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Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Edmond de Goncourt

Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

Dan Jenkins

Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of established non-fiction writers - Giles Milton, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Harry Sidebottom, Patrick Bishop, Ian Mortimer and myself included - have written historical novels.

Saul David

Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations.

Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations.

Jane Ridley

Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples.

Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples.

Claire Tomalin

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.

Konrad Lorenz

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

Ron Fournier

Historians will look back and say, 'Foreign policy in the Ford presidency was very much dominated by Kissinger, with a kind of continuity from the Nixon period.' Ford is not going to be remembered as a really significant foreign policy maker.

Robert Dallek

Historians will tell you that they deal with fact and empirical evidence. But that doesn't really help me understand a person.

Historians will tell you that they deal with fact and empirical evidence. But that doesn't really help me understand a person.

James McBride

Historic Amsterdam, that old part you first see when you turn up at Centraal Station, may have its monuments, but it's also the most tawdry and overcrowded part of the city.

Historic Amsterdam, that old part you first see when you turn up at Centraal Station, may have its monuments, but it's also the most tawdry and overcrowded part of the city.

David Hewson

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