The Historian's Craft
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"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. No Egyptologist has ever seen Ramses. No expert on the Napoleonic Wars has ever heard the sound of the cannon at Austerlitz. We can speak of earlier ages only through the accounts of eye-witnesses."
Full Title:
The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Historical Writing
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