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Saul David Quotes

British - Historian | 1966 -

Those who read the fiction assume that, because I'm also a historian, I know what I'm talking about.

Talking Know Fiction Assume Because

If I'm at a book signing, and someone decides to take me to task, it can make for quite a sticky moment.

Moment Me Book Someone Task Take

No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli.

War Conflict World Better View Than

Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating defeat at nearby Isandlwana.

Day Battle Army Remember Defeat Few

In the early hours of 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive of the Second World War against weakly held U.S. positions in the Ardennes Forest, the site of their original Blitzkrieg success against the French in 1940.

Success Great War World Forest

From 1801, Napoleon began an ambitious programme of civil reform to standardise law and justice, centralise education, introduce uniform weights and measures and a fully functioning internal market. That achievement alone makes him one of the giants of history.

Education Alone History Justice Law

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.

Great Coincidence Two Heroes Would

The first Romanov ruler was just 16 when he was crowned Tsar Michael I in Moscow in 1613, thus ending the 'Time of Troubles' sparked by Ivan the Terrible's death.

Time Death Ending First Terrible He

Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century.

American Century 20th Century Henry

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

Facts Historical Indispensable Simply

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.

History Reading True Way Historical

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.

History Army Test Real Feed Us

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