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Tom Holland
Transform historical understanding with Tom Holland, speaker, award-winning historian and broadcaster. Tom works with audiences to explore ancient civilizations and religious history, delivering acclaimed insights as co-host of The Rest is History podcast and Sunday Times History Book of the Year recipient.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster, best known as co-host of The Rest is History podcast. He has written several notable books on ancient and medieval history.
His work Rubicon, which examines the fall of Rome's Republic, won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. His book Dominion was named the Sunday Times History Book of the Year in 2019.
In addition to his writing, Tom has presented various television and radio programmes. His 2012 Channel 4 documentary Islam: The Untold Story explored early Islamic history, a topic he revisited in his 2017 documentary Isis: The Origins of Violence. He also presented Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters for BBC Four and Making History for BBC Radio 4, and he frequently contributes to In Our Time.
To book Tom for your next event, contact the PepTalk team.
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To book Tom Holland, email tom.holland@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Tom's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Tom Holland draws on his deep research into ancient and medieval history to deliver talks structured around narrative-driven historical analysis, tracing cause-and-effect across civilisations in the manner of his books such as Rubicon and Dominion.
Tom Holland speaks on ancient history, medieval history, and the cultural and religious origins of Western civilisation. He is co-host of The Rest is History podcast and author of Rubicon, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.
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