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

I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than an escape from it.

It was strange, I reflected.. that even in the weirdest circumstances, the most troubling episodes of one's life, the greatest divides from home and familiarity, there were these moments of undeniable joy.

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

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.

These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

He can't really love anyone, you know, and in the end such people are always alone, no matter how much other people once loved them.