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• I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their…
• I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.
• It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a…
• The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.
• Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.
• To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make
• I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.
• If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders…

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