I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop or look at a list and see anything that I want, or almost anything, is like a kind of miracle.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves's memoir 'Goodbye to All That,' and a civilian memoir, 'Testament of Youth,' by Vera Brittain.
I'm interested in wartime stories, as I think it's important to remember what the soldiers went through.
At times, the reader of World War II literature must think every American, from general to G.I., kept a war diary, later mined for memoirs of the conflict. Few diaries, however, were published in their own right.
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 knew very extensively a lot about World War I.
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.
I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.
I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
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.
With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.