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  • Making History

  • The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
  • By: Richard Cohen
  • Narrated by: Richard Cohen
  • Length: 26 hrs and 7 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Making History

By: Richard Cohen
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Publisher's summary

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 history-writing 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 history-making that will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves.

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©2021 Richard Cohen (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group
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Critic reviews

"What a brilliant achievement! Like all Richard Cohen's writing, The History Makers opens a dialogue with the reader - grave and witty, suave yet pointed - erudite yet engaging and full of energy. It has huge scope, but never forfeits the telling detail. It is scholarly, lively, quotable, up-to-date and fun." (Hilary Mantel)

"Richard Cohen has written an utterly engaging love letter to history's hidden story tellers. Provocative, funny but scrupulously fair, The History Makers is a timely reminder that history doesn't write itself." (Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, A World on Fire and The World Made by Women)

"With meticulous research and riveting anecdotes, Richard Cohen has peeled back the hidden history behind those who record our past. He brilliantly shows how an extraordinary gallery of characters - from prodigies to charlatans, from ideologues to heroes - has exposed, shaped and, at times, bent and even covered up the facts. In the process, Cohen has achieved what only the finest historians can: he has scrupulously and engagingly made history." (David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z)

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