James Holland (author)

James Holland
Born (1970-06-27) 27 June 1970
Subject World War II
Spouse Rachel
Relatives Tom Holland

James Holland (born 27 June 1970) is a British author and broadcaster.[1][2]

Biography

Education

Educated at Chafyn Grove School, Salisbury, and King's School, Bruton,[2] Holland has written about military history, especially the Second World War, and has presented television programmes concerning Second World War battles.[1] He studied at Durham University, graduating with a degree in History in 1992.

Career

Holland is co-founder and co-chair and programme director of the Chalke Valley History Festival,[3] usually held in late June every year. It is the largest festival dedicated entirely to history in the UK. It was first held on the cricket ground at Bowerchalke in 2011, then at Ebbesbourne Wake from 2012 until 2016, then near Church Bottom in Broad Chalke from 2017.

He is honorary secretary and a playing member of Chalke Valley Cricket Club[4] and was instrumental in organising the relocation of the cricket ground from a combined football and cricket ground at the Chalke Valley Sports Centre to a new ground[5] solely for cricket at Butt's Field, Bowerchalke. In August 2014, Holland was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.[6]

Personal life

He lives in Broad Chalke near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England with his wife Rachel and their children.[2]

Books

History

  • Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-43 (Orion 2003)[1]
  • Together We Stand: North Africa 1942-1943, Turning the Tide in the West (HarperCollins 2005)[1]
  • Heroes: The Greatest Generation and the Second World War (2007)[1]
  • Italy's Sorrow: a Year of War, 1944-1945 (2008)[1]
  • The Battle of Britain (May 2010)[1]
  • Dam Busters (May 2012)[1]
  • The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume 1 (2015)[7]
  • Burma '44: The Battle that Turned Britain's War in the East (2016)
  • The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943: The War in the West, Volume 2 (2017)
  • Holland, James (2018). Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0802128394.
  • Holland, James (1 June 2017). The Battle of Britain. illus. Keith Burns. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8629-6.
  • Holland, James (22 March 2018). Blitzkrieg. illus. Keith Burns. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8630-2.
  • Holland, James (22 March 2018). The Battle of the Atlantic. illus. Keith Burns. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8631-9.
  • Holland, James (12 July 2018). The Desert War. illus. Keith Burns. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8650-0.

Novels

  • The Burning Blue (William Heinemann 2004)[1]
  • A Pair of Silver Wings (March 2006)[1]
  • The Odin Mission (Bantam Press, May 2008)[1]
  • Darkest Hour (June 2009)[1]
  • Blood of Honour (2010)[1]
  • Hellfire (2011)[1]
  • Devil's Pact (July 2013)[1]
  • Duty Calls: Dunkirk (Puffin 2011)[1]
  • Duty Calls: Battle of Britain (Puffin 2012)[1]

Broadcasts

  • The end of the war in Europe, Victory in Europe (UKTV History May 2005) [1]
  • Battle of Britain: The Real Story (BBC 2 film September 2010 made by Maya Vision International, owned by historian Michael Wood)[1]
  • Dam Busters (Maya Vision International for BBC2 8 November 2011) [8]
  • Battle for Malta (BBC2 7 January 2013) [9]
  • Cold War, Hot Jets (BBC2 8 November 2013)
  • Normandy '44: The Battle Beyond D-Day (BBC2 6 June 2014)
  • Nazi Megastructures (National Geographic 2013 - 2016)
  • Hunting Hitler (History 2016-2018)[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "About James". griffonmerlin.com.
  2. 1 2 3 James Holland, Heroes: The Greatest Generation and the Second World War (2010), p. 4: "...born 27 June 1970, educated Chafyn Grove School, Salisbury; King's School, Bruton..."
  3. ↑ "Chalke Valley History Festival". cvhf.org.uk.
  4. ↑ Chalke Valley Cricket Club website Archived 31 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ New Cricket Ground website Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "James Holland: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941 - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
  8. ↑ "Broad Chalke local people 2". broadchalke.info.
  9. ↑ "Broad Chalke local people 2". broadchalke.info.
  10. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4351479/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4
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