Making history : the storytellers who shaped the past
Cohen, Richard, 1947-2022
Book
An epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses (such as the writers of the Bible, major novelists, dramatists, journalists and political propagandists) influence what become the accepted records of human experience. Is there, he asks, even such a thing as 'objective' history?
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottom Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 907.2022 | Available |
Main title:
Making history : the storytellers who shaped the past / Richard Cohen.
Author:
Cohen, Richard, 1947-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
xxii, 753 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781474615778 (hbk)
Dewey class:
907.2022
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2997540