Katrina Gulliver

Don’t ask a historian what history is

A collection of essays examines many different approaches to the subject — from recounting archival fact to exploring what is only obliquely implied

Most people’s view of the past is to some degree influenced by a fictionalised version. Wounded Confederate soldiers in Atlanta in a scene from the film Gone With the Wind. [Getty Images]

  • What Is History Now?: How the Past and Present Speak to Each Other

    Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 368, £20

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