When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the day. — Antony Beevor
When I was a child I had something called perthes’ disease which meant I was on crutches — Antony Beevor
The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below — Antony Beevor
The majority of soldiers and officers of the soviet army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely. — Antony Beevor
The great european dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy europeans together. — Antony Beevor
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that. — Antony Beevor
I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will — Antony Beevor
If you smash a city when you’re trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain — Antony Beevor
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. — Antony Beevor
I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong. — Antony Beevor
