For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

The thing that most haunted me that day, however...was the fact that these things had - apparently - actually occurred...For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history's terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth. And once you've seen that truth - really seen it - you can't look away.

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments.

Recently abandoned women can be complicated.

It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.