They Got It Wrong: History

They Got It Wrong: History
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 9781621450221
ISBN-13 : 1621450228
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Book Synopsis They Got It Wrong: History by : Emma Marriott

Download or read book They Got It Wrong: History written by Emma Marriott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They Got It Wrong: History exposes historical fallacies around the globe from the Roman Empire to World War II. There are countless twisted, sanitized tales that have become entrenched in popular belief but are really now more than warped reflections of the truth—or flat out lies. Author Emma Marriot shines a light on these murky corners of history to separate out the facts from shadowy fictions and illuminate how and why these falsehoods got passed around as truths.


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