Camrose).From a copy of book published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1990 with *''Wildings: The Secret Garden of Eileen Soper'' (1991) *''Further Country Matters'' (1992) *''When the Country Went to Town: The Countryside Marches and Rally of 1997'' (1997) *''Raoul Millais: His Life and Work'' (1998) *''Fauna Britannica: The Practical Guide to Wild & Domestic Creatures of Britain'' (2002) *''Audubon's Elephant: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of the Birds of America'' (2003) *''Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singh'' (2005) *'' Philip de Laszlo'' (2010) *''The War That Never Was: The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain's Most Secret Battle'' (2011)

Novels

*''The Megacull'' (1968) *''Gold of St. Matthew'' (1970) Published in the U.S. as ''Gold trackers'' (1970) *''Spider in the Morning'' (1972) *''The Heights of Rimring'' (1980) Republished in ''Mammoth book of spy thrillers'', ed. John Winwood (1989) *''Level Five'' (1982) *''Fire Falcon'' (1983) *''The Man-Eater of Jassapur'' (1985) *''Horses of War'' (1991) *''The Stalking Party'' (2015) (as D.P. Hart-Davis)

As editor

*''End of an era : letters and journals of Sir

Alan Lascelles Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles, (; 11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both ...

, 1887–1920'' (1986) *''In Royal Service: Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles, Vol. 2, 1920–36'' (1989) *''Eileen Soper's Book of Badgers'' (1992) *''Pavilions of Splendour: An Architectural History of Lord's'' (2004) *''King's Counsellor Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles'' (2006)

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External links

family website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart-Davis, Duff 1936 births Living people English biographers English male journalists Place of birth missing (living people) English people of Scottish descent English thriller writers British male novelists 20th-century English male writers People from Stroud District Male biographers