Author Description

do Historians Reconstruct The Truth—or Simply Tell Stories? Professor John Arnold Suggests They Do Both, And That It’s The Balance Between The Two That Matters. In A Work Of Metahistory (the Study Of History Itself), He Takes Us From The Fabulous Tales Of Greek Herodotus To The Varied Approaches Of Modern-day Professionals. Through Fascinating And Particular Examples—including A Medieval Murderer, 17th-century Colonist, And Ex-slave—dr. Arnold Illuminates Our Relationship To The Past By Making Us Aware Of How The Very Nature Of “history” Has Changed.