To hear Saul talking about his new book, click the following link: Saul on YouTube
Updates
TX date for BBC4 Series ‘Bullets, Boots and Bandages”
Wednesday, January 18th, 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.
Penguin Shorts video
Wednesday, December 14th, 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
Penguin Shorts
Friday, November 18th, 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
El Pais profile
Tuesday, September 27th, 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.
Saul at History in the Court
Friday, September 23rd, 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.
Saul at the Hillingdon Festival of History and Literature
Thursday, September 22nd, 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
Applications close for 2011-12 MA in Military History
Thursday, September 1st, 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.
Saul speaks at Hertford Theatre
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Saul’s next talk is on the ’1st Angl0-Afghan War, 1839-1842: A Warning from History’ to the Hertford U3A at Hertford Theatre, 2.30 p.m., Monday 5 September 2011
Indie review of Hart of Empire
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Boyd Tonkin, the Literary Editor of The Independent, writes: ‘David’s creation, with his aura of a less scoundrelly Flashman or a high-Victorian Bond, leads the yarn at a fine gallop. And David sketches the relevant history fast and true…’ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/hart-of-empire-by-saul-david-2301666.html
