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020			_a9781789297836 _qpaperback
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050			_aD 20 _b.T53 2025
100	1		_aTidd, Natasha, _eauthor. _962451
245	1	2	_aA Short history of the world in 50 lies / _cNatasha Tidd, illustrated by Emily Feaver.
260			_aLondon : _bMichael O’Mara Books, _cc2025.
300			_a288 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm.
504			_aIncludes index and select bibliography.
520			_aTaking readers on a global journey through human history. Naasa Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar’s deceptive PR machine that fooled the world for more than 2000 years, to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl. Revealing the truth behind mass political and press fallacies, such as Britain’s Boer War concentration camps and the infamous Dreyfus Affair in France. A Short History of the World in 50 Lies uncovers the conspiracies that created centuries of conflict and domination and still impact our lives today. See the profound effects of this secretive side of history and find out how the truth really is stranger—and far more dangerous—than any fiction.
650		0	_aWorld history.
650		0	_aTruthfulness and falsehood $x History. _962452
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