Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines

Writer Richard Davenport-Hines is the author of the new book "Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin" (North Point Press) which traces the history and evolution of the Gothic sensibility. Davenport-Hines is the author of five other books including "Auden" He's written for The (London) Times, The Observer, and The Independent.