The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've never thought about the ages of my readers.
I've never finished anything by Dickens.
The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.
I'd never have written the big books in London.
History can never be covered up.
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history.
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
The fascination for the Great Train Robbery has never diminished.