History v historical fiction

[Mark Kohut]

Agree. He projects his biased world. 

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> On Oct 17, 2015, at 6:44 PM, Paul Nightingale <isread at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> Ferguson barely cuts it as a 'secondary' historian.
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> Subject: History v historical fiction
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> Historical fiction is not a secondary form – I was condescended to by a conservative historian who cannot see that he too constructs stories
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> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/15/jane-smiley-niall-ferguson-history-versus-historical-fiction
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> Thanks, Doug Millison!
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