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Saul David is the author of several critically-acclaimed history books, including 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, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire. He is currently working on a history of the British Army. His debut historical novel, Zulu Hart - set during the Zulu War and featuring the adventures of the soldier George Hart - was published on 5 March 2009. It has been praised by Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, was chosen as the Waterstone's New Talent in Fiction title for March 2009, and recently reached No. 4 in the Daily Telegraph hardback fiction bestsellers (see Books for reviews). An experienced broadcaster, Saul has presented and appeared in history programmes for all the major TV channels and is a regular contributor to Radio 4. On Saturday 21 February 2009 he presented 'Queen Elizabeth's Lost Guns' for BBC2's flagship history series, Timewatch. In 2007-8, Saul was Visiting Professor of Military History at the University of Hull. He is now Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham, and Programme Director for Buckingham's new London-based MA in Military History which begins in September 2009.
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