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(b.Holland was born near Oxford and brought up in the village of Broadchalke near Salisbury, England. He obtained a double first in English and Latin at Queens' College, Cambridge, and afterwards studied shortly for a PhD at Oxford, taking Lord Byron as his subject, before interrupting the post graduate studies and moving to London. He has adapted Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides and Virgil for BBC Radio 4. His novels, including Attis and Deliver Us From Evil, mostly have a supernatural and horror element as well as being set in the past. He is also the author of three highly praised works of history, Rubicon, Persian Fire and Millennium. He is on the committee of the Society of Authors and the Classical Association.
Genres: Horror
Series
Lord Byron
1. The Vampyre (1995)
aka Lord of the Dead
2. Supping with Panthers (1996)
aka Slave of My Thirst / The Libertine
1. The Vampyre (1995)
aka Lord of the Dead
2. Supping with Panthers (1996)
aka Slave of My Thirst / The Libertine
Novels
Attis (1995)
Deliver Us from Evil (1997)
The Sleeper in the Sands (1998)
The Bonehunter (2001)
Fright Night: Resurection (2018)
The Notch (2020)
Deliver Us from Evil (1997)
The Sleeper in the Sands (1998)
The Bonehunter (2001)
Fright Night: Resurection (2018)
The Notch (2020)
Series contributed to
Non fiction
Rubicon (2003)
Persian Fire (2005)
Millennium (2008)
The Forge of Christendom (2009)
Romans: The Divine Marriage (2011)
The Library Book (2012) (with Alan Bennett, Ann Cleeves, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Val McDermid, Lucy Mangan, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver and Hardeep Kohli Singh)
In The Shadow of the Sword (2012)
Dynasty (2015)
Athelstan (2016)
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2016)
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (2019)
Persian Fire (2005)
Millennium (2008)
The Forge of Christendom (2009)
Romans: The Divine Marriage (2011)
The Library Book (2012) (with Alan Bennett, Ann Cleeves, Seth Godin, Susan Hill, Val McDermid, Lucy Mangan, China Miéville, Caitlin Moran, Kate Mosse, Julie Myerson, Bali Rai, Lionel Shriver and Hardeep Kohli Singh)
In The Shadow of the Sword (2012)
Dynasty (2015)
Athelstan (2016)
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2016)
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (2019)
Tom Holland recommends
By Blood Divided (2017)
(Mistra Chronicles / Rise of Empires Chronicles, book 4)
James Heneage
"A stirring tale of the struggle for Byzantium, Heneage brings to life both the tragedy and the heroism."
Winchelsea (2022)
Alex Preston
"Imagine Daphne du Maurier crossed with Quentin Tarantino, and you will have some idea of just what a thrilling, bloody and heady ride this novel is."
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