Antony Beevor Quotes
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In my library/study/barn, there is a Ping-Pong table on which I can pile working books and spread maps.
— Antony Beevor
I was planning to stay in the Army all my life, but I ended up being posted to a training camp in Wales and was so bored there, I wrote a novel.
— Antony Beevor
Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.
— Antony Beevor
I love 'Blackadder,' but history it certainly ain't.
— Antony Beevor
Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall,
— Antony Beevor
The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.
— Antony Beevor
It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards.
— Antony Beevor
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make
— Antony Beevor
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.
— Antony Beevor
When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it.
— Antony Beevor
The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely.
— Antony Beevor
When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.
— Antony Beevor
The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.
— Antony Beevor
This armchair strategist never possessed the qualities for true generalship, because he ignored practical problems.
— Antony Beevor
I can't envisage stopping writing.
— Antony Beevor
Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.
— Antony Beevor
I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.
— Antony Beevor
Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past.
— Antony Beevor
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.
— Antony Beevor
The greatest heroes of the Normandy battlefield were the unarmed medics, whom snipers often shot at despite their Red Cross armbands.
— Antony Beevor
The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.
— Antony Beevor
I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis
— Antony Beevor
History is never tidy.
— Antony Beevor
Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later.
— Antony Beevor
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.
— Antony Beevor
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
— Antony Beevor
I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.
— Antony Beevor
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems.
— Antony Beevor
