You have a remote resemblance to my grandmother.

Whenever parents are successful in this process of building a balanced personality from an introvert or an extrovert, we call the finished product an ambivert. An ambivert can move into a social situation and be a hearty, outgoing, gregarious participant. Or he can pick up a book and start the mental processes going like a regular introvert.

The book presents world history narratively.

[…] the inexplicability of the general’s conduct dwelt much on her thoughts.