I . Clive James
(1939– )
an Australian television personality and writer who lives in Britain. He is best known for humorous programmes such as The Clive James Show (1996 and 1998) and Monday Night Clive (1999) in which he discusses news events with guests and introduces comedy acts, etc. He has also written novels, poetry and books about his own life.
II . Henry James
(1843–1916)
a US writer whose novels are often about Americans in Europe. They contrast the Americans’ innocent ideas with the Europeans’ understanding of the world. James settled in London in 1876 and became British in 1915. His novels include Daisy Miller (1879), Portrait of a Lady (1881), the ghost story The Turn of the Screw (1898), The Wings of a Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). Several of them have been made into films.
See also Jamesian .
III . Jesse James
(1847–82)
a US outlaw (= criminal) from the state of Missouri . With his brother Frank (1843–1915) they led the ‘James band’, robbing banks and trains between 1866 and 1879. Jesse was finally shot in the back and killed by one of his former friends who wanted to collect the reward for his death offered by the state. Frank later lived on a farm. There have been many books and films about the James brothers.
IV . Naomi James
(1949–)
an Englishwoman who became the first woman to sail alone around the world, in 1977–8. She was made a dame (2) in 1979.
V . P D James
( Phyllis Dorothy James 1920– )
an English writer, mainly of detective stories . Her main characters are the police officer Adam Dalgleish and the private detective Cordelia Gray. Many of her books have been filmed for television, including An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Devices and Desires (1989) and Original Sin (1997). She was made a life peer in 1991.