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I read more history books than anything else.

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

I read several books at one time.

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.