Boyd Tonkin, the Literary Editor of The Independent, writes: ‘David’s creation, with his aura of a less scoundrelly Flashman or a high-Victorian Bond, leads the yarn at a fine gallop. And David sketches the relevant history fast and true…’ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/hart-of-empire-by-saul-david-2301666.html
Saul David is an historian, broadcaster and the author of several critically-acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction.
His history books include Military Blunders, The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: the Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, All The King's Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo. He has also written two bestselling novels, Zulu Hart and Hart of Empire, and edited the war diaries and letters of a Great War subaltern,Mud & Bodies. His latest work of history - 100 Days to Victory:How the Great War was Fought and Won - will be published on 12 September 2013.