{"product_id":"bxosps-fake-history-9781789293623","title":"Fake History: From Mozart's Murder to Cleopatra's Asp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAs Napoleon himself once said, 'History is a version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoted down in historical documents, copied and widely repeated, it doesn't take long for a version of the truth to become accepted as fact. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewho invents these false accounts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the first place, and why do they gain traction so quickly?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from concerning the obscure and insignificant parts of our history, these \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efundamental inaccuracies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and downright lies colour the depiction of many of those pivotal characters and events we learnt about at school. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMarco Polo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCaptain Cook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJoan of Arc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; most of us could reel off a fact or two about each. But as this intriguing book reveals, a closer examination of these core parts of our social and political history shows that often all was not as it seemed, and that the agendas of those responsible for recording these events had a huge impact on what was reported and what was covered up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael O'Mara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69266151407858,"sku":"9781789293623","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781789293623_i.jpg?v=1794540628","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosps-fake-history-9781789293623","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}