“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ”
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“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”
― Cleopatra: A Life
― Cleopatra: A Life
“Only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose.”
― The Price of Nobility
― The Price of Nobility
“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
― What Is History?
― What Is History?
“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”
― Julian
― Julian
History: Actual, Fictional and Legendary
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This group is for anyone whose interest in History goes beyond textbooks. While I enjoy reading books that cover actual events and actual people, I al ...more
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