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History isn't written by the winners - it's written by everyone - it's a jigsaw of facts from contradictory sources. But every once in a while, you unearth that one original document that no one can argue with...
History isn't written by the winners - it's written by everyone - it's a jigsaw of facts from contradictory sources. But every once in a while, you unearth that one original document that no one can argue with...
Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
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- Brad Meltzer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Brad Meltzer, based on documented activity in 1997. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q896846 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q896846 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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