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List of Illustrations 21 1 Questions about murder and history 23 2 From the tails of dolphins to the tower of politics 36 3 ‘How it really was’: truth, archives, and the love of old things 54 4 Voices and silences 76 5 Journeys of a thousand miles 97 6 The killing of cats; or, is the past a foreign country? 112 7 The telling of truth 129 References 143 Further Reading 146 Index 150

Author

John Arnold

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

EN

Rating

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Updated

2026-03-14