Hijacked Histories - Dominic Sandbrook Audiobook

Written by Dominic Sandbrook
Read by Dominic Sandbrook
Format: M4A
Unabridged

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.

1. The Horse That Ruled Rome

Roman emperors Nero and Caligula are remembered as some of history’s greatest monsters, but the truth about these “depraved” rulers is very different….

2. England’s First Socialists

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….

3. The Storming of the Winter Palace

This is the story of how Stalin used movies to spread myths and rewrite history, fuelling his attempt to build a Communist utopia….

4. The Lost Cause

Discover how the former slave-owning Southerners attempted to rewrite history by erasing slavery as one of the root causes of the American Civil War….

5. The Spirit of the Blitz

The Blitz spirit - Britain united as one as Hitler’s bombs fell! Sound too good to be true? That’s because it’s a myth - the truth is a lot darker….

6. The Warrior on a Horse

The curious story of the bitter dispute between Greece and Macedonia over who can rightfully claim to be the descendants of Alexander the Great….