The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years

The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now
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There is a fashionable myth that Hollywood always gets its history wrong. George MacDonald Fraser believes that it often gets it right, and that we owe a huge unacknowledged debt to the cinema as an illuminator of the story of mankind. Drawing on his experiences as an historical novelist, historian, and screenwriter, he puts the case for the costume movies - Biblical, classical, swashbuckler, imperial, Western, and even the gangster film - not only as entertainments but, at their best, as pictures of the past "more vivid than Tacitus or Gibbon or Macaulay."
Country USA
Brand Brand: Beech Tree Books
Manufacturer Beech Tree Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 2MD6NZ0002P5
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780688075200
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now