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A. J. P. Taylor - I was a narrative historian,...

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?" (A. J. P. Taylor)

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?"

A. J. P. Taylor

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