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Originally Posted by neilmarr
My grasp of history ain't too bad for a layman. Most of what I know, though, surprisingly comes from well researched historical 'fiction' (and follow-up research). In younger days, I found straight historical non-fiction daunting because there were too many gaps in my knowledge to fully place such information in world and time context. These days, though still a huge fan of historical fiction, I find non-fiction on specialised historical figures and events as gripping as a novel. Neil
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When I was at school I was always being held up as an example for my general knowledge.. I got it from reading and mostly reading fiction. It's amazing what you can learn from someone else's research. So now I have this brain full of (mostly) useless facts, although these days it's getting harder to recall them.
Trivial Pursuit anyone?