'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 YorkerWho writes the past?
MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today.