Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic histo

This practical book, drawn from decades of experience, is an indispensable guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history-academic his

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of

"Nine historians reflect on their work as writers, exploring some of the most difficult and interesting questions any history-writer faces."--Back cover.