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Title: How George Washington Fleeced the Nation
Subtitle: and Other Little Secrets Airbrushed from History
Author: Phil Mason
Narrator: David Heath
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
The hidden quirks and shortcomings of historys leading figures will change the way you think about history. Our view of the famous is one-dimensionalleading figures from history are summarized in history textbooks with one or two lines: Churchill the war-time genius, Gandhi the poor asceticbut nobody is perfect and even the famous have their quirks and hidden secrets.
How George Washington Fleeced the Nation reveals the often hilarious, sometimes shocking, and always highly informative foibles of the great and the good. Einstein, the most brilliant man who lived, regularly forgot his shoes and never learned to drive. Hitler possibly has a Jewish ancestor. Picasso avoided paying restaurant bills by doodling on their napkins instead. Prepared to be shocked, amused, and outraged at what they didnt teach you in high school.
Editorial Reviews:
Phil Mason thinks of historical facts as malleable. History is a story we tell in order to serve a purpose for the present he says, but these stories arent always true to reality. In this audiobook Mason "rattles the skeletons that have been hidden in the cupboard" reconciling the mythical versions of historical figures with the real people they were. We hear about the hidden sides of Presidents and Prime ministers, the eccentricities and shortcomings of famous thinkers and artists. The tone of David Heaths performance is of a straightforward documentarian at times, though the subject will surprise you, shock you, perhaps even changing the way you think about history.
