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.
Brothers in Arms does not disappoint...he has an eye for
detail...He seemingly incorporates technical information about
tanks and anti-tank weapons so that we get a feel for how men
interacted with the technology of war...likewise, amid the numbers
that demarcate hills of military deployments, Holland takes us down
to the individual's experience.
*Times Literary Supplement*
War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary
horror. Caught in the drama of battle, we sometimes forget the good
men who died. Holland, to his credit, forces us to remember
*The Times BOOK OF THE WEEK*
Powerful and moving...James Holland's greatest strength as a
military historian is that he brings humanity to his work. Brothers
In Arms does more than just tell the story of the Sherwood
Rangers...Holland has delved into their world and brought their
characters to life.
*The Spectator*
Their [the Sherwood Rangers] story can be seen as a reflection of
the British war as a whole and Holland tells it very well, using
his trademark technique of immersive detail and a cast of
well-defined characters. If you are a fan of his style and I am,
you will find that once again it works brilliantly
*The Daily Telegraph*
An intimate and harrowing portrayal of warfare
*Radio Times*
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