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Saul David

1966

Saul David is a British military historian, novelist and broadcaster born in Monmouth in 1966. He studied history at the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, completing both an MA and a doctorate, and later served as Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham from 2009 to 2021. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has presented and contributed to numerous radio and television programmes while writing accessible narrative histories of warfare, empire and military leadership.

David’s nonfiction includes The Homicidal Earl, The Indian Mutiny: 1857, Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879, Victoria’s Wars, 100 Days to Victory, Operation Thunderbolt, The Force, Crucible of Hell and Devil Dogs. He has also written three late-Victorian historical adventures featuring the mixed-race soldier George Hart: Zulu Hart, Hart of Empire and The Prince and the Whitechapel Murders. These novels combine military action and imperial politics with questions of identity, class and divided loyalty, moving through the Anglo-Zulu War, British India and the Whitechapel murders.

Periods and events

Georgian Era Victorian Era World War I North African Campaign Spanish American Wars of Independence Second World War in Southeast Asia Late Victorian Empire D-Day and Normandy Campaign Korean War British Home Front during World War I World War II Indian Rebellion of 1857 Napoleonic Era Seven Years’ War

Series

Series by Saul David (1 series)

Zulu Hart in Order

by Saul David 3 books 4.3

The George Hart novels follow a fictional soldier of mixed Irish and Zulu ancestry through the wars, politics and prejudices of the late Victorian Empire. George’s uncertain relationship with the British military establishment gives him access to power while his appearance and maternal heritage repeatedly expose the racism…

Non Fiction

Non Fiction by Saul David (26 books)

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