I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news. Alma Guillermoprieto childhoodcubandaily share on social
History was a hobby for about, oh, 20 years before I got into print. Alison Weir historyhobbyprint Change image and share on social
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest. Andrew Bird fairlyfavoriteframework Change image and share on social
I love 'Blackadder,' but history it certainly ain't. Antony Beevor blackadderhistorylove Change image and share on social
Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context. Antony Beevor contextentertainmenthisto Change image and share on social
The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle. Antony Beevor battlecatchcivilian share on social
History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead. Arnold J. Toynbee actiondeadhistory Change image and share on social
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. Ansel Adams aggressiveartdefine share on social
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows. Annie Besant casthistorymyth Change image and share on social
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything. Alan Furst driveenginehistory Change image and share on social
