“The world remembers the battle ever since by the taxis. A hundred of them were already in the service of the Military… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“with that characteristic touch of late-Romanov rashness, the government, by ukase of August 22, extended prohibition for the duration of the war.… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The war, like all wars, was proving more expensive for the Bourbons than planned. Since the alliance, France had advanced to the… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Eventually the United States became the latter arsenal and bank of the allies, and acquired a direct interest in allied victory that… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“When he smelled battle afar off, Winston Churchill resembled the war horse in Job who turned not back from the sword, but… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The world remembers the battle ever since by the taxis. A hundred of them were already in the service of the Military Government of… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The cutting off of Russia with all its consequences, the vain and sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli, the diversion of Allied strength in the campaigns… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but could not,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“The occasions when an individual is able to harness a nation are memorable, and Grey’s speech proved to be one of those junctures by… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“This country is indeed in a melancholy situation; sunk in ease, devoted to the pursuits of gain, incumbered with a complicated and perplexed constitution,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Persian poet said, the rose blooms reddest where some buried Caesar bled. The” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Cromwell. The door was flung open. In stalked the Protector, disgusted once more with the inability of human weaklings to come to the point,… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Not a passing phenomenon nor an external force, the companies had become a way of life, a part of society itself, used and joined… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Guides were Franciscan monks, sole custodians of the holy places after 1230, who recited the history and traditions associated with each town or monument… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
