Reel history : the world according to the movies / Alex von Tunzelmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Atlantic Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, acclaimed historian Alex von Tunzelmann sorts the fact from the fiction. Along the way, we meet all our favourite historical characters, on screen and in real life: from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Spartacus to Abraham Lincoln, and from Attila the Hun to Nelson Mandela.Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

Introduction

1. The Ancient World

2. Middle Ages Spread

3. Renaissance Men (and Women)

4. Darkness and Enlightenment

5. The Empires Strike Back

6. Oh, What Lovely Wars

7. Modern Times

8. Living in the Now

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Also by Author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781782396475

1782396470

OCLC:

922931792