The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke Since I was a teenager three periods of history have obsessed me: French history from Louis XIV to the rise of Napoleon, World War 1 and the collapse of empires and the Russian revolution. I have read endless biographies, memoirs and novels....
‘A Serpent in the Garden’ is the first in Howard Linskey’s new 'William Shakespeare Mysteries' series. It is set in Shakespeare’s ‘lost years’ of 1585 to 1592. A seven-year-period when Will left Stratford with no prospects but managed to earn enough money to buy a...
Tell us about Holand Press. What are you looking for? We are a new, enterprising, enthusiastic and efficient independent publishers. We publish kindle editions as well as print on demand hardbacks and paperbacks. We set ourselves up to fill gaps in the market and give...
Although we may be the new publishers on the block,there are two questions that we are most frequently asked. What type of books are you looking for? And what type of author are you looking for? This blog aims to answer those questions. The short answer to the first...
Holand Books Click on any of the books covers below to either buy or get more information on AmazonFrom the Publisher Books matter. Readers matter. Writers matter. As such, there is always a demand for new stories and new authors. Holand Press has been founded to help...
Alec Marsh on Cut and Run Alec, another book so soon - what's going on? It’s like the rural bus network – you wait for years for one to arrive, and the two turn up at once… The truth is that Cut and Run is a story that I’ve been working on for a very long time. It was...
Pirate, The Redeemed Detective is the latest of your Inspector Lafarge novels, but we’re now in 1947 and he’s been through much. How has his character changed since The Tortured Detective which starts in 1942? He has certainly been through the wringer, emotionally...
Books of 2023 from Aspects of HistoryAlan Bardos Author of The Dardanelles ConspiracyIt’s been a great year for fiction and non-fiction, but these books are my first amongst equals. Every Spy a Traitor by Alex Gerlis follows Agent Archie, a Russian mole in MI6 across...
Review: Kate Barton’s Fast In today’s society, questionable holistic health trends, hapless weight-loss pills, and the latest Ozempic craze, have capitalised modern medicine, influenced by uninformed celebrities and social media. Nonetheless, such medicinal...
Between the Clouds and the River is Dave Mason’s latest historical fiction, with a dual timeline narrative set between 1942 and 1965. Spanning continents and decades, this book is a sweeping and moving tale of life, love, loss and everything in between. In 1942,...
