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Notorious : history's villains and why they matter
English, Otto2025
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Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained hated for it. In his continuing desire to separate out the facts from the fiction of history, Otto English looks at how these legacies were constructed and who told us that they were evil. From how Bloody Mary became the figurehead of uppity women and how Judas's betrayal became a template for religious tensions for centuries to what the Peasants Revolt and the Illuminati shows us about power struggles throughout the ages, English exposes the agendas behind the 'truths' we've been told to believe. And in looking at how xenophobia was weaponised during the 'Spanish' Flu, he reveals how our past sometimes bleeds into the present day.
Main title:
Notorious : history's villains and why they matter / Otto English.
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Imprint:
London : Welbeck, 2025.London : Welbeck, 2025.
Collation:
400 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781035420315 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909
Language:
English
BRN:
3061046