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Meet Richard Holmes!
Acclaimed historian Richard Holmes will be talking about his new book The World At War at the following events:
08.11.2007
County Room, Shire Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1EH - tickets available from Waterstones, Chelmsford 01245 268737
13.11.2007
Waterstones, 6-8 Grace Reynolds Walk, Camberley, GU15 3SN - 01276 65227
19.11.2007
Spirella Ballrooms, Bridge Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4ET - tickets from Davids bookshop - 01462 684631
"My abiding memory of a project which has claimed the best part of a year of my working life is of the sheer scale of The World At War and its triumphant and enduring success. I doubt if we shall even see something of this epic dimension carried off with such panache again....In a small way this series has changed the way that I personally looked at history, and in a broader sense it changed television's relationship with the past. These transcripts, lying in the dusty darkness for half my lifetime, have something fresh to say about this war which shaped the world I grew up in, and whose long shadow, even now, is only beginning to recede."
Reviews for the World at War
"The World At War was one of the greatest television series of all time. It demonstrated the potential power of history on television and inspired a generation - it certainly inspired me to make series like Nazis and Auschwitz. It is tremendously exciting that the complete interviews with the participants from The World at War are now published here for the first time. Most of the people who were interviewed for the series are now dead, but their vital history - thanks to this book - still lives" - Laurence Rees, author of Auschwitz
"Holmes has a sharp, knowing eye for anecdote and detail" - Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
"What sets Richard Holmes apart is the sheer quality of his writing and his empathy with his subjects" - Independent
THE WORLD AT WAR BOOK
Previously unpublished interviews pulled together by historian Richard Holmes
The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals.
First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long to live.
The programme's producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to tape in its creation, but only a fraction of that recorded material made it to the final cut. For more than 30 years the interviews have never been allowed to be published - until now.
Highly respected historian and bestselling author Richard Holmes has skilfully woven this valuable original material into a compelling narrative, creating a truly phenomenal oral history of the Second World War.
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