It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.