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Hijacked Histories

By: Dominic Sandbrook
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  • Summary

  • We've all heard of fake news, but what about fake history?

    Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated, rewritten and reshaped.

    It turns out that when it comes to history, separating fact from fiction isn't always easy. Many of the widely held beliefs about our past are based on a web of lies.

    A Novel production for Audible Originals.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome

    Ep. 1: The Horse That Ruled Rome
    Jun 22 2020

    Roman emperors Nero and Caligula are remembered as some of history’s greatest monsters, but the truth about these “depraved” rulers is very different.
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    32 mins
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  • Ep. 2: England's First Socialists

    Ep. 2: England's First Socialists
    Jun 22 2020

    How did a group of 17th Century rebels become the radical heroes for activists on both the left and right wings of modern British politics?
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    37 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace

    Ep. 3: The Storming of the Winter Palace
    Jun 22 2020

    This is the story of how Stalin used movies to spread myths and rewrite history, fuelling his attempt to build a Communist utopia.
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    37 mins
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Nothing terribly deep, but perfectly entertaining

Even casual students of history should probably know most of the accounts presented here. Perhaps Americans would be more familiar with the laughable Lost Cause narratives, and British more aware of the Levellers and the mythology created around the Blitz. But all the stories are presented in a accessible manner, and are supremely listenable. It may be that a few references, while relating the narcissism of authoritarian rulers, to a particular modern day orange cretin, may have colored the reviews of some thin skinned listeners. Like in the headline, not a terribly deep dive into history, but for what it's worth, a fine effort and good listen.

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I will listen / read anything from Dominic

The content was fantastic. I love Dominic’s voice and getting this for free was a bonus

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not very indepth, but good

my first podcast.. I enjoyed every episode. not awfully detailed, but still very informative! well organized and delivered. some things are not that surprising. yet some subjects I didn't realize how off the contemporary view was.
info I've not heard of was easy to absorb and I liked each episode very much. plus these high lights of history(stories from all recent and ancient times)... give me a chance to become aware of a time I would like to know more about, but not heard of hitherto.

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Hit and misses in equal measure

There were some good episodes and some incredibly tedious ones. Hard to recommend this series based on the good parts though. It's not bad; there's just too much good podcast content in the world to recommend mediocrity.

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