Notorious: History's Villains and Why They Matter

Author:	English, Otto
Binding:	Hardcover
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ISBN:	9781035420315
Publisher:	Headline Publishing Group
Language:	English
Page Count:	392
Publication Date:	5/22/2025
Size:	9.50" l x 6.38" w x 1.38"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
History & Geography	World
Social Science	Media Studies

History loves a villain.

Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained hated for it. In his continuing desire to separate out the facts from the fiction of history, Otto English looks at how these legacies were constructed and who told us that they were evil.

From how Bloody Mary became the figurehead of uppity women and how Judas's betrayal became a template for religious tensions for centuries to what the Peasants Revolt and the Illuminati shows us about power struggles throughout the ages, English exposes the agendas behind the 'truths' we've been told to believe. And in looking at how xenophobia was weaponised during the 'Spanish' Flu, he reveals how our past sometimes bleeds into the present day.

Fascinating and fearless, Notorious will re-examine some of the history's biggest villains and change the way you see the world forever.