Stories From Our Past: Why You Should Read Narrative History
What use is history if we don't remember it?
“A centurion, rushing into the room, attempted to staunch the flow of blood with his cloak, but it was too late. ‘Such loyalty,’ the dying man murmured; and then his eyes began to bulge horribly. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was dead.”
--Tom Holland; Dynasty
It took me a long time to shake the …