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Thomas Holland (born 1968) is a British writer and historian, who has published several popular works on classical and medieval history as well as creating two documentaries. ==Biography== Holland was born near Oxford and brought up in the village of Broadchalke near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He was educated at Chafyn Grove School, Canford School, and Queens' College, Cambridge,〔'HOLLAND, Thomas (born 5 January 1968)' in ''Who's Who 2013''〕 where he obtained a double First in English and Latin. He has adapted Herodotus, Homer, Thucydides and Virgil for BBC Radio 4. His novels are set in the past, and generally include a supernatural/horror element. He is the author of several non-fiction books about the ancient world. In 2004, he was awarded the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content, for his book ''Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/hessell-tiltman-prize/ )〕 In 2005, James Buchan reviewed ''Persian Fire'' positively for ''The Guardian'',〔(theguardian.com: "Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West" ), 10 Sep 2005〕 while Paul Cartledge, a professor of Greek history at Cambridge University recommended it for ''The Independent'' thus: "If Persian Fire does not win the Samuel Johnson Prize, there is no justice in this world."〔(independent.co.uk: "Persian Fire: The first world empire and the battle for the west, by Tom Holland " ), 2 Sep 2005〕 Writing in the ''Sunday Telegraph'', historian Dominic Sandbrook reported it as "riveting" and praised the "enormous strengths" of the author.〔(telegraph.co.uk: "A civilising influence - Dominic Sandbrook reviews Persian Fire by Tom Holland." ), 18 Sep 2015〕 In February 2011, he presented and wrote ''Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters'', a BBC Four programme exploring the influence of fossils on mythology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014lsgb )〕 In August 2012, he produced a documentary for Channel 4 entitled ''Islam: The Untold Story'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/islam-the-untold-story )〕 which provoked what Holland described as "a firestorm of death threats" against him. Contributors included Professor Patricia Crone. The programme generated a strongly negative response from some British Muslims, with more than 1,000 complaints received by Ofcom and Channel 4. A planned screening of ''Islam: The Untold Story'' before an audience of historians was cancelled, due to security concerns raised from threats received by Holland as a result of the documentary. In August 2014, Holland was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''The Guardian'' opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In March 2015, Holland published a piece entitled "We must not deny the religious roots of Islamic State" in the ''New Statesman''. It argued that the jihadis of ISIS call themselves Islamic and people like Mehdi Hasan ought not to deny it, as he had in the previous week's issue. Holland wrote that "It is not merely coincidence that ISIS currently boasts a caliph, imposes quranically mandated taxes, topples idols, chops the hands off thieves, stones adulterers, executes homosexuals and carries a flag that bears the Muslim declaration of faith."〔(newstatesman.com: "Tom Holland: We must not deny the religious roots of Islamic State" ), 17 Mar 2015〕 In May 2015, Holland gave the inaugural Christopher Hitchens Lecture at the Hay Festival, in which he addressed the subject of '(De-Radicalising Muhammad )'. In an interview he gave to ''(Quadrapheme )'' the following month he explained that he wanted the lecture to promote discussion of the way Muhammad's life is interpreted, arguing that his "mythos lies at the core of what is pernicious in the goings-on of Islamic State and other radicals". In the same interview he provided an insight into his own views, asserting that "Liberalism is essentially Christianity-lite, and you can include atheism and secularism in that bracket too—these are basically Christian heresies. The ethics involved are really New Testament ones." and adding later, when asked about resistance to his views on Islam, that "when I write about Islam my anxiety, and the reason I always pull my punches, isn’t that I’m afraid I’ll be killed, it’s that I’m afraid to be drummed out of the liberal club." In July 2015, Holland appeared on the current affairs television programme ''This Week'' arguing why he thought it was incorrect of David Cameron to say that Islamic State are not Islamic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U9ml6RZO70&feature=youtu.be )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Holland (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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