James Holland in conversation
Thursday 19th October, 7pm, The Poly Tickets: £8 and £5
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James Holland has been described by Sebastian Faulks as 'the best of a new generation of Second World War historians'.
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As an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster James has presented - and written - a large number of television programmes and has a weekly Second World War podcast, We Have of Making You Talk, with Al Murray.
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This year has seen him publish two new books in the Ladybird Expert series, a definitive history of the Second World War with illustrator Keith Burns, and this autumn's The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943.
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He'll be talking about the importance of reflecting on the past, explaining his research methods and recounting some of the extraordinary stories he's uncovered along the way.
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What they say:​
'Richly impressive, hard to surpass' William Boyd
'A notable account of an epic human experience' Max Hastings ― Sunday Times
'Great...One of the new generation of historians who bring a freshness and a proper spirit enquiry' John Sergeant
'A master of spinning narrative military history from accounts of men and women who were there.' BBC History magazine
About James Holland:
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy '44, he is also the author of nine works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.
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