THE HISTORY MAKERS

An epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers--from Julius Caesar to William Shakespea re to Simon Schama--continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) todayThere are many stories we can spin abo ut years gone by, but which accounts come to be told, and by whom? A single author can deeply shape our understanding through the pr ism of his or her own beliefs. In The History Makers, Cohen reveals how professional historians, major novelists, dramatists, journa lists, p...[Llegir més]