British historian (1944-2015).
Born April 12th, 1944 in Oxford.
Died October 25th, 2015 at 71 years old in London (breast cancer).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon