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Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Because Been Denied Give History In The Past Novelists Past People Some Voice Want

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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

Topics: Adding Code Conduct Distinguish Follow Later Material Original Paintings Pottery Work

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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

Topics: Been Blend Creative Creative Writing Dawn Epic Fact Fiction Forms Poems Since Starting Used Various Writing

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Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Actually Course Easily Even Happened History Important Know Makes Manipulated More Though Us

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Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we will lose a part of who we are.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Budget Cuts Economic History Impoverished Lose Part Politically Pressures Sacrifice Socially Understanding Who Will Without

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The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Bound Commercial Fact Fiction Great Historical Potential Terms Which

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Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Context Entertainment Historical History Knowledge Lacks Main More More And More More People Now People Source Superficial Supposedly

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Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Fundamentally Historical Incompatible Industry Marketing Movie Needs Remain Television Truth

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Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Conspiracy Covers False Fundamentalist Legends Often Political Propaganda Purposes Religious Theories Used

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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

Topics: Ages Back Bible Dark Dark Ages Dated Europe Had Head Origins Practice Punishment Shaving Woman

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: December 14th, 1946

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