Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

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Now, to the dogs: Scott took dogs on the Discovery having taken Nansen's advice, and their diet of fish was also recommended by Nansen (not Scott).

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In perusing the jacket or sub-title of “Fake Heroes”, you might be under the impression that this book largely consists of the author relentlessly taking a machine gun to slaughter a series of sacred cows. If, like me, you’ve ever wondered what was so special about JFK or what exactly Che Guevara is famous for besides that poster, or why Andy Warhol is lionised in the art world, to name three of the subjects in ‘Fake Heroes’, this book is going to expand your horizons considerably. Wouldn't it be nice to believe this story of these extraordinary beautiful, ideological, people who just want to fling open the doors on a better world and make the world a better place and end the Cold War.From 2010, Scott began writing and tweeting about politics and history, gaining attention for his itinerant blog, he moved into journalism and has since written for Politico , the Independent , New Statesman , Daily Mail and many other publiations. According to the late great Wally Herbert, it takes a person around two years to become competent at running dogs, Scott had no chance of managing this, whereas the Norwegians would have been running dog teams for years, due to, y'know, living in the Arctic. None of those comical stories people tell about Churchill, like when he was talking to a woman, supposedly and she said, ‘You're drunk, and he said, You're ugly, but in the morning, I'll be sober. After 63 novels and a slew of short stories, omnibuses, audio dramas, and more – this is the End and the Death.

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