by Marc Ferro · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266133449
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«Les tabous de l'Histoire» is the historical essay by Marc Ferro, published by Pocket in paperback (139 pages, in French).
The historian analyses how ideological, republican or religious dogmas impose silences, lies and omissions on official history. He gathers a hundred errors, half-truths and falsifications, with examples such as Joan of Arc's sexuality or the death of the Romanovs in Yekaterinburg.
Subtitled «Pourquoi et comment l'histoire nous a caché des faits». Originally published in 2002; this edition is from 2004.
For readers interested in historiography, in the critique of the official historical narrative and in the mechanisms of silence and oblivion.
Marc Ferro was a French historian. Author of several books, including The Use and Abuse of History.
