Daniel Woolf's 'A Brief History of History' offers a sweeping intellectual journey through the evolution of historical writing and thought across millennia. This ambitious work explores how humanity has recorded and interpreted its past, from ancient chronicles and classical narratives to modern academic methodologies and digital history. Woolf delves into the diverse forms historiography has taken, examining the motivations, biases, and changing frameworks that have shaped our understanding of time and events. It's an essential read for anyone interested in how history itself is made, presented, and reimagined through the ages, offering profound insights into our collective memory.