Talk:Tom Holland (author)

message: This is a very old photo of him.  I saw him last night at the Bath Literature Festival and he looks much different now - anyone got a newer photo? Deb 17:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better now. --KesheR 01:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Persian Fire.jpg

message: Can somebody please add some more info on Tom's latest book (shadow of the sword). The page states it has been published already but I can't find it on Amazon. Thanks, 77.166.109.108 (talk) 20:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: latest book

message: Clearly, this television programme was very controversial, at least among the Muslim community. But is the controversy best served by a reference to the little-read Huffington Post website, when this programme was widely reviewed and commented on across elsewhere?
(I thought perhaps, given the sensitive nature of the topic, it was best to raise it here rather than wade in with an edit.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.196.47.5 (talk) 16:57, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Huffington Post, little read,is the 20th largest website of the USA? Mr. Tom says on his website that "he is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Making History. He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries, on subjects ranging from religion to dinosaurs." 2.121.164.169 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 00:40, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islam: The Untold Story 

message: The first sentence of the Career section is currently:
:"He has adapted Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides and Virgil for BBC Radio 4.[citation needed]"
This is (less the "citation needed") the exact wording of the first sentence of the first page (i of xxxii) of the prelims of the (Abacus 2004 4th print) paperback edition of his book Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (Little, Brown 2003).
The second sentence of the prelims is "Holland lives in London with his wife and two children.", which is the uncited first sentence of the Personal life section bar our substitution of "daughters" for children.
* Is this source sufficient to answer the citation request? {I would think yes.]
* As it may be based on information supplied by him to the publisher, though surely readily checkable by them, can it be treated as Reliable? [I would think yes.]
(NB: From its History, the Article was started by User:Aytakin (now Retired) on 21 December 2005‎, post-dating the book, so the text in the book cannot have been taken from the Article.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.203.118.169 (talk) 08:41, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career citation 

message: I checked the article against criteria for B-Class (suitably referenced, covers the topic, defined structure, reasonably well-written, infobox, easily understandable) and found it met them. Lilipo25 (talk) 06:02, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  B-Class Review