I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, 'What happened next?'

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from loving the past to regretting that it has ever c…

Taylor's Law states: 'The Foreign Office knows no secrets.'