You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. Arthur Ashe civicequalityfind Change image and share on social
I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals. Abbey Clancy historypersonput Change image and share on social
The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. Arthur Henderson civilizationcollapsehistory Change image and share on social
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. Arthur Erickson achieveactiondeed Change image and share on social
The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters. Alan Furst characterclandestinecountry share on social
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. Angela Carter bookbringexperience Change image and share on social
When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway. Arundhati Roy americacreatefix share on social
I feel very strongly that where the facts exist, a historical novelist should use them if they're writing about a person who really lived, because a lot of people come to history through historical novels. I did. And a lot of people want their history that way. Alison Weir existfactfeel share on social
'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is - dare I say it? - history! Alison Weir bodleybookbritain Change image and share on social
Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened. Antony Beevor easilyhappenhistory Change image and share on social
