Saul David Quotes
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It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would outdo them both.
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The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.
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If I'm at a book signing, and someone decides to take me to task, it can make for quite a sticky moment.
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Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.
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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.
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We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a way into reading history proper.
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History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.
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Those who read the fiction assume that, because I'm also a historian, I know what I'm talking about.