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The Allusionist

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Is There a Historical Record of Empire?

Charlotte Lydia Riley says there is often a presumption that the recording of history is neutral. There's no objective historian, even if you're writing about the Tudors or ancient Greece, she says. Historians like me and another historians who are being critical of empire say we are accused of subjectivity against what is assumed to be an objective historical record.

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