成就历史:塑造过去的故事讲述者 Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 784 pages

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson

ISBN:9781474615792

Published:16 Mar 2023

Weight:598g

Dimensions:128 x 198 x 48 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

★“一本宏大的、令人激动的全书......令人惊叹”——《每日电讯报》。

★“诙谐、睿智、优雅......是历史本身的经典”——《旁观者》。

★“严肃而机智，优雅而尖锐......充满了活力”——希拉里·曼特尔

★“一场令人着迷的调查......持续的娱乐性”——《泰晤士报

★“史诗般地......无论科恩写的是什么，他都写得很有活力”——《纽约客》。

谁写了过去？讲故事的人--无论是凯撒大帝、威廉-莎士比亚还是西蒙-沙马--的偏见如何影响我们今天对历史的看法？

《成就历史》集史诗性、专业性和娱乐性于一身，深入研究了那些描绘人类历史的人--专业历史学家、证人、小说家、记者和宣传员--以发现影响他们世界观的议程，而这些议程在很多方面也影响了我们的世界观。从历史写作的起源到电视和数字时代，《成就历史》中充满了生动有趣的人物，从修昔底德和塔西佗到伏尔泰和吉本，从温斯顿-丘吉尔到玛丽-比尔德。丰富的性格、复杂的真相和令人惊讶的轶事，其结果是对创造历史的目的和工艺的探索，将引导我们重新思考我们的过去和我们自己。

'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph

'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Spectator

'Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy' Hilary Mantel

'An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining' The Times

'Epic . . . whatever Cohen writes about he writes about with brio' New Yorker

Who writes the past? And how do the biases of storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - influence our ideas about history today?

Epic, authoritative and entertaining, Making History delves into the lives of those who have charted human history - professional historians, witnesses, novelists, journalists and propagandists - to discover the agendas that informed their world views, and which in so many ways have informed ours. From the origins of history-writing through to television and the digital age, Making History abounds in captivating figures brought to vivid life, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard. Rich in character, complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of history-making that will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves.

作者简介

理查德-科恩是《追寻太阳》、《如何像托尔斯泰一样写作》和《剑》的作者。他是英国皇家文学学会的会员，并在两年内担任切尔滕纳姆文学节的节目主管。他曾五次获得英国国家佩剑Champion，并被选入英国奥林匹克击剑队。他住在纽约。

Richard Cohen is the author of Chasing the Sun, How to Write Like Tolstoy and By the Sword. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and for two years was programme director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. Five times UK national sabre champion, he was selected for the British Olympic fencing team. He lives in New York.