Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger
A mere compilation of facts presents only the skeleton of History; we do but little for her if we cannot invest her with life, clothe her in the habiliments of her day, and enable her to call forth the sympathies of succeeding generations. – Hannah Farnham Lee, The Huguenots in France and America

