Duff Hart-Davis
Peter Duff Hart-Davis, generally known as Duff Hart-Davis was a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who wrote for The Independent. He was married to Phyllida Barstow and had one son and one daughter, the journalist Alice Hart-Davis. He lived at Owlpen, in Gloucestershire.
Life and career
Hart-Davis was born on 3 June 1936, as the eldest son of the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, the nephew of the socialite Deirdre Hart-Davis, and the brother of television broadcaster and author Adam Hart-Davis 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. Hart-Davis died on 10 July 2025, at the age of 89.Non-fiction
- Behind the Scenes on a Newspaper
- Ascension: The Story of a South Atlantic Island
- Peter Fleming: A Biography
- Monarchs of the Glen: A History of Deer-Stalking in the Scottish Highlands
- Fighter Pilot, co-written with Colin Strong
- Hitler's Games: The 1936 Olympics
- Armada
- Country Matters
- House the Berrys Built Concerns the history of The Daily Telegraph from its inception to 1990. Illustrated with references and illustrations of William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose.
- Wildings: The Secret Garden of Eileen Soper
- Further Country Matters
- When the Country Went to Town: The Countryside Marches and Rally of 1997
- Raoul Millais: His Life and Work
- Fauna Britannica: The Practical Guide to Wild & Domestic Creatures of Britain
- Audubon's Elephant: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of the Birds of America
- Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singh
- Philip de László: His Life and Art
- The War That Never Was: The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain's Most Secret Battle Among The Deer, In the Woods and on the Hill, A Stalker Looks Back Man of War: Officer, Adventurer, Agent Biography of Commander Alan Hillgarth
Novels
- The Megacull
- Gold of St. Matthew Published in the U.S. as Gold trackers
- Spider in the Morning
- The Heights of Rimring Republished in Mammoth book of spy thrillers, ed. John Winwood
- Level Five
- Fire Falcon
- The Man-Eater of Jassapur
- Horses of War
- ''The Stalking Party''
As editor
- End of an era : letters and journals of Sir Alan Lascelles, 1887–1920
- In Royal Service: Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles, Vol. 2, 1920–36
- Eileen Soper's Book of Badgers
- Pavilions of Splendour: An Architectural History of Lord's
- ''King's Counsellor Abdication and War: the Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles''