“And this was history now: heroic protest, concerted rebellion, execution of the tyrant, a new social order. It ran like a clear… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Men are moral beings in their untrammelled nature. If constraint and coercion can once be removed they will be happy and if they are… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“I glimpsed the man's face with the shine of death on it. They laid him down there in the open. They had brought him… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Numbers of men are getting richer and greater numbers are getting poorer. Alas, both classes have higher expectations these days. In Short, sir, there… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Grief works its own perversions and betrayals; the shape of what we have lost is as subject to corruption as the mortal body...” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“It is everyone's bounden duty to try to get more than they have got already. If you have got two shillin' you try to… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Wickedness is too common in the world for us to think much of why and wherefore. It is more natural to ask about the… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“And this was history now: heroic protest, concerted rebellion, execution of the tyrant, a new social order. It ran like a clear stream--useless to… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Those confiding their pain cannot know at the outset how much they will be required to relive it.” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms.” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
