Mooted Questions of History: Revised Edition (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2018 - Всего страниц: 338 Excerpt from Mooted Questions of History: Revised Edition What is history, asked Napoleon, but merely fable agreed upon De Maistre did not hesitate to indict all the history of the last three centuries as a conspiracy against truth. As time rolled on, to use the words Of Ignatius Donnelly, it was seen that the greater part of history was simply recorded legends; while all the rest represented the passions Of factions, the hates Of sects, or the servility and venality Of historians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
