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“Every historian wants to know what really happened in the past. That means- at a minimum- gaining access to records, the more detailed and accurate, the closer to the actual events, the better. But in our hearts we always want more than we can ever have: We want to read documents that are lost forever; to interview people long dead; to be eyewitness to the great events that changed the course of history. We want that in part because we want to solve mysteries, we do want to know the truth about the past.”

Byron Hollinshead, I Wish I'd Been There, Book Two: European History
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I Wish I'd Been There, Book Two: European History I Wish I'd Been There, Book Two: European History by Byron Hollinshead
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