Most English Jesuit historians have restricted their research to the years of early recusancy, or non-compliance with the religion of state, starting in the late 16th century and continuing to the reign of King James I. Holt chose the comparatively neglected 18th century, about which he wrote with great sympathy and understanding. Specialising in the period leading up to the suppression of the order in 1773, he gave particular attention to what happened to individuals – how they fared, how some returned and why others did not.

He wrote two books. William Strickland and the Suppressed Jesuits (1988) was about the administrator who minded their finances until the province was restored in 1803. The English Jesuits in the Age of Reason (1993) covered the way they worked in later penal times.

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