tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17895318.post8154829760945504386..comments2023-11-02T06:33:19.989-07:00Comments on The Best of World War II: Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime FranceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17895318.post-46709645051801787452014-03-13T07:03:45.297-07:002014-03-13T07:03:45.297-07:00Hi Davina - thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoy...Hi Davina - thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed the review. :)Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17895318.post-56813928541875823352014-03-13T04:02:16.527-07:002014-03-13T04:02:16.527-07:00Nice Review, just discovered your site, and look f...Nice Review, just discovered your site, and look forward to browsing some more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752253618379771397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17895318.post-10614464478279498332014-01-27T08:30:38.599-08:002014-01-27T08:30:38.599-08:00Jess, I loved your comment. Empathy is indeed a cr...Jess, I loved your comment. Empathy is indeed a crucial and necessary tool to have as a historian. As to the "what would I do?" question, I think that's one of the reasons I also write fiction, to try and puzzle it all out. Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17895318.post-87818598103858063002014-01-27T07:31:37.670-08:002014-01-27T07:31:37.670-08:00Great book review Melissa! Another one to add to m...Great book review Melissa! Another one to add to my "To Read" list! "What would I have done?" is something I think about frequently when researching and writing historical events. It's easy to say that you would take the high road - the honorable road - with the years as a buffer. In reality, life is full of blurred lines and grey areas - both in the 1940s and, to some extent, now. One of the most important tools, I believe, for a historian to have is empathy - not in accepting one's actions but in understanding what compelled them to act as they did. We often find that humans tend to act, well, as humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com