{"product_id":"2940153705408","title":"Origin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was Napoleon Bonaparte who said, “history is written by the winners” ... but shall we believe that? I (me, me, me) believe that history is written by anyone who fancies their chances at making a bob or two by writing a book for gullible history fans, especially historic novels and, having a resultant ‘easy life’.\u003cbr\u003eTake the Bible for instance, is it history? Well, it happened in the past so that makes it history, but how are the ‘facts’ collected?\u003cbr\u003eI believe that there is a school for scribes that trains and then releases scribes to follow historic figures around incognito, noting everything said and done ... the ‘beyond top secret’ scribe school has been established for a very long time of course.\u003cbr\u003eIf, for example, you see a picture of Jesus surrounded by his disciples to whom he is giving a ‘know it all’ lecture, well, in the tree in the picture, or behind the wall, there has to be a scribe, scribbling down in shorthand the conversations etc, how else to get it accurate? Natural history is easier, but requires the writer to act on common sense regarding the behaviour of characters or animals i.e. the history writer human or natural could ask ‘what would I do in this situation if I were this character?’ ... and the story will then write itself.\u003cbr\u003eI am glad to say that this work, which is half recent-historic and half contemporary, is as accurate as a set of hi-tech laser sights on a modern sniper rifle.\u003cbr\u003eThis then, exhaustively researched work, is a mixture of ‘recent historic well documented facts’ and what happened last week. The best part is that it is the account of a familiar, yet new species that is extremely intelligent.\u003cbr\u003eI would be grateful if you could read this and then, by whatever means are necessary, recommend me for the Nobel Peace Prize or the New Year’s Honours List and maybe some sort of precious metal medal with an inlaid jewel? Whichever can bag the most cash. That would be very nice and I wouldn’t have to claim jobseekers allowance anymore (please check dates and times so that I don’t have to go to the Palace or Geneva on signing day). I was joking there of course. Someone told me they give the Nobel Prize to the winner, in Geneva; or was that the Eurovision Song Contest?\u003cbr\u003eOh! My! God! Does Brexit mean that GB can’t enter the Eurovision anymore?!\u003cbr\u003eDoes that mean we won’t come fifty sixth again!?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frankie Lassut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149914423536,"sku":"2940153705408","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153705408_p0.jpg?v=1764055475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153705408","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}