Fake History
Autor Otto Englishen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 apr 2022
Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal.
The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors.
And Churchill was not the man that people love to remember.
In this fascinating new book, journalist and author Otto English takes ten great lies from history and shows how our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the past.
He looks at how so much of what we take to be historical fact is, in fact, fiction. From the myths of WW2 to the adventures of Columbus, and from the self-serving legends of 'great men' to the origins of curry - fake history is everywhere and used ever more to impact our modern world.
Setting out to redress the balance, English tears apart the lies propagated by politicians and think tanks, the grand narratives spun by populists and the media, the stories on your friend's Facebook feed and the tales you were told in childhood. And, in doing so, reclaims the truth from those who have perverted it.
Fake History exposes everything you weren't told in school and why you weren't taught it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781787396425
ISBN-10: 1787396428
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 0; 0
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Headline
Colecția Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
ISBN-10: 1787396428
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 0; 0
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Headline
Colecția Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Notă biografică
Otto English is the pen name of journalist Andrew Scott. From 2010, Scott began writing and tweeting about politics and history, gaining attention for his itinerant blog, he moved into journalism and has since written for Politico, the Independent, New Statesman, Daily Mail and many other publiations. He has always been fascinated by the writing of history and the creation of political narratives, and has spoken about them on BBC News, BBC Radio 4 and LBC He lives in south-east London with his wife and two children.
Descriere
Taking the ten biggest lies from history and looking at the people who propagated them, social commentator and expert historian Otto English shows how our past has been bent and broken, used and abused over time to fit the ends of some of the world's most powerful people.