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I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and to do that for work is really exciting.

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

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.

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

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure.

I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.

I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two sections of world history that really interest me.

I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart, and he shared them with me. I went on to do a degree in history, though I found it rather dry, because it was mostly about politics rather than dashing individuals!

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.