I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.
For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
I would really love to go on an archaeological dig.
It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history.
I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and Rome, ancient Persia and Egypt.
When you think about archaeology, archaeology is the only field that allows us to tell the story of 99 percent of our history prior to 3,000 B.C. and writing.
I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period.
I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit.
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.
I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like.