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)
• Imperial Warrior: The Life and Times of Field Marshal Viscount Allenby (1993)
• The Rise and Fall of the British Empire (1994, revised edition 1998, illustrated edition 1999)
• Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India (1997)
• Warrior Race: A History of the British at War (2001)
• The Iron Duke: A Military Biography of Wellington (2002)
• 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)

References

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. Alumni Office, University of York (Spring/Summer 1998): 20.
4. http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/books/james.lawrence/index.shtml

External links

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