Antony Beevor Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When I was a child I had something called Perthes' Disease which meant I was on crutches, so I was bullied at school and all that sort of stuff.”

“I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.”

“I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.”

“I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.”

“I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.”

“The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.”

“A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems.”

“Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.”

“The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.”

“At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the ongoing fighting in Russia, where the Red Army was secretly preparing its vast encirclement of the Germans' Army Group Centre.”