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Fake History

Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

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Fake History

By: Otto English
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A fun, authoritative and alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.

Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal.

The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors.

And Churchill was not the man that people love to remember.

Journalist and author Otto English takes apart 10 of the greatest lies from history and shows how our present continues to be twisted and manipulated by the fabrications of the past.

Much of what we assume to be true or are encouraged to believe to be true is simply wrong. Whether propagated by politicians and think tanks, populists or the media, the family tales of childhood or your Facebook friend's feed - fake history is everywhere and it impacts, ever more, on our modern world.

This book dismantles the lazy and pernicious tropes of the past as Otto English sets out to redress the balance and reclaim truth from those who seek to pervert it.

Fake History will expose everything you weren't told in school and reveal why you weren't taught it.

©2021 Otto English (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Politics & Government World Thought-Provoking Funny Imperialism Winston Churchill Colonial Period Latin American Abraham Lincoln
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Some interesting bits where he identifies fake history.

But he just can’t stop himself drifting into a series of leftist rants. Yes the right certainly peddles many lies but then so do the left. Otto only seems to have a problem with the former.

Bit of a Rant

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Sadly, not convinced the people who would really benefit from this title will actually bother. Ah well.

Should be compulsory reading!

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Well worth listening to ,confirmed my own feeling about historical events and some .Eye opener.

Thank you

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This book is brilliant, funny, entertaining and informative. There are lots of great asides and threads, along with the main themes and "10 lies". I thoroughly recommend it

Brilliant

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He has more in common with Johnson than he realises. When he talks about Scotland he is well off the mark. Ayrshire is not in the Highlands. Nobody thinks the ‘45 was a Scotland vs England war. Ordinary Scots resented the Union -riots in Edinburgh meant martial law was imposed. The SNP isn’t the Scottish Nationalist Party (that’s what the ex-PM insisted on calling it so perhaps the author picked it from the disgraced Boris Johnson!). I could go on….and it’s lazy to miscall all the residents of Tunbridge Wells (where I live) ; only constituency in SE England out of London to vote against crazy Brexit. So much for not stereotyping folk. There was a time we Scots had more pandas than Tory MPs but don’t think it ever got to zero, unfortunately.

Some parts good others not so much

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