It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would… — Saul David Coincidence Copy Share Image
I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about… — Saul David Copy Share Image
By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than… — Saul David British Copy Share Image
At school, there were more Davids than any other name: more than 20 of us cousins out of 40 pupils. When my… — Saul David Copy Share Image
In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had… — Saul David Battle Copy Share Image
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. — Saul David Copy Share Image
Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century. — Saul David Copy Share Image
Ever since World War I, superior force is no longer measured in terms of men or horses, but in the means to… — Saul David Destruction Copy Share Image
My forebears were fantastically wealthy Armenians who came to England from India in the 19th century and did what foreign types do… — Saul David England Copy Share Image
I passed the 11-plus, but it was decided that I should take the Common Entrance exam to Monmouth School, the nearest independent.… — Saul David Football Copy Share Image
If getting a contract was relatively straightforward, writing fiction was far harder than I could have imagined, and there were moments during… — Saul David Copy Share Image
The first Romanov ruler was just 16 when he was crowned Tsar Michael I in Moscow in 1613, thus ending the 'Time… — Saul David Death Copy Share Image
From 1801, Napoleon began an ambitious programme of civil reform to standardise law and justice, centralise education, introduce uniform weights and measures… — Saul David Alone Copy Share Image
Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of… — Saul David Fiction writers Copy Share Image
We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction… — Saul David Books Copy Share Image
Given the gruesome fate of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family, and the fact that five of the previous 12… — Saul David Copy Share Image
“Begin then made the inevitable–if inaccurate–analogy between the German-sanctioned selektzia at Entebbe and the more infamous actions of Dr Mengele at Auschwitz… — Saul David Auschwitz Copy Share Image
By Vietnam, the Jeep had given way to the helicopter, and it is hard to imagine a modern army fighting a war… — Saul David Army Copy Share Image
No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli. — Saul David Copy Share Image
If I'm at a book signing, and someone decides to take me to task, it can make for quite a sticky moment. — Saul David Book Copy Share Image
Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power. — Saul David Intention Copy Share Image
History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test… — Saul David Army Copy Share Image
Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating… — Saul David Army Copy Share Image
Winter horseshoes are equipped with little spikes that give a horse traction on snow and ice and prevent it from slipping. — Saul David Copy Share Image
The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read. — Saul David Books Copy Share Image
I was brought up with a whole bunch of cousins in the Wye Valley during the hippy days of the 1970s. — Saul David Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations,… — Saul David Grandfather Copy Share Image
Those who read the fiction assume that, because I'm also a historian, I know what I'm talking about. — Saul David Fiction Copy Share Image
In the early hours of 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive of the Second World War against weakly… — Saul David Forest Copy Share Image
By the time Napoleon abandoned his army to its fate in Poland - arriving back in Paris on 5 December - it… — Saul David Army Copy Share Image
When I was six or seven, we went to the nearest English primary school, St Weonards, about seven miles away. The teaching… — Saul David Beginning Copy Share Image
It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B - you have to keep them fed and watered… — Saul David Art Copy Share Image
There were about 30 children at one stage, running around like savages at a place called Callow Hill, near Monmouth, which was… — Saul David Children Copy Share Image
