David McDowall, Esq

Career: Subaltern RA 1965-70; Br Cncl (Bombay, Baghdad & London) 1972-77, UNRWA 1977-79; writer (for adults and children)

Books and Publications: Lebanon - A Conflict of Minorities (1983), The Kurds (1985), The Palestinians (children's book, 1986), The Palestinians (1987), The Spanish Armada (1988), An Illustrated History of Britain (1989), Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond (1989), The Kurds: A Nation Denied (1992), Europe and the Arabs: Discord or Symbiosis? (1992), Britain in Close-up (1993), The Palestinians: The Road to Nationhood (1994), A Modern History of the Kurds (1995, revised edn 2000), Richmond Park: the Walker's Historical Guide (1996, revised edn (Richmond Park: the Walker's Guide) 2006), Hampstead Heath: The Walker's Guide (jtly, 1998, revised edn 2006), The Thames from Hampton to Richmond Bridge (2002), The Thames from Richmond to Putney Bridge (2005), Windsor Great Park: The Walker's Guide (2007), Bute (2010), West Surrey: Walks into History (2012)