My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations, the money was gone. Saul David Read Quote
My forebears were fantastically wealthy Armenians who came to England from India in the 19th century and did what foreign types do – they married into a penniless but well-bred local family. Saul David Read Quote
There were about 30 children at one stage, running around like savages at a place called Callow Hill, near Monmouth, which was owned by my grandparents. They lived in the big house, but my dad had five brothers and a sister, and they all lived in various houses scattered on the hill. Saul David Read Quote
It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B – you have to keep them fed and watered as they go. The art of movement, therefore, is one of the most complex and vital that any commander must master if he is going to win. Saul David Read Quote
By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million shells a year. Saul David Read Quote
In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War. Saul David Read Quote
We’ve all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that’s true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a way into reading history proper. Saul David Read Quote
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. Saul David Read Quote
At school, there were more Davids than any other name: more than 20 of us cousins out of 40 pupils. When my older cousins moved on, the school had to close. Saul David Read Quote
Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century. Saul David Read Quote
