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OverviewDan Davin was a man of paradoxes: a New Zealander who lived most of his life in Oxford; a man of action who fought in the front line during the Second World War, and made his reputation as a publisher and novelist; a devoted family man who nevertheless led a passionate personal life outside his marriage Born into an Irish Catholic working-class family in the New Zealand province of Southland, Davin prospered through his intellectual prowess, eventually winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1935. At the outbreak of war he joined the army and served with the New Zealand Division in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. The future official historian of the Crete campaign, he served in army intelligence before settling in London and then Oxford, where he began publishing his novels and formed friendships with fellow writers including Dylan Thomas and Julian Maclaren-Ross. Rising to a position as Academic Publisher at Oxford University Press, he was instrumental in the publication of major scholarly works and became the friend and confidant of Louis MacNeice, Joyce Cary, A. J. P. Taylor and many others. His often turbulent private life, in contrast to the domestic stabi Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith OvendenPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.790kg ISBN: 9780192123350ISBN 10: 0192123351 Pages: 491 Publication Date: 04 April 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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