Tom Holland (author)

Tom Holland ( born 1968 in Salisbury ) is a British writer.

He studied at the Universities of Cambridge ( Queens' College ) and Oxford, where he worked on a dissertation on Lord Byron, then the main character of his novel The vampire was. Holland's novels usually have supernatural and horror elements; they usually play in the past. Holland has also worked for the broadcasting of the BBC and written several books about historical issues in recent times.

2006 Holland received (along with Robin Lane Fox) for his non-fiction book Persian Fire Steven Runciman Award for historical narratives.

Works (selection)

Novels

  • Attis. Allison & Busby, London 1995, ISBN 0-7490-0213-1 (semi- historical novel about Catullus )
  • The vampyre. The secret history of Lord Byron. Abacus Press, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-349-12046-1 (EA vampyre under the title The. Being the true pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron. London 1995). The vampire. Novel. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-548-25347-4 (EA Dusseldorf 1996)
  • The legacy of the vampire. Novel. ECON, Dusseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-612-27201-2.
  • The message of the vampire. Novel. Econ & List, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-612-27514-3.
  • The sleeper in the desert. Novel. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-548-25549-3 (EA Munich 1999).

Non-fiction

  • Rubicon. The triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic. Little, Brown, London 2003, ISBN 0-316-86130-8. The die is cast. The Fall of the Roman Republic. List, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-548-60643-1 (EA Berlin 2004). Wolfgang Schuller: Since Caesar has just blinked. Review in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 25 May 2005.
  • Persian fire. A forgotten world empire and the battle for Europe. Rowohlt Paperback -Verlag, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-62666-1 (EA under the title Persian fire., The first world empire and the battle for the West. Stuttgart 2008 ) .. Stefan Rebenich: beacon of freedom story?. Review in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 13 October 2008.
  • Andreas Kilb: Battle Paintings without frame. Review in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 15 October 2008.
  • Millennium. The birth of Europe from the Middle Ages. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-608-94379-5. Urs Hafner: The penitent garb. Review in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 12 October 2009.
  • In the shadow of the sword. Muhammad and the origins of the Arab Empire. 3rd edition, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-94380-1. Andreas Kilb: Like heaven Muhammad came to earth. Review in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 3 October 2012.
  • Oliver M. Piecha: Only the kingdom, the religion. Review in the Jungle World of 7 November 2013.

Documentary

  • Islam: The Untold Story Channel 4 Original Air Date: August 28, 2012 ( video, 1:11:33 h)
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