Overview
For this fund-raising book famous writers from around the world have selected their favourite quotes about history. Each has selected a quote and provided an original commentary explaining why it strikes a chord with them. 'Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter : - Nigerian proverb This proverb undermines the idea of objective history. It's all too easy to think that bias in history is bad, and that objectivity is good. But objectivity is usually a euphemism for the history of the victors, or the history of the hunters. What would an objective history of the Iraq war look like? - Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University The long list of contributers includes: Juliet Barker, Conrad Black, Michael Bliss, Asa Briggs, Richard Cohen, Carlo D'Este, Terry Deary, Charles Esdaile, Richard Evans, Juliet Gardiner, Martin Gilbert, Charlotte Gray, Philip Haythornthwaite, James Holland, Eric Hobsbawm, Richard Holmes, Terry Jones, Arthur Kershaw, Ina Knight, Phillip Knightly, Guido Knopp, Andrew Lambert, Paul Lay, Quentin Letts, Allan Mallinson. John Man, Hilary Mantel, Melissa Muller, Roger Moorhouse, Bill Nasson, David Nicolle, Charles von Onselen, Richard Overy, Laurence Rees, Andrew Roberts, Trevor Royle, James Shapiro, Gary Sheffield, Dennis Showalter, Dan Snow, Hew Strachan, Roy Strong, Claire Tomalin, Gerhard Weinberg, Keith Windschuttle and Efraim Zuroff. SELLING POINTS: .Quotes and commentaries by more than 100 world-renowned historians and writers including Andrew Roberts, Ian Kershaw, Antony Beevor and Dan Snow. .All royalties will be donated to the Parkinson's Disease Society. ILLUSTRATIONS: Illustrated throughout *
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Leventhal ,
Chris Riddell
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781848326231
ISBN 10: 1848326238
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 July 2011
Audience:
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
... an intriguing collection of thoughts and observations by an equally intriguing collection of individuals. Free reign has been given to the writers and historians who have contributed to this anthology, and the result is as diverse as the individuals themselves. ...Fascinating stuff. -- Britain at War
.. . an intriguing collection of thoughts and observations by an equally intriguing collection of individuals. Free reign has been given to the writers and historians who have contributed to this anthology, and the result is as diverse as the individuals themselves. ...Fascinating stuff. --Britain at War
Author Information
Michael Leventhal is the publisher of Frontline Books and a director of Greenhill Books, both military history imprints. Chris Riddell is the award-winning illustrator of the Observer newspaper and a number of children's books. All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Parkinson's UK.
