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Giles St. Aubyn

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Giles St. Aubyn


Born
The United Kingdom
Genre
Biography


St. Aubyn taught history at Eton College for 40 years. He was a nephew of Vita Sackville-West and personal friend of John Beetjeman and John Le Carré.

He was considered an eccentric and was reserved, bordering on shy, and had an understanding of human nature which made him an accomplished biographer.

In his will be bequested money for the establisment of the RLS Giles St. Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction, which is awarded to writers working on their first book to help fund their research.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 140 ratings · 24 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors
The Year of Three Kings, 1483
3.73 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions
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Queen Victoria: A Portrait
3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
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The Art of Argument
3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions
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Edward VII, Prince and King
3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions
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Souls in Torment: Victorian...
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Infamous Victorians: Palmer...
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The Royal George 1819 - 190...
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Lord Macaulay (Historical b...
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A Victorian Eminence the Li...
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A World to Win
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