The real pioneers in the car world are often airbrushed out of history and replaced by successful imitators. Andrew Frankel redresses the balance. One of Winston Churchill's more prescient predictions was that "history will be kind to me, for I intend to write it". And it was, no doubt in some part because he did. Few would argue that Churchill was less than a very great man, but I expect his reputation today would be rather different if, despite his efforts, he'd not been able to hold back the dark forces that had swept across Europe. History is written by the victors. If you don't believe me, think back to your history lessons at school and remember how many battles you learned about that we actually lost. Not many, I'll wager.
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