Tom Holland

b. 1968

1 series 3 books in order

Tom Holland, born in 1968, is an English popular historian, biographer, and broadcaster. He wrote Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Persian Fire, his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award in 2006. He also wrote Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom, In the Shadow of the Sword, and Dynasty.

Born: 1968
Known for: History of Rome

Series by Tom Holland

History of Rome

3 books in order · 2003–2023

Rubicon

2003 · Tom Holland

Rubicon is a 2003 book by Tom Holland giving a vivid historical account of Rome's social world as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C.,…
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Dynasty

2015 · Tom Holland

"The follow-up to Rubicon picks up with the murder of Julius Caesar and vividly depicts the intrigue, murder, ambition, and treachery of Emperors…
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Pax

2023 · Tom Holland

Pax is a 2023 book by Tom Holland. It is book 3 of the series History of Rome. Catalog genres: Historical Non-Fiction, History. OpenLibrary readers…
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