History as Mystery
In a compelling challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical mystery. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional and class environment in which they work. Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to modern times, from the Inquisition and Joan of Arc to the anti-labor bias of present-day history textbooks, History As Mystery demonstrates in fascinating detail how past and present could inform each other and how history could be a truly exciting and engaging subject.
The very first mystery was published in 1841 by Edgar Allan Poe. The title of his book was The Murders in the Rue Morgue. He inspired many others to write mysteries, including the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote about his well-known character, Sherlock Holmes.
Although they continued to be popular, it wasn't until 1972 that the first bookstore opened that was dedicated entirely to mysteries. The first online mystery website was created in the year 1995; and in 1999, the only type of book that was more popular than the mystery was romance. Maybe together we could get mysteries back to Number One! So keep on reading them!
What they are saying about History As Mystery:
“Those who keep secret the past, and lie about it, condemn us to repeat it.
Michael Parenti unveils the history of falsified history, from the early Christian church to the present; a fascinating darkly revelatory tale.”
— Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers
“Deserves to be an instant classic.”
— Bertell Ollman, author of Dialectical Investigations
“With History As Mystery, Michael Parenti, always provocative and eloquent, gives us a lively as well as valuable critique of orthodoxy posing as ‘history’”
— Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the U.S
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