Tom Holland (author)
Tom Holland (born 1968) is a British novelist and popular historian.
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Biography [edit]
Holland was born near Oxford and brought up in the village of Broadchalke near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He obtained a double First in English and Latin at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] He has adapted Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides and Virgil for BBC Radio 4. His novels are set in the past, and generally include a supernatural/horror element. He is the author of several non-fiction books about the ancient world.
He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
In 2004, he was awarded the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content, for his book Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic.[2]
In 2011, he presented and wrote Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters, a BBC Four programme exploring the influence of fossils on mythology.[3]
In August 2012, he produced a programme for Channel 4 entitled Islam: The Untold Story.[4] Contributors included Professor Patricia Crone. The programme generated a response from British Muslims, with more than 1000 complaints received by Ofcom and Channel 4.[5][6]
A planned screening of Islam: The Untold Story before an audience of historians was cancelled, due to security concerns raised from threats received by Holland as a result of the documentary.[7][8]
Books [edit]
Series [edit]
- The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron (1995), ISBN 0-316-91227-1 (published in the U.S. as Lord of the Dead)
- Supping with Panthers (1996), ISBN 0-316-87622-4 (published in the U.S. as Slave of My Thirst)
Novels [edit]
- Attis (1995), ISBN 0-7490-0213-1
- The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron (1995), ISBN 0-7515-1361-X
- Supping with Panthers (1996), ISBN 0-316-87622-4 (published in the U.S. as Slave of My Thirst)
- Deliver Us from Evil (1997), ISBN 0-316-88248-8
- The Sleeper in the Sands (1998), ISBN 0-316-64480-3
- The Bonehunter (2001), ISBN 0-316-64819-1
Short fiction [edit]
- The Poison in the Blood (2006), ISBN 0-349-11964-3
Plays [edit]
- The Importance of Being Frank (first professional performance 1991, text published 1997), ISBN 0-9530587-1-9
Non-fiction [edit]
- Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (2003), ISBN 0-316-86130-8
- Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (2005), ISBN 0-316-72664-8
- Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom (U.S. Title: The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West) (2008), ISBN 978-0-316-73245-1
- "The Persian Way of War", essay in Lapham's Quarterly, Winter 2008.
- In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World (2012), ISBN 1-4087-0007-7
References [edit]
- ^ Georges T. Dodds (June 1999). "A Conversation With Tom Holland". The SF Site. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Hessell-Tiltman Prize". English PEN. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters". BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Islam - The Untold Story". Channel 4. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Lisa O'Carroll (September 3, 2012). "Channel 4 documentary Islam: The Untold Story receives 1,200 complaints". The Guardian. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Christopher Howse (August 29, 2012). "Islam: the Untold Story, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ John Hall (September 11, 2012). "Channel 4 cancels controversial screening of Islam: The Untold Story documentary after presenter Tom Holland is threatened". The Independent. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Channel 4 cancels screening of Islam film over security fears". The Week. September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
