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Hijacked Histories

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.

    A Novel production for Audible Originals.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.
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  • Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome

    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
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  • Ep. 2: England's First Socialists

    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
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  • Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace

    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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overall good

Some of the episodes were better than others. Interesting and detailed enough. Well worth a listen

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interesting

interesting easily digestible series gives you a new perspective on events. would recommend to anyone

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Superb podcast series

Great series about how history isn't all that we've been lead to believe. Well presented and narrated, full of interesting facts and surprising stories.

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Excellent

Very informative and worth a listen, though I'm not too sure it is teaching you much you didn't know about skewing of history.

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Brilliant

Excellent content and narration...please more episodes.
..for some odd reason I need to write 15 words,,,else my review cannot be submitted..so this is a filler

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excellent and informative

thoroughly enjoyed this series, especially episode 3, all to familiar in 2020, especially as we think ourselves too sophisticated to fall for another jack booted dictatorship

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Brilliant

This was wonderfully informative and a brilliant series to engage your brain and make you question your own history. I really enjoyed it.

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very good

Very illuminating. I am glad I listened to this and suggest everyone else listens, too.

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Interesting and engaging

An interesting series, focusing on a variety of topics which exemplify the way history is interpreted and used in a modern context to frame our identity and bolster political ideoplogy. It's pitched and delivered really well, and manages the delicate balance of not assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the audience but also not patronising or dumbing down. I really enjoyed it and learned a bunch of new stuff!

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Interesting and informative

Loved it! it's taught me a lot about 'real' history and made me wonder how we will spin the current world events to our needs in the future

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