James Barr (author)

James Barr (born 1976) is a British author of a number of historical works on the Middle East. He is currently a visiting fellow at King's College London. ^[1]

Biography

Barr read modern history at Lincoln College, Oxford.

In 2006, Barr's history on Lawrence of Arabia and the British war effort in the Middle East was published by Bloomsbury. His second book, A Line in the Sand, on Anglo-French rivalry in the Middle East during the interwar period and World War II, appeared in 2011. ^[2]

He has worked for the Daily Telegraph , ^[3] and in Westminster and in London.

In October and November 2023, Barr delivered the 'A Complicated History' miniseries in conversation with Evan Davis on BBC Radio 4's PM programme on the history of the Israel Palestine conflict. ^[4]

Publications

• Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 (2006)
• A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East (2011). Paperback (2012), ISBN   978-1847394576
• Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East (2018).

Links

Source

• Author's site Archived 11 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. "Visiting Professors and Fellows: Barr, James". King's College London. Retrieved 29 January 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Seale, Patrick (26 August 2011). "A Line in the Sand". Financial Times. Financial Times . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
3. Barr, James (19 May 2005). "Lawrence's unhappy legacy still casts a shadow over the Middle East". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
4. "BBC - A Complicated History". BBC. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2025.