Ever Since My Youth It Has Disturbed

Asking The Author Of Historical Novels To Teach You About History Is Like Expecting The Composer Of A Melody To Provide Answers About Radio Transmission.

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

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.

Ever Since My Youth It Has Disturbed Me That Of The Literary Works That Survived Their Own Epoch, So Many Dealt With Historical Rather Than Contemporary Subjects.

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