I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
History is written by the victors.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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 will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
I like writing historical fiction.
One of the joys of writing historical fiction is the chance to read as much as you like on a pet subject - so much that you could easily bore your friends senseless on the topic.
I love to read history; at its best, it is an art.
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.