The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale’s secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history.

David Alan Richards holds both undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University and a Master's in history from Cambridge University. His Rudyard Kipling: A Bibliography, co-published in 2010 by the British Library and Oak Knoll Press, was nominated for the bibliography prize of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Earlier works include Rudyard Kipling: The Books I Leave Behind (Yale University Press, 2007) and the co-editing of Kipling and His First Publisher (Rivendale Press, 2001). A longtime officer of the Grolier Club, Mr. Richards serves as secretary of the St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy and on the legal committee of the Yale Club of New York City.