Tom Holland

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born

January 01, 1968

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male

place of birth

near Oxford, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, History

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An acclaimed British author. He has written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, on many subjects from vampires to history.

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 histor...more

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books by Tom Holland

avg rating: 3.94 | 1,026 ratings | 194 reviews | 26 distinct works | 9 fans

	Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland avg rating 4.08 — 392 ratings — published 2003 11 editions	my rating:
	Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland avg rating 4.04 — 140 ratings — published 2005 10 editions	my rating:
	Lord of the Dead by Tom Holland avg rating 3.61 — 100 ratings — published 1995 10 editions	my rating:
	Slave of My Thirst by Tom Holland avg rating 3.59 — 34 ratings — published 1996 5 editions	my rating:
	The Sleeper in the Sands by Tom Holland avg rating 3.62 — 21 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	The Marathon Method: The 16-Week Training Program that Prepares You to Finish a Full or Half Marathon at Your Best Time by Tom Holland avg rating 4.00 — 17 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Deliver Us From Evil by Tom Holland avg rating 3.40 — 15 ratings — published 1997 3 editions	my rating:
	Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland avg rating 4.00 — 11 ratings — published 2008 5 editions	my rating:
	The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West by Tom Holland avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	Supping With Panthers by Tom Holland avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings	my rating:

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Gilgamesh by Robert Silverberg

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Antony and Cleopatra A Novel by Colleen McCullough

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The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

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Nefertiti A Novel by Michelle Moran

5 votes, 13.2%

The History of the Ancient World From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer

3 votes, 7.9%

Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

2 votes, 5.3%

Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George

10 votes, 26.3%

The Expected One A Novel by Kathleen McGowan

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