There Is No Consensus Even Today On The Merits Of Napoleon - And Certainly No Agreement On The Rights And Wrongs Of The Origins Of The First World War. - SearchQuotes

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There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.

Douglas Hurd

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