Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

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In the chapter on Henry V Otto confronts the beast he is tackling in a section about 19th century politics in Australia. Join Susan Cain, an international best-selling author on the power of introverts who will help you tune out all of your everyday stresses and conflicts and tune into living a Quiet Life. At the very pivotal moment after Stalin had died when the Soviet Union itself was denouncing Stalin. Otto chocks up the good points and bad points as if trying to tip the scale of opinion: sure, he was a bit of a bastard and a racist to-boot but on the plus side he did a lot of work for charity and was an inspiration to millions of amputees. We are not told that the reason Scott needed to get himself promoted as quickly as possible was due to becoming financially responsible for his mother and numerous sisters, after his father died leaving bad debts resulting in the family becoming destitute.

Some of them weren't particularly competent, and achieved wealth and fame largely on the back of the efforts of others around them. Now I see things from an holistic point of view and am not so easily led by what many want us to believe in a simplistic overly positive view of our history. Rosamund Pike narrates this true story documentary about an extraordinary woman who deceives her friends, neighbors, boss and even her children. Exploring everything from Captain Scott’s reckless hunt for glory to Coco Chanel’s murky Nazi past, Otto English dives into the hidden lives of some of history’s biggest names.

The lies and deceit by some are really quite disgusting if not surprising when appraised by C21's eyes and experience.

The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. So, when I was asked to narrate a new book by disappeared novelist Philippa Roberts I jumped at the chance, even if it meant leaving Scarlet with my ex, Hugo, for a few weeks. So we can dispense with the notion of the romantic revolutionary hero who loved the working classes quite readily, then. An alternative history of the world which takes ten great lies and shows how our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the past. This book is a brilliant insight into people and points in history that I often knew very little about.Shackleton went especially to meet Scott when he arrived back from the expedition, and Scott chaired a dinner for Shackleton when he arrived home from his Nimrod expedition in 1909.