Born in Vienna in 1936, David Pryce-Jones is the son of the well-known writer and editor of the Times Literary Supplement Alan Pryce-Jones and Therese “Poppy” Fould-Springer. He grew up in a cosmopolitan mix of industrialists, bankers, soldiers, and playboys on both sides of a family. Graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, David Pryce-Jones served as Literary Editor at the Financial Times and the Spectator, a war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and Senior Editor of National Review.