Author: Saul David

Quotes

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

- Saul David

Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.

Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.

- Saul David

The first Romanov ruler was just 16 when he was crowned Tsar Michael I in Moscow in 1613, thus ending the 'Time of Troubles' sparked by Ivan the Terrible's death.

The first Romanov ruler was just 16 when he was crowned Tsar Michael I in Moscow in 1613, thus ending the 'Time of Troubles' sparked by Ivan the Terrible's death.

- Saul David

Ever since World War I, superior force is no longer measured in terms of men or horses, but in the means to wreak destruction.

Ever since World War I, superior force is no longer measured in terms of men or horses, but in the means to wreak destruction.

- Saul David

I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and thought I needed a First.

I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and thought I needed a First.

- Saul David

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million shells a year.

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million shells a year.

- Saul David

No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli.

No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli.

- Saul David

In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War.

In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War.

- Saul David

It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would outdo them both.

It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would outdo them both.

- Saul David

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