Ian Mortimer (historian) Quote

W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for periods of time: to understand your own century you need to have come to terms with at least two others. The key to learning something about the past might be a ruin or an archive but the means whereby we may understand it is—and always will be—ourselves.


The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England Brain Shot (ed. Random House, 2010) - ISBN: 9781407073675


W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for...

W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for...

W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for...

W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for...