Lawrence James

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

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

He has written several works of popular history about the British Empire. He has written for the Daily Mail, The Times and the Literary Review.^[3]

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
• Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, 1997
• The Illustrated Rise and Fall of the British Empire, 1999
• 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

References

External links

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