Books Quote by Edward St. Aubyn

“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”

— Barbara Carney-Coston

“I like fiction and the history...Great!”

— Anonymous

“You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance…

— William Goldman

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

— Judith Geary

“What I have always loved about the history of the world is that it is true. That all the extraordinary things we read were…

— Gombrich Ernst H

“Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Novels arise out of the shortcoings of history.”

— Novalis

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lives loss…

— Tahereh Mafi

“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical…

— Sara Sheridan

“It is a still stranger thing that there is nothing so delightful in the world as telling stories. It is far pleasanter than writing…

— Virginia Woolf

“I wondered what he would have thought if he'd known that I'd gleaned most of my information from reading historical romance novels.”

— Nicole Luiken

“As usual, it struck me that letters were the only really satisfactory form of literature. They give one the facts so amazingly, don't they?…

— Giles Lytton Strachey