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“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?”

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A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor was a distinguished British historian celebrated for his incisive analysis of modern European history. His writings primarily centered on the political and diplomatic history of the 18th and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on the Napoleonic era and the two World Wars. Taylor's writing was marked by its wit and clarity, making intricate historical events understandable to a broad readership. more

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