Common Quote by Michel de Montaigne

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his…

— Marc Bloch

I find historical figures in general very tricky because you feel at times that you're serving two masters. Not only the arc and wonderful…

— Vincent Piazza

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too…

— Walter Savage Landor

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

— Michael J. Lansing

With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them…

— Heather Graham Pozzessere

The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.

— Michel de Montaigne

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and…

— Virginia Henley

Incredibly deep research combines with the talents of a fine historian and writer to produce superb narrative history. The true character and relationship of…

— Robert M. Utley

Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.

— Thomas Carlyle

The idea that historians aren't affected by what goes on around them I think is slightly fanciful.

— Kwasi Kwarteng