Lawrence James
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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
External links
- Profile
- "In the Realm of Peers" Ferdinand Mount, The Wall Street Journal, 31 July 2010
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