David Pryce-Jones was born in Vienna in 1936 and studied modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford. His career has included spells teaching creative writing in Iowa and in California, as well as being a special correspondent for the Daily Telegraph covering international assignments such as the Middle East wars of 1967 and 1973. He has written ten novels and twelve books of nonfiction, his most recent being Fault Lines. Since 1999, he has been a senior editor of National Review.
“Vivid sketches from a master of a vanished age, set in the
brightest lights and darkest shadows of the twentieth century.”
—Peter Stothard, author of Alexandria and The Last Assassin
“This is an extraordinary work, unlike any other I can think of.
Prompted by the books in his library, with their many personal
associations, David Pryce-Jones considers a huge range of writers
he has known. They include some of the most distinguished of the
twentieth century: poets, novelists, critics, historians – plus
Hitler’s sculptor and Stalin’s daughter. Some will say that
Pryce-Jones has been a lucky man, leading a charmed life. But luck
itself does not supply the sharp eye, fine memory, delicious humour
and strong moral judgement that make this such a memorable book.”
—Noel Malcolm, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College,
University of Oxford
“In the course of his long life David Pryce-Jones has dined at many
an exotic table and lingered in many a high-powered drawing room.
Signatures is an ingenious amalgam of personal reminiscence and
literary criticism. I was gripped from beginning to end.” –D.J.
Taylor
“Students of history, book lovers and conoisseurs of literary
gossip have such a treat in store with David Pryce-Jones’s
‘Signatures’. It was bibliophilic cat-nip for me. I envy everyone
now getting to read this funny, moving, unforgettable book for the
first time.” –Douglas Murray, Bestselling author of The Strange
Death of Europe and The Madness of Crowds.
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