A few days ago
Anonymous

Can anyone give me three reasons that makes a book a good work of history?

Can anyone give me three reasons that makes a book a good work of history?

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A few days ago
victor 7707

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Source, the research verify it, and the many ways people may percieve it.

What looks like facts to some looks like blasphemy to others.

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A few days ago
Civis Romanus
A good non-fictional work of history would base its research on primary sources (as much as possible) and secondary sources (if necessary). It would provide notes, a bibliography, maps, photographs (for recent history), and facsimiles of original documents.

A primary source would be a letter, photograph, art, or other document from the period or by the person concerned. A secondary source would be later research using such items.

Sources must always be examined for bias. Does the source have an agenda — a particular slant, an ax to grind? The author of the historical work must also consider whether he or she has such a bias, and make adjustments to correct it.

Fiction can be a useful look of history if it is based on sound research and documentation, and if it provides an objective, unbiased, balanced look at a historical period or personality.

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A few days ago
-Tropical-babe-
1. A lot of people have read it and will remember it

2. You can look deeper into the book and probably find the meaning of life. 🙂

3. It talks about things which will never go out of fashion, e.g love, hate, money etc.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
1.Awarded literary prizes (ex. Pulitzer)

2.A very good seller (You’d have to consider the mayhem

over Harry Potter literary history)

3.The author is dead.

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