The book I bought today...

It's my birthday, so as a treat to myself I bought a book. The book I chose, after much deliberation was "The Illustrated 9/11 Commission Report". I couldn't believe it when I saw it but it's basically a graphic novel (what we used to call comic books) which takes the original "The 9/11 Commission Report" and makes a non-fiction Government report come alive.

I can't deny I mocked the idea this morning when I mentioned it to people, but having taken the time to sit down with it I have to say it's a brilliant and utterly engaging account of probably the most significant historical event in contemporary history.

Given the recent comments from historians such as David Starkey regarding the over-emphasis in schools of technique at the expense of knowledge about historical events, perhaps graphical novels could be used as means of engaging pupils with the event narratives within history?