History

I've never been a fan of history and I think this quote pretty much sums up why:

Over nine months, the Horvath Press gave birth to four contradictory history books covering the previous thirty-three years. All of the books were financed by new or restored political parties; it was as if, with an uncertain future, the past as well grew hazy and no one could quite agree who had done what to whom or why, who had been wicked and who had been wise...

~From Prague: A Novel by Arthur Phillips, page 158