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Making history : the storytellers who shaped the past /

"A fascinating, epic exploration of who gets to record the world's history -- from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns -- and how their biases influence our understanding about the past. There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen, Richard, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Historians. World history. Historiography. Histoire universelle. Biography Biographies.

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