
Our Love Affair with History
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What's It Like Now Writing for Young People?
When i was a kid, i was raised nacronisticallas. Even in the eighties, my house was full of cnvedwardian adventure books. As it became more difficult to write about those things, did authors retreat from it? Because when i was reading about walf at quebec, or clive in india, or wellington and the princer, it was unproblematic, uncontroversial. But children are used to the idea of people allying with baddies. So sure, we alloyed with starlin, he's a bad guy. And if you're actually just matter of fact about it,. You can absolutely say all those things and
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