Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster.
He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the
Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History
and was 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. Tom Holland is the
presenter of BBC Radio 4's "Making History" and acclaimed podcast
"The Rest is History". He has written and presented a number of TV
documentaries, for the BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from
ISIS to dinosaurs. He served two years as the Chair of the Society
of Authors and is Chair of the British Library's PLR Advisory
Committee.
Born in New Zealand, Jason Cockcroft grew up in the north of
England and studied illustration at Falmouth University. He has
illustrated numerous picture books and fiction titles for all ages,
most notably contributing the cover artwork for three of the
original UK editions of the Harry Potter series. His debut
fiction title We Were Wolves published in 2021.
"A glorious mixture - of history, fiction and thrilling legend,
with pictures to swim the Hellespont for." * Sebastian Faulks *
What a fabulous achievement! Not since Mary Renault has this kind
of history come so alive and with such juice, energy and
excitement. I just know that my twelve-year-old self would have
fallen on this like a ... like a wolf on a lamb. Breathtaking
adventure on every page, and just the kind of detail, colour and
vitality that young readers adore. As does this old reader, I have
to confess. * Stephen Fry *
The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods is a wonder, as
beautiful to look at as it is entrancing to read. Jason Cockcroft's
illustrations are jaw-dropping, and Tom Holland's prose took me
back to my own childhood introductions to these extraordinary
mythological worlds in Roger Lancelyn Green's Tales of the Greek
Heroes and Leon Garfield's and Charles Keeping's The God
Beneath the Sea. * Frank Cottrell-Boyce *
A glorious white-knuckle ride through classical history [...]
Through her account, Holland retells the key events of the wars,
including the battle of Thermopylae, and the Greek victories at
Salamis and Plataea; but young readers will be equally gripped by
the domestic vignettes, and glimpses into Spartan culture [...]
Holland's great skill is in how he interweaves myth and history,
such that the lines become ever more blurred. The combination of
his lyrical writing and Jason Cockcroft's plain, haunting
illustrations make this a book that any child is likely to remember
well into their later years. -- Emily Bearn * Daily Telegraph *
The illustrations by Jason Cockcroft deserve special mention. The
Acropolis on fire, nymphs at twilight - the artwork will easily
captivate a young reader [...] It is pitched at readers aged ten
and above, although grandparents are bound to learn things they
didn't know, as indeed will mums and dads [...] A clear contender
for one of those totemic books whose memory you carry into
adulthood. A triumph. -- Lucy Bannerman * Times *
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