Reel History by Alex Von Tunzelmann

Reel History by Alex Von Tunzelmann

'Reel History is a hoot! Alex von Tunzelmann writes with a blend of playful wit and delicious snark' Greg Jenner From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, acclaimed historian Alex von Tunzelmann sorts the fact from the fiction. Along the way, we meet all our favourite historical characters, on screen and in real life: from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Spartacus to Abraham Lincoln, and from Attila the Hun to Nelson Mandela. Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.

Witty, fascinating, charming.. a wonderful book * Kate Williams *
Reel History is a hoot! Alex von Tunzelmann writes with a blend of playful wit and delicious snark * Greg Jenner, official historian to TV's Horrible Histories *
Great fun -- Marcus Berkmann * Spectator *

Alex von Tunzelmann is a historian and writer. She has published two books: Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire (2007) and Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean (2011), and is the author of the long-running 'Reel History' column in the Guardian.

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ISBN 13	9781782396482
ISBN 10	1782396489
Title	Reel History
Author	Alex Von Tunzelmann
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2016-11-03
Number of pages	352
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