Asking The Author Of Historical Novels To

From Depicting The Past, So Goes The Suspicion, It Is A Short Step To Glorifying The Past.

I Should Add That It Is Open To Debate Whether What We Call The Writing Of History These Days Is Truly Scientific.

There's Only A Step From The Sublime To The Ridiculous, But There's No Road Leading From The Ridiculous To The Sublime.

What Is A Historian, Anyway? It Is Someone Who Uses Facts To Record The Development Of Humanity.

After Closely Examining My Conscience, I Venture To State That In My Historical Novels I Intended The Content To Be Just As Modern And Up-to-date As In The Contemporary Ones.