Can anyone give me three reasons that makes a book a good work of history?

Answer 1

Source, the research verify it, and the many ways people may percieve it.
What looks like facts to some looks like blasphemy to others.

Answer 2

A good non-fictional work of history would base its research on primary sources (as much as possible) and secondary sources (if necessary). It would provide notes, a bibliography, maps, photographs (for recent history), and facsimiles of original documents.

A primary source would be a letter, photograph, art, or other document from the period or by the person concerned. A secondary source would be later research using such items.

Sources must always be examined for bias. Does the source have an agenda -- a particular slant, an ax to grind? The author of the historical work must also consider whether he or she has such a bias, and make adjustments to correct it.

Fiction can be a useful look of history if it is based on sound research and documentation, and if it provides an objective, unbiased, balanced look at a historical period or personality.

Answer 3

1. A lot of people have read it and will remember it
2. You can look deeper into the book and probably find the meaning of life. :)
3. It talks about things which will never go out of fashion, e.g love, hate, money etc.

Answer 4

1.Awarded literary prizes (ex. Pulitzer)
2.A very good seller (You'd have to consider the mayhem
over Harry Potter literary history)
3.The author is dead.