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Hijacked Histories

Written by: Dominic Sandbrook
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  • Summary

  • We’ve all heard of fake news, but what about fake history?

    Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated, rewritten and reshaped.

    It turns out that when it comes to history, separating fact from fiction isn’t always easy. Many of the widely held beliefs about our past are based on a web of lies.

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    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome
    Jun 22 2020

    Roman emperors Nero and Caligula are remembered as some of history’s greatest monsters, but the truth about these “depraved” rulers is very different.

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    32 mins
  • Ep. 2: England's First Socialists
    Jun 22 2020

    How did a group of 17th Century rebels become the radical heroes for activists on both the left and right wings of modern British politics?

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    37 mins
  • Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace
    Jun 22 2020

    This is the story of how Stalin used movies to spread myths and rewrite history, fuelling his attempt to build a Communist utopia.

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    37 mins

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The oratory was good but....

Coming from a family of academics (teachers) I am well aware of their left wing bias - my father like the author was an historian and he too had that bias. Fine - but I must say it’s annoying to hear / read yet another so-called unbiased source color their narrative with an underlying prejudice. In this case the author made 3 distinct slides towards Trump, despite covering historical events over 6 unrelated countries to the USA.
Really- if you are going to write a book on history- how about sticking to the subject on hand without injecting your own unwanted biases, Mr Sandbrook?
As an aside I’m Canadian and have little interest in knowing what some British author thinks of US politics

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  • 2020-08-07

Absolutely loved this!!

Some say that history cannot be rewritten. On the contrary, this series illustrates so well that it can not only be written but rewritten and edited according to who wishes to do so. A truly fascinating account of this reality!!

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Waiting for more...

I thoroughly enjoyed this, so much so that I'm disappointed there are only 6! I dislike reading history so I listen to it and these angles of history were captivating.

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Perspectives challenged.

A great reminder of how history is edited according to who wrote it.

All of know that the truth is defined by who told the story. And yet we still follow our history books as though they were a gospel rendition of times gone by.

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hated this

very opinionated, slanted & one-sided discussions; often hard to hear; boring storylines; hated this book. :(

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  • 2020-10-23

Interesting

nice to get another perspective. not saying I'd agree with everything presented but I think that's the point of this whole series is there is usually more than one side to the stories of history.

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History Polictalize.

Compare President Trump too Cagilla, Please! Academics worst left to try re-history and teach our children.

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A must for anyone interested in history.

In an era of fake news these great stories force us to investigate our own history.

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A lesson that fails its own test.

For a podcast about how history is warped and twisted by those with political agendas, there sure is a lot of twisting and warping of history to meet a political agenda in this. The fact that the presenter clearly misrepresents contemporary facts that are easily double checked makes it hard to trust any claims or conclusions made by the presenter about historical facts that aren't contemporary and cannot be easily confirmed. It's kind of ironic that this whole series is a historian being dishonest about history in an attempt to illustrate how historians are often dishonest about history.

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A story badly needed in this post truth world.

An easy listen, broken into moderate length installments that can be conveniently consumed in a commute or during chores, this book was insightful and thought provoking. An interesting read that really questions not only the accuracy of historic accounts, but the motivations of the people who created those inaccuracies. Spoiler alert: they weren't always malicious in their intent.

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