Anthropology Quote by James Ferguson

“Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was happening elsewhere,…

— Louis L'Amour

“This is one of the distinguishing marks of history as an academic discipline – the better you know a particular historical period, the harder…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Narrative history fell out of fashion for many years in the 1970s and 1980s, as historians everywhere focused on analytical approaches derived mainly from…

— Richard J. Evans

I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative liberties in…

— Ashwin Sanghi

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

— James Buchan

I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look…

— Steven Knight

I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look…

— Steven Knight

“Rooting arguments in evidence and respecting scholarly norms, historians must craft stories that shape the future as well as the past.”

— Michael J. Lansing

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or…

— Michael Rostovtzeff

“We can study files for decades, but every so often we are tempted to throw up our hands and declare that history is merely…

— Julian Barnes

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

— Ridley Scott