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All right, another clue... hmmmm.... thinks..... OK, guess #3 - Sir Geoffrey Elton!

"The only statistics I have faith in are the ones I, myself, falsified." - Winston Churchill

"The principal task of history is to explain and interpret, not to issue moral judgments." - Richard Evans

I'm only allowing myself three guesses. So #2 - Richard ("RJ") Evans? And another quote: "The trouble with history is that you study it in reverse, so everything can appear to have an immediate cause and effect." - Richard Evans

Aha! Could it be "Windy", as he's known to his chums? aka "Shotgun Keith"?

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The nearest I can get through the magic of Google is this article which you need a subscription to read 'ISRAEL IS LAID WASTE; HIS SEED IS NO MORE': WHAT IF MERNEPTAH'S SCRIBES WERE TELLING THE TRUTH? Keith W. Whitelam University of Stirling - So it seems to have something to do with...

Shouldn't that be "tempters"?

Go SimpaticO! I must be an Enlightenment throwback because I like the Gibbon one best. Princes should have more to fear from historians than have ugly women from great painters. - Antonio Pérez, Aforismos

To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history. Edward H. Carr History thrives on generalizations. Edward H. Carr The study of history is the study of causes. Edward...

This looks useful: http://www.portergaud.edu/cmcarver/dotr.html and at the same site other promising links: http://www.portergaud.edu/cmcarver/

So Silvermoon how does that work? You don't have classes on the case study? Is it just individual research? Do you discuss the debates in class?

There is no history, only fictions of varying degrees of plausibility. - Voltaire History is not a catalogue but…a convincing version of events. - A.J.P. Taylor

Examiners Report Candidates who quoted Pamela Bradley On the whole did badly, While those who knew their Wiedeman to the letter Did somewhat better; And seldom did those students waste their time Who cited Ronald Syme. If you're feeling brave, mention (if you dare-O) Guglielmo Ferrero...

Lolol... yeah it's a good example of poetic form fitting the content really well - the poem's a villanelle where you're only allowed 2 rhymes & you have to keep repeating 2 lines (with slight variations if you want) throughout the poem - so it really suits the repetitve subject here... or...

F. Thomas Wiedemann (born 19? ) Life and context 1. Studied at Oxford and Tubingen Universities 2. Professor of Latin at the University of Nottingham 3. Has researched the work of Theodore Mommsen 4. Published several books on Roman political history and society 5. Is a contributor to...

There's nothing wrong with my attention span. I can remember every - There's nothing wrong with my attention span. I can remember every - There's nothing wrong with my attention span. I can remember every - um There's nothing wrong with my attention span. I can remember every - um...

LOLOLOL "Do not adjust your mind. The fault is in reality."

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/syllabus2000_listh.html#hindic

There's this: http://www.granta.com/books/chapters/295 and this http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/evans4.html and this http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/elton.htm and this http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_32/ai_55084007