2 Quotes About Samuel Egerton Brydge
As a historian, Samuel Egerton Brydges was of the opinion that history should be presented objectively and truthfully. As such, he did not romanticize it and did not try to turn it into a soapbox for his own beliefs. He wrote of historical facts and of characters as they were, and did not embellish or dramatize the facts. One such example is his book The Most Remarkable Events in Modern History: From the Founding of Constantinople to the Fall of the Bastile
In this book, Brydges describes how he became involved in the fall of the Bastille during its siege by revolutionaries. While he notes that he had no direct involvement with the event, he does go into great detail about all that transpired during this time period.