Lawrence James

Edwin James Lawrence (born 26 May 1943, at Bath, England), most commonly known as Lawrence James, is an English academic, notable for his works as a writer and historian. 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.

Education

James graduated with a BA in English & History from the University of York in 1966.

He subsequently undertook a research degree at Merton College, Oxford, and following a career as a teacher he became a full time writer in 1985.

Notable works

• "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 Oliver brothers, 1989–Present
• 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

He is also well known for his work on the Christmas tales.^{[citation needed]}

External links

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