Lawrence James

Edwin James Lawrence ^[1] (born 26 May 1943, Bath, England), most commonly known as Lawrence James, is an English historian and writer. ^[1]

Biography

James graduated with a BA in English & History from the University of York in 1966, ^{[2] [3]} and subsequently undertook a research degree at Merton College, Oxford. ^[2] Following a career as a teacher, James became a full-time writer in 1985. ^[2]

James has written several works of popular history about the British Empire, and has contributed pieces for Daily Mail , The Times and the Literary Review . ^[4]

His wife Mary James was headmistress of St Leonards School from 1988 to 2000. ^[2]

Bibliography

• Crimea 1854–56: The War With Russia from Contemporary Photographs (1981)
• The Savage Wars : British Campaigns in Africa 1870–1920 (1985)
• Mutiny: In the British and Commonwealth Forces, 1797–1956 (1987)
• Imperial Rearguard: The Last Wars of Empire (1988)
• The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia (1990)
• The Iron Duke: A Military Biography of Wellington (1992)
• Imperial Warrior: The Life and Times of Field Marshal Viscount Allenby (1993)
• The Rise and Fall of the British Empire (1994; revised ed. 1998; illustrated ed. 1999)
• Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India (1997)
• Warrior Race: A History of the British at War (2001)
• The Middle Class (2006)
• Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence – Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present (2009)
• Churchill and Empire – A Portrait of an Imperialist (2014)
• Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa (2016)

References

1. "Lawrence James".
2. James, Lawrence (1998). The Rise and Fall of the British Empire (2nd ed.). Abacus. p. i. ISBN   0-349-10667-3.
3. "Raj – The Making and Unmaking of British India". Grapevine (Spring/Summer 1998). Alumni Office, University of York: 20.
4. "Andrew Lownie Literary Agency :: Lawrence James". Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

External links

• Profile
• "In the Realm of Peers" Ferdinand Mount, The Wall Street Journal , 31 July 2010