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I have been getting most of my history through historical fiction since I was a young girl.

English history—Norah Lofts and Anya Seton.

WWII—Leon Uris and Herman Wouk.

I haven’t read any of the books you mentioned in this post, but it sounds like my way into Chinese history.

Stories that bring historical periods alive are so much better than rote facts and dates.

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I admire your ‘intellectual curiosity ‘, of which I have none, so I was told

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