Fiction
'Saul David has already shown himself to be a first rate historian, now he proves to be a masterly story-teller...'
About Saul
Saul David is an historian, broadcaster and the author of several critically-acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction.
His books include The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: the Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, the novels Zulu Hart and Hart of Empire. His latest work of history - All The King's Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo - will be published by Penguin on 2 February 2012.
News & Events
Latest news and planned events from Saul.
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20.01.2012
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20.01.2012
To hear Saul talking about his new book, click the following link: Saul on YouTube
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18.01.2012
Saul’s new 3 -part BBC4 series on the history of military logistics – ‘Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War’ – will start at 9pm on Thursday 2 February 2012, and continue for two more weeks. It coincides with the publication of his new book, All the King’s Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo.
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9.01.2012
Saul’s first talk on his new book, All the King’s Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo will be a joint event with Patrick Bishop at Waterstone’s High St Kensington at 7pm on Wednesday 1 February 2012. Tickets £3 (redeemable with book purchase).
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14.12.2011
Saul opens the video for the new bite-size Penguin Shorts, talking about his ebook ‘Isandlwana’, part of the Great Battle series. Penguin Shorts
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18.11.2011
On 1 December Penguin launches its Shorts , a series of digital-only publications, and Saul is one of the nine guinea-pigs with a 10,000 word essay on Isandlwana (part of a Great Battle series), taken from his bestselling history Zulu. Price £1.99. Bargain. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-digital-short-works-series-penguin.html
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27.09.2011
Five page interview by Jacinto Anton in Spanish Sunday El Pais describes Saul as a ‘Famoso historiador militar britanico’, and adds: ‘David es un hombre de aspecto atletico, juvenil, vital y resuelto. Un tipo lo que se dice attractivo’. Click here for full text.
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23.09.2011
Come and meet Saul and a host of other great historical fiction writers, including Bernard Cornwell, C.J. Sansom, Robyn Young, Simon Scarrow, Giles Christian, Ben Kane and M.M. Scott, at History in the Court, Goldsboro Books, 7 Cecil Court, London, at 6.30pm on Thursday 29 September 2011. They’ll be signing books and raising a glass or two.
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22.09.2011
Saul’s next talk is on ‘Victoria’s Wars’ at the Hillingdon Festival of History and Literature, Uxbridge Library, London, at 7pm on Wednesday 5 October 2011. For more details, click here
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1.09.2011
Yesterday was the final day for applications to join Saul’s MA in Military History, run by the University of Buckingham in London. Once again we have a record number of applicants for both the full MA and associate options (see Academia for further details). I look forward to meeting all the new students at the first lecture on 20 September.
Broadcasting
An experienced TV and radio broadcaster.
Saul has presented and appeared in history programmes for all the major TV channels and is a regular on Radio 4. Visit the Broadcasting page for a full list of credits. His new 3 x 1 hour series for BBC4 on the history of military logistics - 'Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How Wars are Really Won' - will be shown on Thursday 2, 9 and 16 February 2012.