I am a historian of the Second World War and the aim of this site is to enable others to access some of the research I have carried out over the past few years, and to encourage people to exchange ideas and views about a wide range of subjects relating to the conflict. On this site you will find an oral history archive with transcriptions of many of the interviews I have conducted with veterans of the war from many different countries, and there are also blogs, comment pieces, book reviews, suggested reading, and also contributions from other leading historians in this field.
I hope you find it interesting.

James Holland

Blog - Tuesday 3rd April 2007

Diary of Writing Italy’s Sorrow

April 3, 2007
It’s the Tuesday before Good Friday and I’ve written the last word, and printed it all off.  215,000 words, though, which comes in at a little over 500 pages.  I have a theory that books should not be more than 500 pages when they hit the shelves, but perhaps breaking that rule a little bit will be no great disaster.  To be honest, I can’t see the wood from the trees, so I certainly don’t know where anything could be cut.  Ah well, I’ll let the editor make that call. Read more…

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