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A huge fizzing omniumgatherum of a book marvellous Daily Telegraph
Witty wise and elegant a classic of history itself The Spectator
Grave and witty suave yet pointed full of energy Hilary Mantel
An enthralling investigation consistently entertaining The Times
Epic whatever Cohen writes about he writes about with brio New Yorker
Who writes the past And how do the biases of storytellers whether Julius Caesar William Shakespeare or Simon Schama influence our ideas about history today
Epic authoritative and entertaining Making History delves into the lives of those who have charted human history professional historians witnesses novelists journalists and propagandists to discover the agendas that informed their world views and which in so many ways have informed ours From the origins of historywriting through to television and the digital age Making History abounds in captivating figures brought to vivid life from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard Rich in character complex truths and surprising anecdotes the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of historymaking that will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves
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