All Antony Beevor Quotes
- Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities. All
- Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past. Been
- Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later. Adding
- A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems. Been
- The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past. Bad
- At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations… All
- Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened. Actually Happened
- Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we… Better
- Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we will… Budget
- The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. Blurring
- Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible. Fundamentally
- Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda. Conspiracy
- What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred. Ability
- I read round the subject, I make a skeleton outline, and then I start work in the relevant archives. During the marshaling of the material,… Across
- I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any… Any
- In my library/study/barn, there is a Ping-Pong table on which I can pile working books and spread maps. Barn
- I used to write in a room overlooking the valley from where I could see too much, whether checking the sheep and alpacas or seeing… Alpacas
- Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. Country
- The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous. Dangerous
- It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how would… Behaved